Robyn Packham
Robyn Packham is a creator of drawings and paintings which draw from nature and human experience. Her work is rooted in drawing from life in sketchbooks, gathering observations and memories to form ethereal, transient scenes that resonate with the passing of the seasons and new life. She is inspired by the vivid stories that can be discovered in mythology folklore and archaeology and translates these to paintings with a dreamlike quality, that challenge us to open our eyes to the richness of the human condition.
BIO
Robyn (b. 1997, Gibraltar) is a painter based in Herefordshire. Her upbringing in the Welsh Marches has been a great inspiration to her artwork from a young age. In 2014, her work was highly commended by the Royal Society of British Artists. It has gone on to appear in exhibitions and galleries across London, Paris, Bristol, and Herefordshire. Robyn studied in Bristol and achieved First-Class Honours in 2020 for her BA in Drawing and Print. In 2021 she was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Painting Prize and a unique residency at Dumfries House in Scotland through the Royal Drawing School. One of the paintings she made while on residency was selected to be in the Dumfries House permanent collection. Most recently, Robyn’s work was chosen from over 2000 international entries for the 2022 Derwent Art Prize exhibition at Gallery@OXO, and then selected to tour to Paris.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
'RBA Rising Stars'
Royal Overseas League
26 April - 2 July 2023
'To Touch You'
Liliya Gallery, London
18 Jan - 21 Feb 2023
18 Jan - 21 Feb 2023
Derwent Art Prize
35 rue Debelleyme, Paris
8 - 11th June 2022 .
Derwent Art Prize
Gallery@OXO, London
24 February – 6 March 2022
Art in the Barn fundraiser exhibition
Collaboration with poet Jack Helme
2021
‘How I See the World’
Centrespace, Bristol
December 2019
‘Analysis of X’
Centrespace, Bristol
Curated by Jan-Philippe Feuhsorge
January 2018
AWARDS
Derwent Art Prize Exhibition 2022
The Derwent Art Prize is a global art competition and exhibition.
Open to artists from around the world, the Prize rewards excellence by showcasing the very best 2D & 3D artworks created in pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graphite and charcoal.
The Derwent Art Prize is a global art competition and exhibition.
Open to artists from around the world, the Prize rewards excellence by showcasing the very best 2D & 3D artworks created in pencil or coloured pencil as well as water soluble, pastel, graphite and charcoal.
Dumfries House Artist in residency award 2021
Awarded by the Royal Drawing School for great promise in the field of drawing
Vice Chancellor's Painting Prize 2020
Academy Studios Abroad 2018
Won £1000 second prize for competition to attend Life drawing and painting course in the South of France.
Won £1000 second prize for competition to attend Life drawing and painting course in the South of France.
Royal Society of British Artists certification July 2014
My painting submitted to the National Students’ Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London was highly commended.
My painting submitted to the National Students’ Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London was highly commended.
RRA Architects certification May 2014
Certification for my artwork exhibited at the Hereford River Carnival Interschool Art Exhibition held at Watershed with special commendation.
Certification for my artwork exhibited at the Hereford River Carnival Interschool Art Exhibition held at Watershed with special commendation.