Anne Lynch ARWS
Anne Lynch was elected ARWS in 2019. Anne was born in Edinburgh, studied at Edinburgh Art College and then moved to London where she has a studio. Anne also has a studio in France. Anne works primarily in watercolour and uses collage to sustain the mark and luminosity.
Anne Lynch ARWS won the Purchase Prize at the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition in 2017, the Art Critic Award in the RI at the Mall Galleries in 2018 and was shortlisted for the Drawing Bursary Discerning Eye exhibition in 2014.
Education
Studied at Edinburgh College of Art
Awards
2018 - RIWS Exhibition Mall Galleries London
J Lester Art Critic Award for outstanding work
2017 - Purchase Prize at RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition. Bankside Gallery
2014 - Shortlisted for the Drawing Bursary Discerning Eye Exhibition
David Gluck memorial Bursary runner-up
1970-71 - Awarded Post Graduate in Edinburgh College of Art
1970 - Traveling scholarship to Germany
1969 - Helen Rose Bequest Traveling Scholarship to Greece
Selected Solo Shows
2019 Abbey de Fontduce Bris des Bois France
2011 Church street Gallery Saffron Walden
2008 “Secrets in the Wood” McHardy’s Peebles
2002 Stark Gallery London
1992 Conference Room Whitlands College London
1991 Vessels. Main Gallery Guildhall University. London
1968 Loom Gallery Fife Scotland
Art Fairs
1999-2010 ‘Four four” (3) Artist group at Affordable Arts Fair London
2001-2007 ‘Four four’ (3) artist group at Affordable Arts Fair New York USA
2011 Arts Fair jags London
2010 Arts Fair at Jags London
Group Shows
2020 RIWS 2020 Exhibition Mall Galleries London
RWS Vision 2020 Exxhibition Bankside Gallery London
2019 Sunday times Watercolour Touring Competiton as selected by Helen Waters, Barbara Nicholls,Simon Martin, Sophie Charalambous
2019 RIWS Summer Show Mall Galleries London
RWS The ART of Travel exhibition Bankside Gallery London
2019 Abbey de Fontduce BRis des Bois France.
2018 Descerning Eye Exhibiton Mall Gallery London selected by Sadie Clayton
RWS Summer Competition Bankside Gallery London
RIWS Summer Exhibition Mall Galleries London
2016 Group Show Black Heath Gallery London
2015 RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition South Bank London
2014 Short listed for Discerning Eye Bursary Competition. Mall Galleries, London
2013 Byard Art at AAF London
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Mall Galley London
SWA mixed show at Mall Gallery London
2012 Mixed Summer Show Byard Art Gallery Cambridge
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Mall Galleries London
SLWA SNAP group exhibition Bankside Gallery London
2011 CHURCH Street Gallery Saffron Walden
RWS Open Exhibition Bankside Gallery London
2010 Sensation Group Exhibition Portico Gallery London
Bankside Gallery London group show SLWA
2009 Fry Gallery Saffron Walden Group show
South London Women Artist Dulwich Library
2008 Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Gallery London selected by Anita Klien
Solo exhibition “Secrets in the Wood” McHardy’s Peebles.
Greenwich Printmakers Gallery featured artist
2007 21st Century Watercolour.Group Show Bankside Gallery London
2006 Blackheath Gallery London
2005 21st Century Watercolour Exhibition Bankside Gallery London
Artist and Radio 4 show Sound and Vision Bankside Gallery London
McHardy's Gallery Peebles
2004 Dulwich Picture Gallrey - Auction London
Mixed Exhibition South Bank Gallery London
2003 Watercolour C 21 Bankside Gallery London
Gallery Kaleidoscope London
2002 Stark Gallery London Solo show
Group show Woodlands Gallery London
Biscuit Factory Newcastle Group Show
2001 Framework Gallery Deptford London
Group Show Framework Gallery London.
2000 5 Artists Framework Gallery Deptford London
1997 'four four' Exhibition Kowraw Gallery London
1997 Contemporary Art Exhibition Cornhill London
1996 Contemporary Art Exhibition Cornhill London
Small Painting Show Collective Gallery Edinburgh
Plate Show Center Gallery Fife Scotland
Contemporary Art Exhibition Cornhill London
1994 Making a Mark Exhibition Mall Gallery London
Assimilation Group Show Main Gallery London Guildhall University
1993 Making a Mark Exhibition Mall Gallery London
Collective Gallery Edinburgh C.D.2 Show
The Demarco European Art Foundation Edinburgh1992 London Group Morley College London
Conference Room Whitlands College London
Artists for Nuclear Disarmament London
1991 Aiten Fine Art Gallery Fife Scotland
One Woman Show, Guildhall University Foyer Gallery
Vessels. One Woman Show Main Gallery London
1989 Working in studio on Karoli Foundation France
1989 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts London
1986 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts London
Adam Gallery London
1985 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts London
Adam Gallery London
1984-89 Working in studios in Morar in Scotland
1970 Edinburgh College of Art
Summer Group Show Edinburgh College of Art
1971 Edinburgh Festival group show
1968 Loom Gallery Fife Scotland
Other Notable Events
1970 Helen Rose Bequest Traveling Scholarship to Greece
1965 Traveling Scholarship to German
Working in studios in Delphi
1970-71 Awarded Post Graduate
Publications
2018 the Discerning EYE Newsletter
2011 PEOPLE Green Pebble Publications
2011 nature Green Pebble Publications