CAROLINE LEES

BACKGROUND HISTORY

EDUCATION

1982/84               Corcoran Gallery School of Art. Washington. DC

1991                    Master Classes in oils: Slade School of Art, London.

 2002                   Advanced Drawing: Slade School of Art, London.

 LATER.               Icon classes with Russian, English and Bulgarian teachers & advanced                       gilding at St Catherine's Monastery Sinai. 

                             Medieval and Advanced Medieval illumination courses at Princes          Schools, and Queens Gallery, London.

EXHIBITIONS

1984        Atlantic Gallery, Georgetown. DC USA

1986        One person show, Muscat,  Sultanate of Oman

1991        One person show, Charlotte Lampard Gallery, Mossop Street, London

1992        Book Launch “Watercolours of Shropshire.” Judges Lodgings. Shrewsbury. . 

1995        Exhibition with Brenda Evans , Ebury Galleries, London.

1998        Exhibition with Nigel Boonham (bronzes) Addison Ross Gallery

2001        One person show Rafael Valls Ltd London & The Orient (sponsored by Adam              & Co)

2003        One person show Rafael Valls Ltd. Here & There.

2005        Indar Pasricha Fine Arts Connaught St. London.  Realms of Gold

2006        One person show Rafael Valls  Ltd.  Mountains Monasteries & Minarets.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (MAIN ONES)

1981         Brothertons, Walton Street.       

1983        Two person show, Atlantic Gallery, Georgetown, DC USA

1986        Lucy B. Campbell Gallery, Holland Park Avenue

1986        ‘Yesterday In Oman’  The Mathaf Gallery, Knightsbridge. London

1988        ‘The Art of Sport’ Wingfield Sporting Gallery. London. 

1988        ‘Spring Collection’ The Flower Gallery. Kings Road London

1989        Henry Brett Galleries, Stow on the Wold.

1989        The Mall Galleries,(Henry Brett Galleries) London

1991/2/3        Charlotte Lampard Gallery, Mossop Street.

1992        ‘Impressions of The Gulf & Saudi Arabia’ Mathaf Gallery,  London

1992        ‘Still Life & Interiors’ Waterman Fine Art Jermyn Street London.

1998        Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Mathaf Gallery, Knightsbridge, London

2000        Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Mathaf Gallery, Knightsbridge, London

2000        British Yemeni Society Exhibition - Kufa Gallery, London     

2000        Rountree Tryon Exhibition                                             

2017  - ongoing       Russell Gallery, Putney

2017 - ongoing       Riverside Gallery Barnes. 

2020  - ongoing       Scotland Art Glasgow.

2000 - ongoing  Chelsea Art Society 

OPEN EXHIBITIONS 

1983/84               The Atlantic Gallery,  Georgetown DC USA

1987/8/9              The Wingfield Sporting Gallery, London.

1988/9                  Henry Brett Galleries, Stow-on-the-Wold.

1992                     Royal Society of Marine Artists Mall Galleries  London

1995                  Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition London

1996                  The Laing Art Competition.

1997                   Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition London

1998                   Royal Academy of Arts - selected not hung

2002                   Royal Academy of Arts  - selected not hung

2005                    Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, 2 paintings.

2009                    Affordable Art Fair, Battersea.

2011                    Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition

 2018                  She won the Agnes Reeve Memorial prize for best painting of London at                               the CAS Society (w/c)  

PUBLICATIONS

1987/89      Colour House Graphics. Six limited edition prints.

1992           Airlife Publishing Ltd.  'Caroline Lees  Watercolours of Shropshire'

1995           Illustrations for 'Oman Today''   Stacey  International Pub.

1998           The Garsington Opera Company  (cards               

 2006         The Way to Life.  Book of Icons.  published by Redemptorist  

 2007         The Way to Life.  Book of Icons  .  Liguori Publications USA

 2013         The Cross. By Serena Fass - published by Gilgamesh Publishing Ltd.

 2017          In the Footsteps of St Thomas.- By Serena Fass 

SOME COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS

Mayor Farsi of Jeddah Saudi Arabia

The FO for presentation to HRH The Prince of Wales on a visit to Oman

Private collections in the Sultanate of Oman 

Sir Eric Parker (Late)

The Ritz Hotel

Private collections in the Republic of Yemen

Ahmed Chalabi - Iraq  (Late)

Sir Algernon Heber-Percy

The National Trust.

Major General Patrick Anthony John Cordingley DSO DSC FRGS 

Diwan Royal Court Affairs Oman  

Adam & Co Bank

Roxanna Panufnik (Composer)

Stephen Layton, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of City of London Sinfonia.

St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai

Lidgates, Holland Park.

Mr & Mrs. Michael Portillo

Lord & Lady Flight

Artists For Croome, Christie's 2013

The Duke of York's Offices.

Commission for the Donna Spaan collection of Contemporary Art at Calvin College Michigan USA

St John's Eye Hospital Jerusalem - fund raising auction.

British Yemeni Society - leaving ambassador

Church of St John the Baptist Hove

St Nicholas Church Longparish Hants

Major General Michael Regan

St Stephen's House Oxford

Society for Palestinian Children Auction.

Royal Opera House Covent Garden.