Colin Watson RUA

Colin Watson lives and works in Belfast.  He has held seven solo exhibitions in London, at the Pym’s Gallery, Simon Dickinson Fine Art and at John Martin Gallery, as well as in Dublin, Northern Ireland and Morocco.  In October 2008, Colin was invited by HRH The Prince of Wales to accompany him on the Royal Tour of Japan, Brunei and Indonesia, as his official Tour Artist.  

Colin has exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, the Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) and the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), winning awards at the latter two including two gold medals at the RUA, one awarded by the President of the Royal Academy, Sir Christopher Le Brun.  He was also awarded the Ireland Fund of Great Britain Annual Arts Award in 1999.  His work has been included in the BP Portrait Prize Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibitions and at the Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries in London.

Colin’s work is held in collections worldwide, including the Royal Collection and those of His Majesty, King Charles III, Her Majesty the Queen, and the King of Morocco.  He is also represented in a number of public collections, including the Ulster Museum, Moroccan Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Arts Council for Northern Ireland, the National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland, Limerick, and the Royal Geographical Society, London, with a portrait of Sir Wilfred Thesiger, the British explorer and travel writer.

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