Roy Wright
Curriculum Vitae
In 2009 Roy won the Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award (Pastel Society)
In 2002 Roy won the Willie Hoffman-Guth award for a drawing of the British Museum and
in 1999 he was awarded the Cross Gate Gallery, USA prize. Both at the Pastel Society.
He was also a prize winner at the “Arcadia in the City” project show (2002) where his entry was
voted most popular work in the exhibition.
In 2001 he was a Royal Academy prize winner at the R.A. Summer Exhibition with a charcoal
drawing of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona.
Group Exhibitions
2001 - 2008
Cheltenham Open Drawing
London Art Fair
Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Drawings & Watercolours Fair, London
Pastel Society
Watercolour C21
New English Art Club
Laing Landscape Competiton
Messum’s
Kew Gardens Gallery, London
20/21 British Art Fair, London
Art DC, Washington, USA
Hunting Art Prizes
AA Fair NYC, New York, USA
Art London, London
Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art on Paper Fair
Fine Art & Antiques Fair,
20/21 International Art Fair
Southampton City Art Gallery
RA Summer Exhibitions
Prizes
2009
The Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award (Pastel Society)
2002
Willie Hoffmann-Guth Award (Pastel Society)
Award for most popular work in “Arcadia in the City” exibition
2001
Royal Academy Summer Exibition award for a drawing of a work of architecture
1999
Cross Gate Gallery, USA, Award (Pastel Society)
1988
Graphic Artist of the Year (British Press Awards)
1987
Graphic Artist of the Year (British Press Awards)
Works in Corporate, Public and Private Collections
Cath Kidston MBE
Peggy & Herschel Post MBE
Gail Goulandris
Jane Houghton Interior Designs
Heather Binney (Natural Climate Variability & Global Warming)
Annabel Allot (Soil Association)
Evans Property Holdings Plc
The Open University
Liberty Syndication (Boston , USA)
BHF Charterhouse CCF
Merrill Lynch
Richmond & Twickenham Arts Council
Donald Nowicki (Art acquisitions Ralph Lauren)
Ralph Steadman
Harrogate Borough Arts Council
Bauencorp (Architects)
Ian McMillan (Architects)
Jane Houghton Interior Designs
Mcgraw Hill
Countess of Perth
Lady Langley
The Abingdon Restaurant
Ronan Consultants Ltd (Property Management)
Clients
Louise Bradley Interior Designs
Parker Harris Partnership
Katherine Pooley Home Interiors
Editorials
2010
The Artists Magazine (March 2010) 9 Illustrations & interview
2008
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
2007
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
2006
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
The Richmond Magazine (illustration p21), ‘Roy Wright’s charcoal drawing of a Oak Tree is especially memorable‘ - On the information
plaque in room IV, selected by Ben Levene RA (Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2007)
2005
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
2004
The Times (T2) John Russell Taylor, June
Richmond & Twickenham Times Feb
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition catalogue p110
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
2003
20/21 British Art Fair catalogues
2002
London Topographical Society (review & illustration p7)
Affordable Art Fair catalogue (illustration)
2001
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition catalogue p130
Anglo-Spanish Society Magazine, Sandra Coombs (review & 4 illustrations)
Books and publication
2007
‘Oak Tree, Spring’ charcoal drawing chosen to be illustrated on greeting cards sold through the
Royal Academy of Arts shops
Front cover image ‘Autumn Oak’ illustrated on Tim Whitehead Quartet’s CD ’’Too young to go steady’
2006
“Artists’ Kew” (3 illustrations)
2003
“The View” (2 illustrations)