ALEXANDER PEMBERTON

Alexander Pemberton paints from life mainly by the Thames in Greenwich and also in the streets and areas of London he has lived – previously the East End, now Greenwich and Deptford.  He has also worked abroad in many different countries where the contrasts of environment and light have been an important stimulus.

After graduation from Chelsea School of Art (1981),  he won a British Council Award to work in Spain, and, in 1983-4, he won an Elizabeth Greenshields Award to paint in Mexico.

He had solo exhibitions at Cadogan Contemporary (1992) and Chappel Galleries (2006), and has exhibited in many group shows - Austin Desmond Fine Art, Browse and Darby and Highgate Contemporary, New English Art club among others.

In 1995-6 he completed a mural at Sandwich Technology School, Kent (funded by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts).   In 2002-3 he created  exhibitions of paintings for Embrace the Middle East charity,  of Israel/Palestine (2003) and Armenia (2004), based on his journeys there.  

In 2009 he showed paintings of the Thames at the River & Rowing museum, Henley.    His most recent solo exhibitions were at Abbott & Holder: ‘Thames Paintings' (2014)  and 'Still Lifes'  (2022) and featured artist at Chappel Galleries: 'Still Life paintings' (2023).   He has recently shown with the Urban Contemporaries 2019 - 2024.

He is based in Greenwich, painting and teaching.