Biography

Eileen Hogan. Pemproke studio | Image by Sandra Lousada

Prof Hogan was born in London and studied at Camberwell School of Arts (1963–1967), the Royal Academy Schools (1967–1970), the British School of Archaeology at Athens (1970–1971) and the Royal College of Art (1971–1973). She is Professor in Fine Art in the C.C.W. (Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon art schools) Graduate School, University of the Arts London and a trustee of the Royal Drawing School. Eileen is represented by Browse & Darby, London. She is an advisor to and patron of Mindroom, a charity for children with learning disabilities.

“…Each garden is a concealed world of which the outsider gets a green veiled glimpse, each has in common areas for maintenance, recreation and repose. These intriguing spaces, which Eileen now shares with us, have inside them atmospheres and characteristics which even the most incorrigible snoopers can never sense, and unique vantage points from which to contemplate the surrounding architecture, its joys and woes…” – Christopher Gibbs – Fine Art Society

“The whole idea of presence and absence runs through all of my work. And when I am working on a series of pictures the memory of the place is as important as the place itself,” she said. “I find painting a way of expressing subtle and elusive emotions that I wouldn’t begin to know how to describe in words.” New York Times Profile

The New York Times feature on Eileen Hogan – “British Artist Explores Poetry of Light in Enclosed Spaces” Roderick Conway Morris.

In 2015 the film: Tate Masterclass: Life Drawing with Eileen Hogan was part of the display in TateBritain: Reception, Rupture and Return: The Model and the Life Room.

  • Studied

    1971 -1974 Royal College of Art

    1970-1971 British School of Archaeology at Athens

    1963-1967 Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts

  • Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

    2019    Eileen Hogan: Personal Geographies, Yale Center for British Art

    2017     Artist-Not-In-Residence, The Garden Museum, London

    2015    Eileen Hogan: Edges and Enclosures, Browse & Darby, London

    2014    Eileen Hogan at Little Sparta, the Stockwood Discovery centre, Luton Museums

    2013    Vacant Possession, NewArtCentre, Roche Court, Eileen Hogan at Little Sparta, Fleming Collection London

    2010    All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon

    2009    Romilly Saumarez Smith: bookbindings for Eileen Hogan Victoria and Albert Museum (and in 2010 at the Yale Center for British Art)

    2008    The Fine Art Society with Leonard Rosoman

    2007    Eileen Hogan’s Poetry Box San Francisco Center for the Book

    2006    Four Squares The Fine Art Society (also solo shows in 1997; 1993; 1988; 1986; 1985; 1982 and 1980).

    2005    Portraits, Power and Politics: Buckinghamshire County Museum

    2003    Poetry in Progress_ London College of Fashion Space;

    2000    The Fine Art Society (with Margaret MacDonald Casson)

    2000    Landscapes and Seascapes: Bourne Gallery: Edinburgh

    1999    Paintings, Prints and Books: University of Brighton Gallery and Bankside Gallery, London

  • Selected Group Exhibitions

    2019    The D-Day Story, Portsmouth Museum

    2017     A History of Drawing, Camberwell College of Arts; Sketchbooks—Revelation, Art Space Gallery; and Prince and Patro; Royal Collection Trust, Buckingham Palace

    2017   The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Seeing through Drawing: A Celebration of John Berger, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich

    2015    “The Last of the Tide” group exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

    2014    “Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower”: Artists’ Books and the Natural World  Yale Center for British Art (keynote opening lecture); Browse and Darby: BP Portrait Award exhibition National Portrait Gallery; the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens; the Scottish National Portrait Gallery from 27 November – 12 April 2015

    2013    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition also 2011,2010,2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002.2001, 2000, ‘98, ’97, ’96, ’95, ’94 ,’93 , 92, 91, ’90, ’89,’88,’87,’86,’85,’84,’83,’82,’81’80.’78,’77,’76, ’74. Discerning Eye (invited), also 2007 (invited)2004 (invited), 2003, 2001 and 1990

    2012    BP Portrait Award: National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter

    2009    BP Portrait Award: National Portrait Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery and the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh

    2007    BP Portrait Award: National Portrait Gallery, Laing Gallery, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland

    2006    Unregulated Printing, Cambridge University re:INVENTING: ING Bank and the National Maritime Museum

    2005    Recent Acquisitions: Yale Centre for British Art: USA

    2004    The Writer and the Garden, British Library Re: MAKING: ING Bank, London

    2002    Processes of Renewal:  Toshiba Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition Mall Galleries also ‘99,

    2001    Hunting Art Prizes also 2000, 1997, 1994 (highly commended)

    2000    Tullie House City Museum & Art Gallery Carlisle;

  • Selected Commissions and Awards

    2018 Surrey County Cricket Club Oval; portrait of HRH Prince of Wales; and the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor

    2017 Portrait of HRH the Duchess of Cornwall.

    2016 Artist-in-Residence The Garden Museum

    2016 Commission by HRH The Prince of Wales, to paint Alistair Urquhart, Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

    2016 Portrait of HRH Prince of Wales

    2015 Artist-in-Residence The Garden Museum

    2012 Olympic Artist (tennis); Arts and Humanities Research Council Award Transforming Artist Books with Tate Research

    2009 Championship Artist 2009: All England Lawn Tennis Club

    2005 Muir Trust Artist-in-Residence: Buckinghamshire County Museum

    2002 Arts and Humanities Research Board Award for The Poetry Box

    2001 Stamps commissioned by The Royal Mail: The British Coast (also Centenary of the National Trust and the Centenary of Alfred Tennyson)

  • Selected Educational roles and consultancies

    Trustee of the  Royal Drawing School and Patron of Mindroom, A Scottish charity for children with learning disabilities.

    Currently working as a Research Professor at CCW (Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Art), University of the Arts London

    Previous appointments include as Dean at Camberwell College of Arts (1989 -1997) and as Director of The Camberwell Press (1984 -1997).

  • Current PhD students

    • Ana Teles.
    • June Rowe, Sculpting Beauty; A Cultural Analysis of Mannequin Design and the Shaping of Fashionable Feminine Silhouettes.
    • Patricia Scott-Cumming, Socialising the Archive: Art and the Archival Encounters.

  • Public Collections

    Brigham University Utah, British Library, Buffalo University New York, Cambridge University Library, Esme Fairbairn Trust, Gleeson Library University of San Francisco, Government Art Collection, Graves Art Gallery Sheffield, Greater London Council, Haarlem Staadsbiblioteheek, Houghton Library Harvard, Imperial War Museum London, Kent County Council, The Library of Congress Washington DC, London Borough of Camden, National Library of Australia, Newberry Library Chicago, Nuffield Foundation, Penguin Art Collection, Rijksmuseum-Meermanno Hague, Royal Academy of Art London, Sheffield City Art Gallery, Stanford University, Tullie House City Museum Carlisle, Victoria and Albert Museum London, University of the Arts, London University of Guildford, University of Tulsa Oklahoma, Wake Forest University North Carolina, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Merseyside; Yale Centre for British Art