Naomi Alexander ROI
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Naomi Alexander ROI
Naomi Alexander ROI is a painter whose favoured subjects include domestic interiors and landscapes. She travels widely and her works are inspired by subjects she has seen, based on Sketches and Watercolours produced “en plein air”. Her major projects include a series of paintings of the attics of Chatsworth and works made in Lithuania. She is regularly commissioned to paint Portraits.
- 1954 – 1959 Hornsey College of Art NDD, London
- 1960 – 1961 Textile Designer for Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, Israel
- 1961 – 1963 Post-Graduate at the Central School of Art, London
- 1972 – 1976 Studied Old Master conservation under President of the British Picture Restorers Association
- 1976 Accepted as associate member of the British Association of Paintings Conservators and Restorers
- 1977 Established ‘Zalkin Old Master Restorers’ whilst working for the Ministry of the Environment in the Victoria and Albert Museum
- 1983 Accepted as a member of the Royal Society of Oil Painters
- 1988 – 2000 Publicity officer for the Royal Society of Oil Painters
- 1998 – 2008 Trustee for Paintings in Hospitals (PiH)
- 2000 – 2010 Council member of the Royal Society of Oil Painters
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 1976 Kacyeyski Gallery, London, W1
- 1976 Seen Gallery, London, W1
- 1981 Ben Uri Museum, London, W1
- 1990 Sheila Harrison Contemporary Art, Jermyn Street, London, W1
- 1996 Paintings in Hospitals (PiH)
- 1997 Sheridan Russell Gallery, London, W1
- 1999 Baker Tilly, London, W1
- 2000 Cusford Hall, Doncaster
- 2000 Amber Gallery, Tideswell, Derbyshire
- 2000 Buxton City Museum and Art Gallery
- 2000 Lambs Chambers, The Temple, London, EC4
- 2006 London Jewish Cultural Centre, NW11
- 2006 Lithuanian Embassy, London, W1
- 2008 Vilna Gaon, State Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2009 University of Leicester David Attenborough Centre
- 2012 The Jewish Museum of Florida, USA
- 2013 The Shipley Art Gallery and Museum
Awards and Residencies
- 1984 Cornellisen Prize, Mall Galleries, London, SW1
- 1988 Stanley Grimm Prize, Mall Galleries, London, SW1
- 1990 – 1991 Home of Earl of Stockton, Birch Grove, Uckfield, Sussex
- 1995 Visions Prize, Ben Uri Gallery, London, W1
- 1998 – 2000 Home of Earl of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire
- 2000 Burlington Crystal ROI award, Mall Galleries, London, SW1
- 2000 – 2004 Europos Parkas Museum and Sculpture Park, Lithuania
- 2001 Jewish Artist of the year Group, Candid Art Gallery, EC1
- 2007 A&K Willson Gallery Award, New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London, SW1
- 2010 Invited artist, St. Paul’s Cathedral, EC4