Hester Finch

Hester Finch is an English Painter and Portrait Artist.

Finch was born in Ealing, London but moved to the East Midlands in her teens.

After schooling at Loughborough High School, Finch progressed to study fine art at The Ruskin, Oxford University in St Edmund Hall College.

Finch is represented by the Bridgegate Gallery in Battersea, London

Biography

After graduating from The Ruskin Finch spent three years in London creating paintings, running a life drawing class and working for the art dealers Simon C. Dickinson Ltd in the Post-War & Contemporary and Modern & Impressionism departments. This was followed by a mural commission for a chateau renovation project in the French Alps in Spring 2006 and then eight months living in Barcelona.

Following her return to London in 2007, Hester completed numerous painting & pencil commissions whilst also working as an architectural conservator on important historical buildings, such as Hampton Court Palace & The Tower of London.

Since April 2008 she has turned her attentions to painting full-time.

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Paintings by Hester Finch, Gallery 18, Loughborough
2004 Nudes, Catlin Group Ltd, Lloyds Building, London

Group Exhibitions

2009 Granger Gallery, Whitstable
2008 The Edinburgh Art Fair, Bridgegate Gallery, Scotland
2008 The Affordable Art Fair, Bridgegate Gallery, London
2005 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2003 Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2002 Ruskin Degree Show, Oxford University
2001 St Edmund Hall, Oxford University
2000 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University

Bibliography

"Profile: Hester Finch, Artist", LOGA Magazine, Summer 2009
"Being an artist", The Aularian, Spring 2009, Issue 16, p.17

Future

Finch will be giving a live demonstration of portrait drawing as part of the Stamford, Lincolnshire Open Arts season, May 2009
Finch has been invited to give a talk at the Ashby de la Zouch Art Festival, August 2009
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