Geoffrey Harrison is a British Figurative Painter. Originally from Manchester in the north of England, he lived and studied in Japan for several years after completing a degree in Printmaking at the School of Art in Hull, before returning to the UK to complete a Masters' degree in London (SOAS).
As a portraitist, he is proud to be a member of the prestigious Contemporary British Portrait Painters collective and has exhibited work at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters show, the Discerning Eye and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
As well as undertaking numerous commissions, he has artwork in many private collections including Soho House, The Royal Veterinary College and the University of London. Portrait sitters have included Broadcaster Samira Ahmed, Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger and Actor Mathew Goode.
Geoffrey was a semi-finalist on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year and was a guest artist on the Sky Portrait Artist of the Week. Geoffrey has been a featured artist on the Robert Elms show on BBC Radio London and appeared on the Ministry Of Arts Podcast. He was Artist in Residence at Barts Pathology Museum at St. Bart's Hospital and was awarded a Leverhulme residency at The Royal Veterinary College.
Geoffrey's practice is often collaborative and in partnership with other individuals, organisations and institutions, teaching, facilitating workshops, presenting seminars and talks and curating work by other artists.
Partner Organisations:
The Art Workers Guild | The British Postal Museum and Archive | Cass Art | Hidden Cities & Bloomsbury Festival | Langham Gallery | The Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain | The Medical Research Council | The Museum of London | The Orange Dot Gallery | Queen Mary University of London | The Royal Veterinary College | School of Oriental and African Studies| Barts Pathology Museum | The Underdog Art Co. | Sky Arts | Storyvault Films | LNER | |
As a portraitist, he is proud to be a member of the prestigious Contemporary British Portrait Painters collective and has exhibited work at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters show, the Discerning Eye and the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
As well as undertaking numerous commissions, he has artwork in many private collections including Soho House, The Royal Veterinary College and the University of London. Portrait sitters have included Broadcaster Samira Ahmed, Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger and Actor Mathew Goode.
Geoffrey was a semi-finalist on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year and was a guest artist on the Sky Portrait Artist of the Week. Geoffrey has been a featured artist on the Robert Elms show on BBC Radio London and appeared on the Ministry Of Arts Podcast. He was Artist in Residence at Barts Pathology Museum at St. Bart's Hospital and was awarded a Leverhulme residency at The Royal Veterinary College.
Geoffrey's practice is often collaborative and in partnership with other individuals, organisations and institutions, teaching, facilitating workshops, presenting seminars and talks and curating work by other artists.
Partner Organisations:
The Art Workers Guild | The British Postal Museum and Archive | Cass Art | Hidden Cities & Bloomsbury Festival | Langham Gallery | The Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain | The Medical Research Council | The Museum of London | The Orange Dot Gallery | Queen Mary University of London | The Royal Veterinary College | School of Oriental and African Studies| Barts Pathology Museum | The Underdog Art Co. | Sky Arts | Storyvault Films | LNER | |