Christian Furr

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Christian Furr
Christian Furr, Jouissance February 2016
Born1966 (age 57–58)
Heswall, Wirral, England, UK
Known forPainting
SpouseEmma Furr
Websitechristianfurr.com

Christian Furr (born 1966,

Queen Elizabeth II
.

Education

Furr was educated at Ladymount Primary School, Heswall, and

St Anselm's College, Birkenhead.[1] He later did a foundation course at Wirral Metropolitan College,[1] and a Fine Art degree at De Montfort University.[2]

Career

In 1995, at the age of 28, he was commissioned by the

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor for Westminster Cathedral along with Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue and Bishop George Stack.[3]

In 2005,

Sultan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.[5]

In 2010, with the chairman, Furr presented

Liverpool Love" at the new Museum of Liverpool in aid of Claire House Hospice.[7] The exhibition included works by Yoko Ono, Sir Peter Blake David Mach,[7] and many respected artists from the art and music scene.[7]

In 2013 Furr had a show of neon artworks created with the late Chris Bracey.[8] entitled 'The Staying Alive Neon Collection'.[9]

In 2014, he was appointed to the Artists' General Benevolent Institution 'AGBI', the oldest charity in Great Britain, and was founded by J. M. W. Turner. Furr completed a portrait of Thomas van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy, unveiled this year at the Chelsea Arts Club.[3]

In 2015, he was elected to become a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts His work features in prominent collections globally including 45 Park Lane the Dorchester Collection.[10]

In 2016, Furr initiated media attention [11][12] when he expressed concern that the artist Anish Kapoor had gained the exclusive rights to Vantablack, known as 'the blackest black'. Furr had planned to use Vantablack in a series of paintings called Animals, after seeing a feature on the BBC.[11][12]

In 2017, Furr collaborated with American-Ivorian contemporary artist Aboudia (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba), producing works between New York, London and Abidjan.[5]

In 2017, Furr collaborated with English photographer Gered Mankowitz on the '45RPM' collection,[5] which included artistic re renderings of Mankowitz's photographic archive and included paintings of The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix,[5] and Marianne Faithfull.[13] Furr's collection of cheese paintings begun in 2005, was featured on BBC Culture in 2017.[14]

In 2018, Furr launched a new

super-black he initiated at the Science Museum, London,[15] developed by Imperial College London Scientists; Hin Chun Yau and Francois de Luca.[15] '7Black' was incorporated in a neon artwork in the shape of a pair of spectacles entitled Black Eye- Third Sight.[15] Furr stated that this black body material would be available to any artist that wanted to use it.[15]

In 2019, Furr was made Ambassador of Culture for Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.[16] and had a mid career retrospective exhibition of his artworks at Williamson Art Gallery and Museum.[16]

In 2022, Furr was commissioned by

Park Lane, to create a 2.7 metre oil painting based on the Serpentine and Hyde Park.[17]

Christian Furr portrait (unknown year)

In 2023, Furr was commissioned to create his biggest painting to date by The Singapore Edition [18] on Orchard Road, Singapore "Arrival' is a 3x4-metre acrylic and oil painting on canvas that resembles a tapestry, which is a fictional depiction of early settlers arriving in Singapore in the 19th century.[19]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Laura Davis (27 August 2019). "New exhibition for Wirral man who is the youngest artist to paint the Queen". liverpoolecho.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Explosive Art donated to DMU". De Montfort University. 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Christian Furr". liverpoollove.org. 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Wimbledon's crowd drawing Henman". bbc.co.uk. 21 June 2005.
  5. ^ a b c d "Sotheby's New York to auction joint artwork by millennial art-market sensations' Furr and Aboudia'". alt-africa.com. 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Christian Furr presents HRH Duke of Edinburgh, a portrait of the Queen at the Eccentric Club 2010". Eccentric Club - instagram. 2010.
  7. ^ a b c "Liverpool Love". liverpoollove.org. 2012.
  8. ^ "Chris Bracey - obituary".
  9. ^ "Home". stayingaliveneon.com.
  10. ^ "An Artful Deco at the Newest Hotel in Mayfair". standard.co.uk. 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Anish Kapoor angers Artists". artnet.com. 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Anish Kapoor's Vantablack Advantage". theoxfordculturereview.com. 11 March 2016.
  13. ^ "BBC News interview with artists Christian Furr and Gered Mankowitz". vimeo.com. 24 July 2017.
  14. ^ "The cheese that inspired Dalí". bbc.com. 3 May 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d "The Sun: Living With Our Star - Art -See the New Black (page 3)" (PDF). sciencemuseum.org.uk. 5 November 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Renowned Artist Backs college's culture plans". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 2019.
  17. ^ a b Angela Green (27 July 2022). "New contemporary art collection to be unveiled at The Dorchester". Hospitality and Catering news.
  18. ^ Pauline Brettell (21 November 2023). "EDITION debuts in South East Asia with hotel arrival in Singapore". Hotel Designs.
  19. ^ Vincent Vichit Vadakan (29 November 2023). "Josh Niland Goes Global With the Launch of Fysh, His First Restaurant Outside of Australia – And Meat Is on the Menu". Broadsheet.
  20. ^ a b "The cheese that inspired Dalí". Art UK. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  21. ^ a b "AOC Hall of Fame 2004". Association of Colleges website. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013.

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