ONLINE: Contemporary Fine Art Practice – 19 April to 28 Jun 2024

Fridays 10 – 5pm

Tutors: Bob Matthews and Liane Lang

Join us this April on this online course aimed at developing your creative growth within a supportive community. Classes are small size allowing ample tutor time for each individual.

Term fee £710

Should you like more information or have any questions, please use the form below (bottom of page) to get in touch with the school.

The Contemporary Fine Art course caters to artists of all levels of experience, fostering a community where practical and theoretical skills are explored and established. Emphasising creation, presentation, discussion, and contemplation of art, this course aims to cultivate personal development in subject matter, artistic processes, and materials.

Through a diverse range of tutorials, group activities, demonstrations, critiques, gallery tours, and interactions with visiting artists, participants will delve into new areas of research and contemporary techniques for producing, displaying, and disseminating art. Prepare for immersive days filled with experimentation, playfulness, technique refinement, and engaging discussions.

Course timetable
TermDates
April Term19 April to 28 Jun 2024 – Half Term 2 June
About Bob and Liane

Bob Matthews


Bob Matthews was born in 1972 in Poole, England. Between 1996 and 1998 he studied at the Royal College of Art, London. He currently lives and works in London. In 2011 he was the first British Council artist in residence in Singapore, culminating in exhibitions at the National Museum of Singapore and Aisa House, London. He has had numerous solo exhibitions with Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco as well as the Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, Keith Talent Gallery, London and Domo Baal Gallery, London. He has presented work in public galleries including; Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Cell Project Space, London, Gasworks Gallery, London, Jerwood Gallery, London, Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany, Museum of Contemporary Art, Hangzhou, China, Museu da Cidade, Pavilhao Preto, Lisbon, Portugal, Museum of Fine Art, Dunkerque, France, NIV Art Centre, New Delhi, India, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Royal Academy of Art, London, Royal College of Art, London, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Times Museum, Beijing, China, Vargas Museum, Philippines, Wolverhampton City Art Gallery >>> read more >>>

Liane Lang


Liane Lang is a visual artist. She studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London followed by a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy Schools, where she graduated in 2006. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including the Royal Academy of Art in London, Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1 New York and Kunstverein Heidelberg. She won the Photofusion Award, the Tooth Travel Award at Goldsmiths College and the Cheneviere Prize at the Royal Academy Schools. She was recently shortlisted for the Cointreau Creative Crew and the Young Masters Art Prize. Her work is held in numerous prestigious collections, such as Arts Council England, Royal Academy of Arts, the Saatchi Collection, Deutsche Bank, Kunstverein Bregenz, Ernst and Young and the Collection of the Kunstamt Spandau, Berlin. In 2019 Lang’s major installation We’re All In This Together was exhibited at Kunsthalle Tübingen as part of ComeBack. The film Studio Spectres was exhibited in the newly completed James Simon Gallery, part of the Berlin State Museum. Her long term project Glorious Oblivion was exhibited in 2021 at James Freeman Gallery. >>> read more >>>

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About The Essential School Of Painting

The Essential School of Painting (ESOP) is an alternative art school based in Wood Green, London, specialising in painting and drawing classes taught by leading contemporary artists. The ESOP offers exciting, intellectually rigorous courses with the intention of advancing painting. Classes are available for all levels of experience.