biography - cv    


Tilly Willis
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Tilly's Studio
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Tilly in Oman
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Trained
Somerset College of Art 
1979-1980
Byram Shaw School of Art, London   1981-1985
One-man Exhibitions
Exoticus, Knightsbridge, London 1993
Somerset Arts Week  1996/8 2000/2/4/6
Royal Geographical Society, London 1997
The Meeting House Gallery, Ilminster 1998
Prime Arts Gallery, Bath 2001
Live Windows, Shoon Dept Store, Bath 2001
Royal Geographical Society Africa Event, Somerset 2002
10 Parishes Festival, Somerset 2003/2005
Strode Theatre, Street 2004
One World Week Exhibition SCAT 2005
Somerset Arts Week  2006
10 Parishes Festival, Somerset 2007
Group Exhibitions
The Crypt Gallery, Bloomsbury 1985
Medici Gallery, London 1987
Century Gallery, London 1988
Kings Road Gallery, London 1988
Laing Landscape Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London 1989
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1990
3D Gallery, Bristol 1991
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London 1994
Handle House Contemporary Art Africa Exhibition, Devizes 1996
Loretto Gallery, Edinburgh 1998
100 Contemporary Artists, Whiteley's, London 1998
Walker Galleries, Honiton, Devon 1999/2003
Strode Theatre, Travel Exhibition, Street 2001
Channel 4, Window on the World Competition (Prize Winner) 2004
Commissions include
Portrait of actress Dawn French
Painting for The National Westminster Bank, Jersey
Painting for The Mildmay Hospital, London 

Cards and Prints
Cards published by Medici, Prime Arts of Bath, Portal Publications and The Foundry. On-line cards for Apple.    
Charity cards include AMREF, Amigos International, Musicians Benevolent Fund, Sightsavers, Send a Cow and Cancer Research.  
Prints published by Prime Arts, Portal Publications, Wizard and Genius, Heartstrings Creative Publishing and Flametree Publishing.

Calendars
Calendar published by Flame Tree Publishing, 2005/06/07/08/09 and Graphique de France 2006 (see Work for Sale for purchasing details).

Book Covers and CDs
Tilly's work has been used extensively by many major publishers for book covers and CDs.

A wide range of her African paintings are available for reproduction through The Bridgeman Art Library, London or from the artist herself.

Tilly is available to work in schools as a visiting artist and also regularly gives talks on her work and travels.

Visiting Artist
Africa Week, Bricknell Primary, Hull 2007 Click here for photos


 

 

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