Alastair Adams (born 1969 in Kingston Upon Thames) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He lives and works in

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Life and work

Alastair studied painting at

Hugh Baird College Hugh Baird College is an Ofsted outstanding college and University Centre situated in Merseyside, England. It is one of the largest providers of education and training in the area, delivering over 300 courses to more than 5,000 students. The colle ...

, Bootle and also at

De Montfort University De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body ...

graduating in 1992. He was elected as a member of the

Royal Society of Portrait Painters The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a charity based at Carlton House Terrace, SW1, London that promotes the practice and appreciation of portraiture art. Its Annual Exhibition of portraiture is held at Mall Galleries, and it runs a commi ...

in 2002, became Treasurer in 2005 and President in 2008. Between 2002 and 2017 he held a research based post, lecturing in Illustration at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

. Alastair's work can be found in numerous public and private collections, including a portrait of ex Prime Minister, Sir

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for the

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: * National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra * National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London ...

, London and

Princeton University Art Museum The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is the Princeton University gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. With a collecting history that began in 1755, the museum was formally established in 1882, and now houses over 117,000 work ...

. He has donated 3 works of art to the People's Portrait Collection housed at

Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the un ...

. In 2020 Alastair joined a number of artists who pledged via social media to paint portraits of nominated NHS key workers for the Portraits for NHS Heroes art project during the

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. He is a Trustee of the

Federation of British Artists The Federation of British Artists (FBA) consists of nine art societies, and is based at Mall Galleries in London where the societies' Annual Exhibitions are held. The societies represent living artists working in the United Kingdom who create co ...

Notable portraits

Since 2015, Alastair has been commissioned to paint a number of portraits for

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

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, USA including two portraits of Chief Investment Officer David Swensen, and posthumous works of Carolyn Slayman, Dorothy Horstmann and Katherine Lustman. *

* Sir Alastair Cook *

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References

External links

Official website

30 artworks by Alastair Adams
at the

Art UK Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 300,000 paintings, sculptures and other artworks by more than 53,700 artists. It was found ...

site.
Alastair Adams on RP website

Alastair Adams on NPG website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Alastair Living people 1969 births Academics of Loughborough University Alumni of De Montfort University English portrait painters People from Kingston upon Thames