Cherry Pickles {born 1950) is an artist and lecturer from

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in South Wales. Her works have been exhibited widely in the United Kingdom as well as in Greece and the United States. She has also lectured at a number of art schools.

Biography

Pickles first obtained a degree in Mathematics from

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before going on to study for a Postgraduate Diploma at

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, and a BA in Painting at Chelsea School of Art. Pickles has had a career as an independent artist, exhibiting widely and securing a number of grants in order to travel, exhibit and publish her work. She won a Boise Travelling Scholarship to Italy in 1980 and Greek Government Scholarships in 1992, 1994 and 1995. As well as numerous group exhibitions Pickles has had several solo shows, including two in 1994, one at St David's Hall in

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and the other at the Smith Jariwala Gallery. In 2017 she was shortlisted for the

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. She mainly paints but also makes images with collage, drawing and camera. Some of her works, such as her self-portrait as

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, are portraits although she has also painted many landscapes. Pickles has also had a long career as a lecturer and academic, teaching at a number of art schools including Falmouth School of Art, the

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, Cardiff Art School and the

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in London. In 2002 Pickles was the victim of theft, when her car along with 20 of her paintings were stolen in Cardiff. She was taking the paintings to Athens for an exhibition. In the 2019 UK General Election Pickles hosted the constituency office, in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's London constituency, for the candidacy of William Tobin- aimed at highlighting the several million people excluded from the British electoral franchise. Pickles' paintings were used as campaign backdrops, notably ''Self-portrait as an Old Etonian'' for the campaign video.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickles, Cherry 1950 births Living people 20th-century Welsh women artists 21st-century Welsh women artists Alumni of Cardiff University Academics of Falmouth University Academics of the University of St Andrews Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Alumni of Ulster University People from Bridgend Welsh women painters