"Painting for me is recapturing the experience of seeing, without being too literal-minded about what that experience is or means"
Michael Alford is a British figurative artist known for an expressive painting style that fuses classical technique with a modern sensibility. He lives and works in London.
Michael’s varied body of work reflects his interest in a range of different subjects and ways of seeing. He paints powerful contemporary cityscapes, street scenes and landscapes through the eyes of a passionate traveller. His paintings of figures and nudes are sought after for their combination of fine draughtsmanship, acute observation and sense of drama. A sensitive portraitist, Michael is frequently commissioned to paint individuals and groups. He is also a muralist and war artist.
Prizes
2017 ROI Annual Exhibition Stanley Grimm Prize
2004 Green & Stone Prize
2003 Primaluce Mural Festival Prize, Lodi, Italy
2000 Agnes Reeve Memorial Prize
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Wimbledon Fine Art
2016 Panter & Hall, Nudes
2016 Wimbledon Fine Art
2012 Highgate Contemporary Art
2010 Royal Geographical Society, Afghan Paintings
2009 Duncan Campbell
2008 Duncan Campbell
2007 Duncan Campbell
2006 Nevill Gallery, Canterbury
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Chelsea Art Society, Ebb & Flow
2019 Panter & Hall, Five British Impressionists
2019 Panter & Hall, We Are 20
2019 Richard Hagen Gallery, Summer Show
2019 Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2018 Thompson’s Metropolis
2017 Panter & Hall, Three British Impressionists
2017 Royal Institute of Oil Painters
2016 Chloe Fine Art, San Francisco
2015 Jerram Gallery, Winter Show
2014 Panter & Hall, Tradition
2013 Medici Gallery
2012 Enid Lawson Gallery
2011 Blackheath Gallery
2009 Bucranio Arte, Italy
2008 Chelsea Art Society Exhibition
2007 Highgate Fine Art
2006 Collins & Hastie
2005 Kings Road Gallery
2003 El Claustre, Girona
2000 SF MOMA, Fort Mason, San Francisco
