About
Sue Rubira was born in Brentwood, Essex in 1959.
She studied illustration at Bristol and the Royal College of Art, London after which she moved to Portugal. Sue now lives and works near Southampton, England, teaching and painting portraits on a personal and commission basis.
- 1976-1977 Foundation in Art and Design, Banbury School of Art, Oxfordshire
- 1977-1980 BA 1st Class Honours in Illustration, Bristol Polytechnic
- 1980-1983 MA in Illustration, Royal College of Art, London
- 1981-1983 Folio Society shows
- 1981 ‘Urgent’ postcard for Artist’s Cards
- 1981 ‘Flatchbody’ logo for ‘The Depot’ rehearsal studio, Islington, London
- 1982 Work included in the Gardner Centre Exhibition
- 1982 Worked for the BBC QED programme ‘Shroud of Jesus, Fact or Fake?’ investigating the image on the shroud.
- 1982 Completed a commission for Granada Television’s ‘The Jewel in the Crown’
- 1983 Illustrations included in the RCA publication, ‘The Artist’s Cookbook’
- 1983-1994 Lived and worked in Portugal. Regular group exhibitions in ‘The Slave Market Gallery’ Lagos, Portugal
- 1993 Illustrations for the paperback ‘Under the Bright Wings’
- 1995 Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
- 2004 Winner of the Southampton City Art Gallery self-portrait open exhibition
- 2006 Solo exhibition of portraits, Foyer Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery
- 2006 Winner of The Daily Mail Portrait of the Queen competition
- 2006 Second prize, Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
- 2006 Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea – Roman Black Gallery
- 2007 Painting ‘June’ on loan to the New Hall Art Collection at Cambridge University
- 2007 Daler Rowney 1st prize, RWS 21st Century open exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
- 2007 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours open exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 2007 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 2007 Anthony J. Lester art critic award, SWA annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
- 2007 Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
- 2008 Group Exhibition, Armazem Gallery, Lagos, Portugal
- 2008 Best of Hampshire Exhibition, Hilliers, Romsey, Hants
- 2009 Group Exhibition, Slave Market Gallery, Lagos, Portugal
- 2009 The BP Portrait Exhibition, 2nd place Visitor’s Choice, The National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2009 The BP Portrait Exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery
- 2010 The BP Portrait Exhibition, 1st place Visitor’s Choice, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2010 ‘Maggie’ used for promotional poster by Ice and Fire for the play ‘Getting On’
- 2010 Article in L’Arte de Aquarelle Magazine