Audrey Rapier was born in Scotland and grew up in a village on the west coast of Cumbria. After a Foundation course at Carlisle, she studied Fine art painting at the Central School of Art and Design in London (BA Hons, 1st class, 1981). After graduating she settled in North London and for many years, worked in the applied arts mainly as a scenic artist and later as a web designer, both for the BBC. Returning to painting full time in 2019, Audrey is motivated by her emotional response when viewing a potential subject. She works mainly in oils, but also loves the immediacy of pencil and watercolour sketches. She is inspired by line and form, working with shapes, colours and the effects of light. Her work is intimate and quietly observational, capturing everyday moments with a calm simplicity. Her paintings exude a meditative quality, focusing on the unexpected beauty in the everyday or the seemingly ordinary.
Audrey has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Society of Women Artists
Currently exhibiting with:
The Bakery Art Gallery, Camden Passage, 6 Charlton Place, N1 8AJ
Art Shows
2025: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Solo show – Between Land and Light (10 Jan – 1 Feb). Review of exhibition by Vivien Devlin
2024: Open Eye Gallery – On a Small Scale 2024 (22Nov – 21 Dec)
2024: Islington Art Society Nov Art Exhibition
2024: The Fry Art Gallery Annual Sale
2024: SWA Society of Women Artists
2024: Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition. Awarded the Green & stone Award for a Painting
2024: Town House Open 2023
2024: Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead (May) with The Bakery Art Gallery
2024: Islington Art Society May Art Exhibition
2024: Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (March) with The Bakery Art Gallery
2024: Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2024
2024: Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Show 2024. Awarded the Open Eye Gallery prize at the Then & Now exhibition
2023: Islington Art Society Winter Art Exhibition
2023: Highgate Contemporary Art: Summer Exhibition 2023
2023: The Fry Art Gallery Annual Sale
2023: Highgate Contemporary Art: Summer Exhibition
2023: Town House Open 2023
2023: Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition
2023: Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead (11 - 14 May) with The Bakery Art Gallery
2023: Highgate Contemporary Art, May Postcard Exhibition
2023: Affordable Art Fair, Battersea (9 - 12 March) with The Bakery Gallery
2023: Highgate Contemporary Members Gallery, March
2022: Highgate Contemporary Art, Nov Postcard Exhibition
2022: Islington Art Society Nov Art Exhibition
2022: SWA Society of Women Artists
2022: Town House Open 2022
2022: Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition
2022: Highgate Contemporary Art, May Postcard Exhibition
2022: Islington Art Society Spring Art Exhibition
2022: Highgate Contemporary Art. Winter to Spring Exhibition
2021: Highgate Contemporary Art, Nov Postcard Exhibition
2021: Aberdeen Artist Society Open Exhibition
2021: May: Highgate Contemporary Art, Postcard Exhibition
2021: RSA Annual Exhibition
1983: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1981: The Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon, Christmas Show
1981: Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon
Art education
1977-78: Carlisle School of Art & Design; Foundation course
1978 - 81: Central school of Art & Design (Now absorbed by Central St Martins College of Arts and Design) - Fine Art painting BA (Hons) 1st Class
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Contact
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