b. 1957 Oxford. Rydal Hanbury studied her BA in Fine Art at the University of Hertfordshire, winning the University Award in 1999 & 2004 and completed The Drawing Year at The Prince’s Drawing School in 2008 . She won 1st Prize in the HRP “Hung, Quartered and Drawn” Competition. (Her drawing was converted into a 75ft hoarding, covering part of the White Tower of London for a 3 year Restoration Project.) Her most surreal moment was seeing a man abseil down her drawing to ‘unveil’ it.
For six years, Rydal has been captivated by the almost magical process of Drawing. She prefers to draw in an area with a defined boundary, where she can pick up it’s daily rhythms, patterns and narration. Her favourite ‘draw’ is standing in front of the Mansion House, London’s Square Mile at 7.30-9 am trying to catch the forms and nuances, of the focused early morning commuters as they ‘explode’ from the many entrances and exits of Bank Station. She enjoys translating this visual feast, from the smallest piece of paper and stubby pencil, to the largest roll of paper, with chunks of charcoal. She hopes to enthuse her students to do similar exploits.
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EDUCATION:
- 2007 The Drawing Year MA level diploma: The Prince’s Drawing School, London.
- 2004 BA (hons) Fine Art: University of Hertfordshire.
AWARDS:
- 2010 Drawings Fair Prize, Watercolours and Works on Paper, Abbott & Holder Ltd.
- 2008 First Prize ‘Hung, Quartered and Drawn’ Competition.Tower of London. H.R.P.
- 2004 University Prize
- 1999 University Prize
ART INSTALLATIONS and COMMISSIONS:
- 2011 Venice Drawing, Joint Commission for Prince’s Drawing School 10th Anniversary, with Van Cleef & Arpels.
- 2010 Tower Drawing installed on West Side of White Tower (Tower of London)
- 2010 A & K Wilson Gallery,The Ornamental Diary, Luton Hoo Estate.
- 2009 Regent Street Festival: Drawing the 10th Anniversary Birthday Card on Site
- 2008 Tower Drawing installed on East Side of White Tower (Tower of London)
EXHIBITIONS
- 2011 The 100 Project, Biscuit Building, London E2.
- 2011 Buckingham Palace, London. Prince’s Drawing School 10th Anniversary ( Van Cleef & Arpels)
- 2011 Watercolours and Works on Paper Art Fair, Science Museum, London
- 2010 AAF Battersea, London.
- 2010 A & K Wilson Gallery,The Ornamental Diary, Luton Hoo Estate.
- 2009 Sketches for the Unemployed, Acquire Art Gallery, London.
- 2009 Wiveton Hall Exhibition, Norfolk.
- 2008 Windsor Castle, Prince’s Drawing School. Patron’s Dinner
- 2008 Graduate Show, Princes Drawing School, London.
- 2008 Group Show,Drawing School Studios,Tea Building.London
- 2008 The 10th International Art Exhibition: Climate Change: Srinakharinwirot Art Gallery, Bangkok.
- 2005 W+E Contemporary Art Exhibition, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Thailand.
- 2004 Field of Vision: New York.
- 2004 Art In Herts: Faculty of Art and Design Gallery.
- 2004 Final Year Show, Faculty of Art and Design Gallery, University of Herts.
- 2003/4 Open Exhibition at Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans
RESIDENCIES:
2008 British Council and Srinkharinwirot Art Gallery, Bangkok.
2002 Assistant to Artist, Henrietta Van’t Hoog: The Mural at Emmen, Netherlands.
TEACHING AND CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS :
- 2011 Workshop Leader, Campaign for Drawing, Monuments for the Future, City of London.
- 2011 Workshop Leader : Drawing Session,Turtle Key Arts at Paddington Arts , London.
- 2009-11 Tutor: Young Artists Programme: The Prince’s Drawing School: Westminster Drawing Club, Life Drawing Room at the Royal Academy.
- 2010 Tutor : Drawing Workshops for Children, The Whitechapel Gallery, London E 1
- 2008 Assistant Tutor: Young Artists Programme: Westminster Club, Kingsgate Studios, Wallace Collection & Life Drawing Room, Royal Academy.
- 2008 Assistant Tutor: Young Artists Programme: South Kensington Club, Natural History Museum.
- 2008 Workshop Tutor: Climate Change: Schools in Bangkok and the Students at Srinkharinwirot University, Bangkok.
- 2005 Workshop Tutor: Schools in Chiang Mai in collaboration with the W+E Exhibition, Thailand.
PUBLICATIONS:
2009 ‘The Big Story’
1996 ‘Jammie Donuts’