Jennifer Anderson has gained a worldwide reputation for her haunting figurative painting.

"I want to create an intimate relationship between the viewer and the subject. Through use of pose, body language and mood, I want to focus the viewer's gaze on the subject so that they can allow themselves a pure emotional reaction that speaks as much of their own feelings and experiences as of those they interpret in the subject they are regarding.

I have attempted to focus on the delicacy of the surface of skin by stripping back all aspects of the composition that distract the eye from the skin's texture. I want to encourage the viewer to look at the beauty and subtlety of paint depicting skin, to appreciate the surface of the canvas turned into moulded form as it is juxtaposed with blank colour, or flat pattern."

EDUCATION

• 1993–97 Duncan of Jordanstone Collage of Art, Dundee
  Fine Art BA (Hons) — First Class

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters HSBC Investment Management Award
• The Royal Glasgow Institute David Cargill Award
• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Arts Club Prize
• The George Duncan of Drumfork Travel Scholarship
• The Ewan Mitchell Award for Figurative Painting
• The Royal Glasgow Institute Strathearn Gallery Prize
• The Paisley Art Institute Miller's Creativity Award
• The Lady Artist's Club Trust Award
   

PAST EXHIBITIONS

• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters HSBC Investment Management Award
• The Royal Glasgow Institute David Cargill Award
• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Arts Club Prize
• The George Duncan of Drumfork Travel Scholarship
• The Ewan Mitchell Award for Figurative Painting
• The Royal Glasgow Institute Strathearn Gallery Prize
• The Paisley Art Institute Miller's Creativity Award
• The Lady Artist's Club Trust Award
   

solo exhibitions

• 2015 Flying Colours Gallery, London
• Skin Deep, Maclean Fine Art, Cork Street, London
• London Art Fair with Maclean Fine Art; 2003 art
• London Art Fair with Maclean Fine Art
• 2000 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
• 1998 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
   

Selected group exhibitions

• 2016 Figure – A Cast of Characters at Cameron Contemporary
• 2013 Three Painters, The Lighthouse, Glasgow with CCA
• 2009–2015 Affordable Art Fairs Battersea, Hampstead and Bristol with Cameron Contemporary Art 
• 2008  The Paisley Art Institute, Paisley
• 2008 The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh,
• 1998/2000/2001/2008 The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh,
• 2006 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
• 2006 The Royal Glasgow Institute, Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow
• 2006 The Royal Academy Summer Show, Piccadilly, London
• 2005 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
• 2005 The National Portrait Gallery, London, General Exhibition
• 2005 The BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London
• 2004 The Last Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
• 2004 The BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London
• 2002  'Fresh Paint', Maclean Fine Art at the Arndean Gallery, London,
• 2001 The BP Portrait Award, The National Portrait Gallery, London
• 2001  'Fresh Paint', Maclean Fine Art at the Arndean Gallery, London,
• 2001 The Royal Glasgow Institute, Maclellan Galleries, Glasgow 
• 2001 The Paisley Art Institute, Paisley
• 2000 The Noble and Grossart Painting Prize, The Mound, Edinburgh
• 1998 The SAAC, The Mound, Edinburgh
• 1998 The Noble and Grossart Painting Prize, The Mound, Edinburgh