Stephen Conroy (1964-), Artist

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 2 portraits
Born in Helensburgh, Scotland in 1964 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art, 1982-7. His work was included in The Vigorous Imagination, at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1987 and in New British Painting, which toured five American venues between 1988-90. He held a solo exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art, London, in 1989, which toured to Manchester and Glasgow in 1992. He exhibited again at Marlborough Fine Art in 2000. In 1986 when he entered the John Player Portrait Award and his portrait of Jonathan Miller was commissioned by the Gallery. He is noted for his traditional drawing of elusive figures in formal poses, in both his paintings and his etchings and lithographs.