Photograph of the Month - August 2007

Past display archive
1 August - 31 August 2007

Room 39

Free

Stella Vine (née Melissa Robson), by Venetia Dearden, January 2004 - NPG x127161 - © Venetia Dearden / National Portrait Gallery, London

Stella Vine (née Melissa Robson)
by Venetia Dearden
January 2004
NPG x127161

Born Melissa Robson in Northumberland. As a young single parent, Vine joined the National Youth Theatre of Britain in 1983 and the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (1987-1990). Studying at Hampstead School of Art (1999-2001), Vine began to paint family members and celebrities. She founded 'The Unstuckists' (2001) and opened the Rosy Wilde Gallery in East London (2003, re-opened 2006), receiving media coverage for having her work purchased by Charles Saatchi. Vine has exhibited worldwide including a large solo show at Modern Art Oxford (2007).

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