ABOUT ME
I am a UK based artist, trained in illustration at Norwich University of the Arts. I live and work in the English countryside, however it was a visit to Los Angeles which has had the most influence on my work. I became fascinated by the dramatic neon marquees of movie theatres and huge outlandish signs which adorn the building facades along Hollywood Boulevard. I think it is perhaps because there is nothing remotely similar in the UK, that I have been painting the landscapes of Los Angeles ever since.
Recently I have been painting scenes from closer to home, finding a lot of interest in depicting the classic British festival experience; mud, rain and all. I think there is something comforting and deeply nostalgic about the glow of a coffee van across a dimly lit muddy field, and I hope I have translated some of that emotional response into these pieces. While there is a foundation of realism within my work, I am most interested in creating an image which seems like a moment in time, highlighting the quiet beauty of the scenes which I depict.
I have exhibited across the UK, as well as the USA. This includes exhibitions with the New Light art prize at Scarborough Art Gallery, the Society of Women Artists and ING Discerning Eye exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London, Gallagher and Turner Gallery in Newcastle and a duo-show with artist and musician Horace Panter at According to McGee Gallery in York.
EXHIBITIONS
A Spot on the Wall, The Station Gallery, December 6th 2024
The British Art Prize 2024 Exhibition, Gallery at Oxo, London, 4th-8th December 2024
Christmas Exhibition, Gallagher and Turner Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 8th November-Jan 2025
Summer Open Exhibition, Gallagher and Turner Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, July 13th-August 10th 2024
Redcar Summer Exhibition, Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery, July 13th-August 31st 2024
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, November 2022
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries London, September 2022
Holt Festival Art Prize Exhibition July 2022
‘Hyperrealism in America and Japan: Horace Panter and Imogen Hawgood’, According To McGee, York- March 12th-25th 2022
"But Once A Year" Holiday Art Market, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA- December 2021
A Spot on the Wall, The Station Gallery, December 4th- January 26th
Art in the Fast Lane, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA- September 2021
Holt Festival Art Prize Exhibition July 2021
Broadway Arts Festival, June 2021 at Theatrebarn, Bretforton
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, 19th November- 31st December 2020- View here
Curator’s Choice: An Exhibition of Northern Art, New Light Prize Exhibition- Scarborough Art Gallery, 19th September 2020- 17th January 2021
Holt Festival Art Prize Exhibition Sept-Oct 2020
Norwich University of the Arts Online Graduate Showcase, 2020
AWARDS
The British Art Prize 2024, shortlisted final 50
The Women in Art Prize, Emerging Artist Award 2024- Longlisted
ING Discerning Eye 2022- Shortlisted
Sir John Hurt Art Prize 2022- Shortlisted
Sir John Hurt Art Prize 2021- Shortlisted
Sworders Emerging Artist Prize 2021- Shortlisted
Broadway Arts Festival 2021- Highly Commended, watercolour category
ING Discerning Eye 2020- Shortlisted
Norwich University of the Arts Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation 2020
Sir John Hurt Art Prize 2020- Shortlisted
Sworders Art Prize 2020- Shortlisted
PRESS / FEATURES
BBC Radio Merseyside, 25th November 10:20am
Hue & Eye, Depicting The Glowing Lights of Festivals and Facades, June 2024 (read here)
Creative Boom, Come and bask in the comforting glow of Imogen Hawgood's festival paintings, April 2024 (read here)
Everyman Magazine, November-December 2022 (view online here)
Dream Catcher magazine, Issue 45- Summer 2022
Creative Boom, Paintings by Imogen Hawgood consider the darker side of American road trips (read here)
Charles Hutch Press, Imogen Hawgood makes According To McGee debut alongside Pop artist Horace Panter in hyperrealism double delight- 10th March 2022 (read here)
According To McGee Blog, HORACE PANTER AND IMOGEN HAWGOOD: 'HYPERREALISM IN AMERICA AND JAPAN- March 2022 (read here)
BBC Radio Norfolk, The Social- August 2021
Norwich University of the Arts, Guest Lecture- November 2020
Storehouse Magazine, Issues 18, 19, 20 and 21 (print and online here)
Innocent Bystander (blog), Last Night in Times Square, post about the painting process of ‘Goldfinger Times Square’ commission, November 2021 (read here)