Go Rosie!

Rosie Phillips - Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2024
Nov 20, 2024
Go Rosie!
 

Although quietly confident, we were a little tense - before we shared Rosie's triumph earlier this week when she reached the semi-finals on this hugely respected programme. Congratulations to her!

Stephen Mangan presented the programme in their search for a new portrait artist, alongside judges, artist Tai Shan Schierenberg, independent curator Kathleen Soriano and art historian Kate Bryan. The sitters for this episode were disability rights activist Heather Mills, Broadcaster and Presenter Kevin McCloud, and Journalist and Broadcaster Martha Kearney.

 

 


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Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country

Paul Vater

PAUL VATER
Paul conducts studio visits to maintain strong relationships with artists, designers and craftspeople who show their work with us. He manages the main C&C website and has developed the online shop where selected works are presented for sale.

 

Paul established his design company, Sugarfree, in 1990 and quickly gained a reputation for delivering fresh, effective marketing campaigns and brand identities for clients including Save the Children Fund, United Nations Association and UNHCR. Over the years those added to the roster include IPC Magazines, Arts Council England, The Roundhouse, Barbican Centre, Arts Marketing Association, Look Ahead Housing and Care, Paddington Waterside, BBC Worldwide, Commonwealth Foundation, Prestel, City of London Corporation, Baker Street Quarter, Victoria BID and the University of East Anglia.