Biography
Anthony Whishaw studied at Chelsea School of Art from 1948 to 1952 and the Royal College of Art, London, from 1952 to 1955. During these years he gained an Art Travelling Scholarship, Royal College of Art Drawing Prize, an Abbey Minor Scholarship and a Spanish Government Scholarship.

Whishaw’s first solo exhibition was held at the Libreria Abril, Madrid, in 1956 and he subsequently showed regularly at Roland Browse and Delbanco, London, throughout the 1960s. Whishaw went on to have numerous solo exhibitions throughout the UK, including the ICA, London in 1971, the Oxford Gallery, Oxford, in 1978 and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge in 1982 (toured to Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and Bede Gallery, Jarrow). He also exhibited in many key group exhibitions from 1952, and has participated regularly in the Whitechapel Open Exhibition, the Hayward Annual, and the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition.

Whishaw has many awards to his name, among which are the Perth International Drawing Biennale Prize (1973); South East Arts Association Painting Prize (1975); Arts Council of Great Britain Award (1978); Greater London Council Painting Prize (1981); Abbey Premier Scholarship (1982); John Moores Minor Painting Prize (1982); Lorne Scholarship (1982-3); Joint winner Hunting Group National Art Competition (1986); and Korn Ferry Carre Oban International Picture of the Year in 1996. He was elected a Member of the London Group in 1979, a Royal Academician in 1989 and a Member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1992. Whishaw lives and works in London.

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2000-01 St Anne’s College, Oxford University 2000 Royal Academy of Arts (Friends’ Room), London Stephen Lacey Gallery, London 1999 Art First, London 1997 Art First, London 1995 Newport and Bolton Museums Art Space, London 1994 Art Space, London The Barbican Centre, touring to Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter; Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr; Huddersfield Art Gallery; RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin; Hatton Art Gallery, Newcastle; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1993 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 1992 Art Space Gallery, London 1991 Blason Gallery, London 1989 Galerie in Faust, Hamburg Galerie in Faust, Shanghai, China 1987-88 Royal Academy Diploma Galleries (toured to Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; Mead Gallery, Arts Centre of Warwick; John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Space, Exeter)

Public Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain Bolton Art Gallery Chantrey Bequest Christchurch, Kensington City Art Galleries, Sheffield Coventry Art Gallery Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Government Art Collection Huddersfield Musuem & Art Gallery Leicester City Art Gallery Museo de Arte Moderno, Murcia Museo de Bahia, Brazil Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne National Gallery of Wales Power Art Gallery, Sydney Royal Academy of Arts, London Royal West of England Academy, Bristol Seattle Museum of Art, USA Tate Gallery, London Western Australia Gallery