Stephen Shankland

Stephen Shankland was born in Irvine in 1971. He graduated from Grays School of Art, Aberdeen in 1993 with a first class honours degree.

His paintings contain thoughtful figures usually wrapped up in a sense of narrative. Composition & draughtsmanship as well as colour all contribute to the story that unfolds in each scene. Figures often gaze from their world with the story being readable in their eyes. Often the figures share the composition with objects that have symbolic relevance.

Stephen has won many awards. The most recent, and most prestigious, was in 2004. The BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London. He exhibits in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London and his work is in the collections of The National Gallery, London and Aberdeen Art Gallery.