Anthony Tewfik
Painter and Sculptor b. London 1955
Anthony spent his childhood years in Devon up to the age of eleven when he moved to Cornwall. He studied initially at the Plymouth College of Art and Design and then at Epsom School of Art and Design where he was awarded a First Class Diploma in Fine Art / Painting.
As a student Anthony received the coveted David Murray Landscape Scholarship and the British Institution Award: both from The Royal Academy of Arts. He was also a finalist (London & SE) in the Windsor & Newton Student Awards.
On leaving college Anthony worked as an illustrator for many National and International publications before pursuing a career as a 'society' portrait artist, exhibiting regularly at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
On returning to Cornwall Anthony set up the Peak Rock studios and gallery in Polperro, where he worked and exhibited through the 1990s. He remains living and working in Looe Cornwall and now concentrates on fine sculpture as well as painting and drawing.
Exhibitions Include
The Royal Society of British Artists
The Hunting Group
The Lyn Painter Stainers
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
The New English Art Club
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
In 2003 one of Anthony's paintings was included in 20 short listed finalists from over 10,000 entries in the NOT The Turner Prize.
His work is held in many collections in the UK and abroad.