Austin Cole RBA

Statement

Austin Cole is an artist printmaker, holding membership with the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) and the Society of Graphic Fine Art (ASGFA). He has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition on three occasions; The Discerning Eye; The Courtauld Institute, and other venues in London, in Bath, and other cities around the UK. He has won the Artichoke Studio Prize on two occasions, and the Arts Club Mayfair Prize at the RBA 2012 annual exhibition.

Bio

Born in Pembrokeshire, Austin moved to London to study at the Sir John Cass School of Art (also known as the Metropolitan University), The City Lit, The Slade School of Fine Art, and at Morley College. He uses these settings as the primary focus in work, shifting between London's urban landscape and Wales' coastal scenes. 

Memberships

Royal Society of British Artists (2011)

Society of Graphic Fine Arts (2014)

Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

Royal Cambrian Art Society

Chelsea Art Society

Exhibitions

He has been featured in several shows and galleries around the UK, from the Royal Academy and Royal College of Art, to Discerning Eye, the Courtauld Institute, and Bankside Gallery.