Stephen Conroy is a painter and printmaker born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, who studied painting at Glasgow School of Art in the mid-1980s.

Conroy won first prize for painting at the RA’s British Institute Fund Awards in 1986 and was also commissioned to exhibit at Dumbarton District Council.

During his career, Conroy has taken part in several group exhibitions including The Vigorous Imagination at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1987 and the American touring exhibition New British Paintings in 1988-90. His solo presentations include an exhibitions at Marlborough Fine Art in 1989 and 2000 and a retrospective at Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig.

The artist continues to live and work in Scotland and many of his works are held in public collections.

Reference Bibliography:
Buckman D., 2006, Artists in Britain since 1945, Vol 1, Art Dictionaries Ltd, Bristol

www.marlboroughfineart.com

Glossary

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.