Christian Furr

Christian Furr (born 1966) is an English painter. In 1995 he was commissioned to paint Queen Elizabeth II.

Education Furr was educated at Ladymount Primary School, Heswall, and St Anselm's College, Birkenhead. He later did a foundation course at Wirral Metropolitan College,

Career In 1995, at the age of 28, he was commissioned by the Royal Overseas League to paint Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2005, Britvic commissioned Furr to create a painting marking 70 years of Robinsons (drink) the Wimbledon Championships on Centre Court. The giant canvas featuring Tim Henman and Fred Perry was completed by over one thousand people at Wimbledon. In November 2012, Furr was artist and curator in the art exhibition "Liverpool Love" at the new Museum of Liverpool in aid of Claire House Hospice. The exhibition included works by Yoko Ono, Sir Peter Blake David Mach, entitled 'The Staying Alive Neon Collection'.

In 2014, he was appointed to the Artists' General Benevolent Institution 'AGBI', the oldest charity in Great Britain, and was founded by J. M. W. Turner. Furr completed a portrait of Thomas van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy, unveiled this year at the Chelsea Arts Club.

In 2016, Furr initiated media attention when he expressed concern that the artist Anish Kapoor had gained the exclusive rights to Vantablack, known as 'the blackest black'. Furr had planned to use Vantablack in a series of paintings called Animals, after seeing a feature on the BBC.

In 2017, Furr collaborated with English photographer Gered Mankowitz on the '45RPM' collection, Furr's collection of cheese paintings begun in 2005, was featured on BBC Culture in 2017.

In 2018, Furr launched a new super-black he initiated at the Science Museum, London, developed by Imperial College London Scientists; Hin Chun Yau and Francois de Luca. and had a mid career retrospective exhibition of his artworks at Williamson Art Gallery and Museum. on Park Lane, to create a 2.7 metre oil painting based on the Serpentine and Hyde Park. on Orchard Road, Singapore "Arrival' is a 3x4-metre acrylic and oil painting on canvas that resembles a tapestry, which is a fictional depiction of early settlers arriving in Singapore in the 19th century.

In 2026 Furr collaborated with The Kinks co-founders Ray Davies and Dave Davies on an art collection and exhibition titled The Kinks: Brothers.

Awards 1991 Furr was awarded The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant. 1993 Winsor & Newton Young Artist’s Award, ROI. at the House of Commons, given to further education alumni who have gone on to achieve excellence in their chosen field. Former winners include Jamie Oliver, and Jimmy Choo.