Michael Fullerton

Michael Fullerton (born 1971) is a Scottish artist living and working in London. He is primarily a portraitist and paints in a traditional style.

Life and work

Fullerton was born in Bellshill, Scotland). He attended the Glasgow School of Art and graduated from the MA painting programme in 2002.

Michael Fullerton trained as a painter. His work includes painting, printmaking and sculpture. He works with portraiture, referencing the 18th century portraitist, Thomas Gainsborough, and combining aesthetic with political concerns, his mode described by Roberta Smith of the New York Times, as "a well-trained if so far unoriginal way with paint."

He has painted Lady Cosgrove, seen as a feminist pioneer for being the first female judge in Scotland, in a work titled Lover, which refers to the artist's love of oil painting, as well as of the "romance" of political action. and The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow in the solo show Suck on Science. His solo show Are You Hung Up? was shown at the Transmission Gallery, Scotland 2003 Are You Hung Up?, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow 2003 Generator Projects, Dundee 2005 Suck on Science, CCA, Glasgow 2005 Art Now, Tate Britain, London 2010 Columbia, Chisenhale, London

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