Stuart Pearson Wright

Stuart Pearson Wright (born 1975) is an English artist, known principally for his portraits, Wright also works in sculpture, film and printmaking. He is first prize winner of the 2001 BP Portrait Award.

Early life and education Stuart Pearson Wright was born in 1975, and went to school in Eastbourne, Sussex

An exhibition of his work entitled Halfboy was on show at The Heong Gallery of Downing College, Cambridge from 2 November 2018 to 6 February 2019.

He was the featured artist in the first episode of the second series of the BBC TV series Extraordinary Portraits, where he painted a portrait of fundraiser and cancer survivor Harriet Middleton. He subsequently donated the painting to Shetland Museum.

Wright was commissioned in 2021 by then HRH The Prince of Wales to paint the portrait of Ruzena Levy for the Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust series unveiled in 2022 at the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace.

Wright is currently represented by Flowers Gallery London and had a solo exhibition there in November 2023 called Miscellanalects.

Awards Wright won the BP Travel Prize in 1998.