01.12.11: Turning the World Upside Town
Portugese by birth, Rego received an academic training at the Slade School, London. She has lived in Britain since 1952, with frequent returns to Ericeira and Lisbon. Her work retains a clear imprint of Portugal: in images from stories told to her by her family; in the muscular, stocky bodies that absorb space; and in small domestic details.
BIOGRAPHY
1935 Born in Lisbon
1945-51 Educated in St Julian's School, Carcavelos, Portugal
1952-56 Studied painting at the Slade School of Art, London
1957-63 Lived in Ericeira, Portugal with her husband, painter Victor Willing
1962-63 Bursary from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
1963-75 Lived in London and Portugal
1976 Settled permanently in London
1983 Visiting Lecturer in Painting, Slade School of Art
1988 Retrospective Exhibition, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Serpentine Gallery, London
1990 Appointed the first National Gallery Associate Artist
1991-96 Nursery Rhymes exhibition toured internationally by South Bank Centre, British Council and Marlborough Graphics
1992 Publication of Peter Pan suite of etchings. Television documentary, Paula Rego for South Bank Show, London Weekend Television
Nursery Rhymes and Peter Pan suite of etchings shown at Charles Nodrum Gallery, October/November, 1995; Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1996 Publication of Pendle Witches suite of etchings
Shown at Charles Nodrum Gallery, August, 1997
1997 Retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
1998 Solo exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery
1999 Publication of The Children's Crusade suite of etchings
Galeria Marlborough, Madrid
O Crime do Padre Amaro, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
Paula Rego lives and works in London.
Her works are represented in :
The National Gallery, London
Tate Gallery, London
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
The British Council
Saatchi Collection, London
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Corporate & Private Collections in United Kingdom, Spain,
Portugal, Holland, United States, Australia and others
