SPORTING IMAGE - SHARON LUTCHMAN

The Lennox Gallery
77 Moore Park Road
London SW6 2HH
Tel: 020 7 736 3326 (exhibition weeks only)
Tue 28th Jan - Sat 8th Feb 2003
(11.00 am - 6.00 pm)
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Lennox Lewis (World Heavyweight Boxing Champion), Nasser Hussain (England Cricket Captain) and Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps Rugby Captain) are just three of the UK's best loved sporting heroes whose portraits will be featured in the critically acclaimed artist, Sharon Lutchman's forthcoming exhibition, SPORTING IMAGE which will run at The Lennox Gallery in London from Tuesday 28th January 2003 - Saturday 8th February 2003.

A critically acclaimed artist, with a history of successful exhibitions - the most recent of which was The New Brits at The Gallery in Cork Street in 1997, Lutchman has established herself in the fields of portraiture and abstract art. Previous exhibitions have included included Ruins In Time, a study of Bombay which was exhibited both in India and at London's Connoisseur Gallery, Filmi Geet, an exhibition exploring the world of Bollywood movies at The Nehru Gallery in Mayfair and at the Museum of the Moving Image, The South of the World, an exhibition shown at the National Museum of Sicily in conjunction with the International Congress on the Third World, Warriors in the Forest, the first series of Lutchman's Bollywood journeys, an exhibition opened by the actor Saeed Jaffrey at The Commonwealth Institute and Jazz and the City which was opened by the legendary George Melly, a keen collector of Lutchman's work at The Barbican.

A much sought after portrait artist, Sharon Lutchman's subjects have included leading members of the business community amongst whom are G. K. Noon, the Indian food mogul, Lord Desai, the economist, Professor Sen, nobel laureate and Master of Trinity College, and the actor Meera Syal, all of whom bought both paintings and drawings from Lutchman.

SPORTING IMAGE which will be officially opened by the Right Hon Tessa Jowell, Minister for Culture, Media and Sports, also includes portraits of Tony Bullimore, the yachtsman, Tanni Grey the four-time Paralympic Gold Medalist, cricketing hero Wasim Akram and Jan Britten, former Captain of the England Women's Cricket Team, Dean Ward, Courtney Rombolt and Paul Attwood the British Bobsleigh Winter Olympics Team.

Of Asian descent, Lutchman was born in South Africa but moved to Leicester as a child. Following her schooling she moved to London to study at St Martin's College of Art where she gained a BA Honours. In 1989, in addition to her artwork, she embarked on a programme of educational projects which included residencies at various schools and colleges.

For the purposes of this exhibition Lutchman has worked in oils, charcoal, and pencil but regularly uses various artistic mediums in her work, including acrylics, montage and 3D.

SPORTING IMAGE is testament to the talent and versality of Sharon Lutchman and will further endorse her reputation as one of the UK's most exciting, up and coming artists.

SPORTING IMAGE which will run at The Lennox Gallery in London from Tuesday 28th January 2003 - Saturday 8th February 2003.