Biography

Roxana Halls is drawn to investigate the meaning of cultural trends and invites the viewer to reflect on the interplay of gender, class, sexuality and identity. Her many solo exhibitions include Roxana Halls' Tingle-Tangle at the National Theatre, South Bank, London and she has been a multiple exhibitor in the BP Portrait Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition and the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize. Her work has been exhibited and commissioned widely and is held in numerous private and public collections in the UK and internationally. Halls has been the recipient of several awards, including the Villiers David Prize, The Discerning Eye Founder's Purchase Prize and The Derwent Special Prize and she recently contributed to the Portraits for NHS Heroes project.