Sue rubira biography
Sue Rubira was..
Sue's camera is her sketchbook and she starts her portraits by taking hundreds of photos - without using flash - to sort out pose and lighting.
Sue Rubira
About
Sue Rubira was born in Brentwood, Essex in 1959.
She studied illustration at Bristol and the Royal College of Art, London after which she moved to Portugal. Sue now lives and works near Southampton, England, teaching and painting portraits on a personal and commission basis.
- 1976-1977 Foundation in Art and Design, Banbury School of Art, Oxfordshire
- 1977-1980 BA 1st Class Honours in Illustration, Bristol Polytechnic
- 1980-1983 MA in Illustration, Royal College of Art, London
- 1981-1983 Folio Society shows
- 1981 ‘Urgent’ postcard for Artist’s Cards
- 1981 ‘Flatchbody’ logo for ‘The Depot’ rehearsal studio, Islington, London
- 1982 Work included in the Gardner Centre Exhibition
- 1982 Worked for the BBC QED programme ‘Shroud of Jesus, Fact or Fake?’ investigating the image on the shroud.
- 1982 Completed a commission for Granada Television’s ‘The Jewel in the Crown’
- 1983 Illustrations included in the RCA publication, ‘The Artist’s Cookbook’
- 1983-1994 Lived and wor