ABOUT TAI-SHAN
Born in 1962. Tai-Shan Schierenberg trained at St Martin’s School of Art and the Slade School of Art.
Winner of the 2011 Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture.
COMMISSIONS
PRICE GUIDE
Oil
20 x 16 inches £10,000
24 x 20 inches £15,000
36 x 28 inches £20,000
This is a rough fee-guide for a single portrait. Frame, travel & accommodation expenses, and VAT are not included. For groups and non-standard sizes please ask for a quote.
METHOD OF WORKING
I like three to five sittings and am happy to travel to my sitters. I paint groups as well as individuals and can paint using photography. I am currently registered for VAT.
NOTABLE SITTERS
- Her Majesty the Queen
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
- John Mortimer
- Seamus Heaney
- Lord Sainsbury
- Lord Carrington
- Duke of Devonshire
- Duchess of Westminster
- Professor Stephen Hawking
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2006 Myths, Flowers Central, Cork Street, London
- 2005 Out of Time, Flowers East, London
- 2004 Flowers Graphics, London
- 2003 Flowers, New York
- 2002 Flowers West, Santa Monica
- Flowers East, London
- 2001 Heads and Nudes, Flowers Graphics, London
- Flowers Central, London
- 2000 Flowers East, London
- 1999 Monotypes, Flowers Graphics, London
- 1999 Flowers East, London
- 1998 Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
- 1997 Flowers East, London
- 1996 Flowers East, London
- 1994 Flowers East, London
- 1993 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
- 1992 Angela Flowers (Ireland) Inc., Co. Cork
- Flowers East at London Fields, London
- 1991 Diorama Gallery, London
- 1988 Diorama Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2006 Back to the Figure – Contemporary Painting, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich
- 2005 Flowers West, Santa Monica
- Gallery Selections, Flowers, New York
- Angela Flowers Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
- Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London
- 2004 Scenes from Life, Flowers Central, London
- 2002 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
- British Figurative Painting, Beadleston Gallery, New York
- 2001 5 Painters, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- 12 British figurative Painters, Flowers West, Santa Monica
- Flowers Seven, Flowers Central, London
- Small is Beautiful XIXL: Still Life, Flowers East, London
- 2000 Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
- Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, USA
- Small is Beautiful: Self-Portrait, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- Flowers Two, Flowers Central, London
- 1999 Contemporary British Landscape, Flowers East, London
- 1998 New British Painting 1, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
- 1997 Angela Flowers Gallery 1997, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- Prints, Riverside Studios, London
- British Figurative Art Part One: Painting, Flowers East, London
- After, Angela Flowers Gallery (Ireland) Inc., Co. Cork
- Small is Beautiful Part XV: Death, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- 1996 Naked, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- Four British Painters, John McEnroe Gallery, New York
- Four British Painters, Mendenhall Gallery, California
- 1995 The Twenty Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East at London Fields, London
- Small is Beautiful Part XIII: Food and Drink, Flowers East, London
- 1994 Inner Visions, Flowers East, London
- 1993 Self Portraits, Galerie Schwind, Frankfurt
- The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
- New Figurative Painting, Salander O’Reilly Galleries/Fred Hoffman, Los Angeles
- Small is Beautiful Part XI: Homages, Flowers East, London
- 1992 Commissioned portrait of John Mortimer for The Portrait Award 1980-89, National Portrait Gallery, London
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
- 1991/92 Empty Gestures, Diorama Gallery, London
- 1991 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
- East, open exhibition, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk Institute of Art and Design
- Nudes, Angela Flowers at Watermans Art Centre
- 1990/91 Small is Beautiful Part X: Animals, Flowers East, London
- 1990 Diary of an Unknown Woman, Flowers East, London
- A View of the New, Royal Overseas League, London, (1st prizewinner)
- The Soul, Diorama Gallery, London
- Madonnas, Diorama Gallery, London
- 1989 John Player Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, (1st prizewinner)
- 1988 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
- John Player Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London
Public Collections:
- National Portrait Gallery
- Tate Gallery
- BBC
- Chatsworth House
- Ernst and Young
- Granada Media Group
- Queen’s University Belfast
- The Royal Society
- Cambridge University