About
Teresa Lawler studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
before joining the BBC Design Department, leaving in 1993. Since then she has worked in
Production Design both in TV and theatre and in education first at NTU in Singapore and then
at Kingston University where she was Course Director for MA Production Design in Film and TV
from 1999 -2013.
During this time she continued to produce her own work ranging from paintings,
drawings and prints to light installations. Over recent years the emphasis has moved to
painting which is now the main focus of her practice.
She was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours (RI) in 2021
and was awarded the Winsor and Newton Prize that year for the group of paintings submitted
as a candidate.
Education
Slade School of Fine Art, University College London HDFA (postgraduate painting)
University of Northumbria BA (hons) Fine Art
Selected exhibitions and productions
2025 Thompson's Gallery Aldeburgh
'Coast' - a group exhibition
19th April - 10th May
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries London
26th March - 5th April
2024 Thompson's Gallery
Autumn Annual
Seymour Place, London
24th September - 11th October
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
at the Iona House Gallery
4, High Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TF
1st June - 7 July
Duo Exhibition with David Gleeson RI
Thompson's Gallery
Seymour Place, London
24th April - 10th May
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
28th March - 13 April
London Art Fair
Thompson's Gallery Stand G23
Business Design Centre, Islington
17th - 21st January
2023 Thompson's Gallery Harpendon Winter Exhibition
13.Church Green, Harpenden
AL5 2TW
Thompson's Gallery Autumn Exhibition
Seymour Place, London
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
2022 Thompson's Gallery Autumn Exhibition
Seymour Place, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Federation of British Artists :
Winners/Award Winning Artists 2020-2022
A special exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London.
Winner of the Debra Manifold RI Memorial award
2021 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
Winner of the Winsor and Newton Award
Thompson's Gallery Autumn Exhibition
Seymour Place London.
Seen through a filmic eye : Paintings by Roger Aslin and Teresa Lawler
Joint exhibition at the Lightbox, Woking.
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition,
Mall Galleries, London
Victoria Place Art Project
The Lightbox, Woking.
New Light Art Prize
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Bankside Gallery, London.
2020 New Light Art Prize
Scarborough Art Gallery
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
Victoria Square open @ the LightBox, Woking ( online exhibition)
2019 The Westmorland Landscape Prize
Rheged Gallery, Penrith, Cumbria
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
2018 Art Gemini Prize Finalists Exhibition
Menier Gallery, London
New Light Art Prize
Bankside Gallery, London
Huddersfield Art Gallery
Tullie House Museum and Gallery, Carlisle.
Yvonne Arnaud Art Exhibition
The Mill Studio, Guildford
2017 New Light Art Prize
Bowes Art Museum, Barnard Castle
Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
2016 Derwent Art Prize
Mall Galleries, London
Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
Art Gemini Prize Finalists Exhibition
Asia House Gallery, New Cavendish Street, London
Group show, Clyde and Co, Guildford
2015 Art Gemini Prize Finalists Exhibition
Menier Gallery, London
Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition
Bankside Gallery, London
2014 Group Show, Baker-Tilley, 1 London Square Guildford
2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Cork Street Open Exhibition
2008 The National Open Art Competition, Chichester
2007 The National Open Art Competition, Chichester
NOAC highly commended works
The Arts Club, Dover Street, London
Celeste Painting Prize, shortlisted artist
2002 Jonathan Creek BBC TV drama – Art Director
2001 The Cazalets BBC TV period drama – Art Director
1997 Cyrano de Bergerac , ZooTango Theatre Company Australia – Designer
1996 Deceit, Louis Nowra play , Zootango Theatre Company Australia - Designer
1995/6 Multi media exhibition on ‘Communication'
Large scale solo exhibition involving interactive light based installations, paintings
and prints shown in Singapore and Melbourne Australia
sponsored by British Telecom
1991 Solo exhibition British Council Singapore -
work purchased by the National Museum Singapore, British Airways
and the British Council Singapore