Miriam Escofet

Early life

Miriam Escofet was born in Barcelona, Spain on 1967. She is the daughter of Jose Escofet, a painter. Her father is Spanish and her mother is English.¹ She has two siblings. Miriam is fluent in Spanish, Catalan, and English. ³ She also has elementary proficiency of Italian and French. Her father, Jose Escofet, is an Artist from Spain and her mother was an artist. Escofet grew up in an art environment. She got influenced by watching her father paint.³ She began to develop a passion for painting, just like her father. At an early age, Escofet was interested in other artists and would spend her time reading books about artists around the world. [1] She began to learn different styles of art, such as drawing, painting, and sculpting. Her father would offer Escofet to paint with him. Her father took Escofet under her wing and began to show how to paint.³ She only attended elementary school in Spain. In 1979, her family moved to England and there she finished the rest of secondary school. She attended Epsom School of Art in 1985 through 1986.⁴ She transferred to Brighton College of Art, where she got a Bachelor Degree in Arts, 3-D design, and Ceramics.⁴

Career

Miriam began to paint at a young age. She was influenced by her father, who is also an artist. She attended Epsom School of Art in 1985 through 1986. ⁴ She transferred to Brighton College of Art, where she got a Bachelor Degree in Arts, 3-D design, and Ceramics. ⁴ Miriam explains how her work has been influenced by the architecture of the classical, gothic and renaissance period.⁵ The theme of most of her work is classicism, Mythology, and allegory. ⁵ Her artwork revolves around the ideas of imagination and symbolism. Her degree in 3-D design helped her paint her texture and volume very well.⁵ She is well known for her oils portrait painting. After graduating Art school, she began to practice her work. She became successful and began to have her work featured in exhibited. ¹ Now, her work is commonly found in numerous places throughout Europe.² Her artworks have featured in galleries such as Christopher Wood Gallery, Mallet of Bond Street, Rafael Vals, Duke Street, and the Albermarle Gallery. She has numerous of solo exhibitions as well. She is an associate membership at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.¹ Escofet is commonly known for oil painting, but she is very skilled in Art, Fine Art, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Perspective Drawing, Teaching, Photography, Ceramic, Book design, and Contemporary Art.² She offers classes in some colleges in England. She teaches a different kind of painting style. She has done interviews for her artwork. Escofet currently works at Art schools to teach master classes. She currently works at two Art school. She started to work at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and Design in 2011 ⁸ and Heatherleys School of Fine Art in 2010.⁸ She teaches Life drawing courses and painting tutor. Miriam Escofet in her Career has had her artwork become the cover of books, magazines, and flyers. Her artwork Order of Caryatids by Escofet became the cover of Clavis Journal Volume 3 book.⁴ She has published two books with her Father, Jose Escofet.

Awards

· BP Portrait Award 2012, NPG Publications

· BP Portrait Award 2010, NPG Publications

· BP Portrait Award 2009, NPG Publications

· BP Portrait Award 2007, NPG Publications

Publications and Exhibition

Miriam Escofet's Artwork has been published and featured in many exhibitions. Escofet has done four solo exhibitions. Her first solo was in 2001 at the Albemarle Gallery in London, England. Her second and third solos were in 2005 and 2007 at the Galerie Michelle Boulet in Paris, France. Her latest solo was in 2008, again at the Albemarle Gallery. She has two exhibitions with her father, Jose Escofet. One was in 2010 and the other in 2011 at Villa Beretelli, Italy. In each exhibition with her father, she has been interviewed about her artwork. Most of her artwork is commonly found in the Albemarle Gallery in London, England. Her first debut was in 1999 at the Annual Still life and Trompe Show. In 2000, she was part of the millennium art show. In 2006, she was in the tenth Anniversary show. In 2010, she was in the Art of Charity. In 2011, her work was featured for the summer collective. As part of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, her artwork can be picked for the annual exhibition. She has already been featured in 3 of the annual exhibitions and will be in the upcoming exhibition in May 2017.