Amy Dury (b. 1971 London) is a British artist who studied BA Printmaking at the Glasgow School of Art (1993–97) and completed an MA in Fine Art at the University of Brighton (2000–02). Working primarily in oil and acrylic, alongside drawing and mixed media, Dury explores figurative subjects drawn from found photographs and home movies of the pre-digital era. Her practice reflects on memory, nostalgia, and social dynamics, reinterpreting imagery from the 1970s and 1980s to examine identity, power, and collective history. Combining her background in printmaking with expressive, layered brushwork, she constructs compositions that merge precise detail with gestural freedom. Through this process, Dury investigates how personal and cultural memories shape contemporary life.
Solo Exhibitions include (Upcoming) Always, Everything, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2026); Tambaran 2 Gallery, New York, USA (2025); Cameron Contemporary Art Brighton, Brighton, UK (2025); Souvenir, Lido Stores Margate, UK (2024); Cameron Contemporary Art Hove, Hove, UK (2023); Lara Bowen Contemporary, UK (2020); gnt gallery, Eastbourne, UK (2019); Gallery 31, Brighton, UK (2018).
Group Exhibitions include Symposium, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, USA (2025); Rogue Women, Rogue Studios Liverpool, UK (2024); Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK (2024); About Time, Swanfall Gallery, London, UK (2024); Unity, Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK (2024); New in Town, Tambaran, New York, USA (2024); Society of Scottish Artists: 130th Annual Exhibition – Commissioned piece responding to Edvard Munch (2023); Sussex Contemporary at the i360, Brighton, UK (2022); ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK (2022); Figures, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK (2022); Beep Contemporary, Swansea, Wales, UK (2022); Oxmarket Contemporary Open, Chichester, UK (2022); Atelier Brighton Open Call, Brighton, UK (2022); Trinity Buoy Wharf Gallery, London, UK (2022); Time & Place, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK (2022); A Sense of Place, Lanehouse Arts, St Leonards, UK (2021); Amy Dury & Phillip Maltman, Rise Gallery, Berwick St., London, UK (2021); Reconfiguring, The Regency Town House, Brighton, UK (2021); Council Worker, Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition, Rise Gallery Soho, London, UK (2021); Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK (2021); Kings Arch Gallery, Brighton, UK (2021); anon, Kings Arch Gallery, Brighton, UK (2020); Festival Exhibition, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK (2020); Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK (2019); Fresh Paint, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK (2019); Summer Show, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK (2019); Brighton Open Houses May Exhibition, various venues, UK (2005-2021).
Highlights & Collections
In 2025, Dury appeared as Guest Presenter on Sky Arts’ Artists Masterclasses and served as a judge for Sussex Portrait Artist of the Year. In November 2024, she was shortlisted for the Cass Art Prize. One year prior, in 2023, her work was exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. In 2022, Dury was a guest on John Dalton’s Gently Does It Podcast and was featured in Sussex Life as well as Artists & Illustrators. That same year, the artist won the Zealous Painting Prize. In 2021, she appeared as a contestant on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year and was selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize for the work Self-Defence. The Artist also delivered a livestream portrait painting session for the Tate. Previously, Dury was shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award in 2020 and longlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize in both 2019 and 2020. In 2003, she completed an artist residency at Croydon College.