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: 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; 2021.
Group Exhibitions Include:
2025 Symposium, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL, USA. 2024 Rogue Women: Rogue Studios Liverpool Group Show, UK; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK; About Time, Swanfall Gallery, London, UK; Unity, Helm Gallery, Brighton, UK; New in Town, Tambaran, New York, NY, USA. 2023 Society of Scottish Artists: 130th Annual Exhibition – Commissioned piece responding to Edvard Munch. 2022 Sussex Contemporary at the i360, Brighton, UK; ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, UK; Figures Group Show, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK. 2005–21 Beep Contemporary, Swansea, Wales, UK; Oxmarket Contemporary Open, Chichester, UK; Atelier Brighton Open Call, Brighton, UK; Trinity Buoy Wharf Gallery, London, UK; Time & Place with Jane Campling, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK; A Sense of Place, Lanehouse Arts, St Leonards, UK; Amy Dury & Phillip Maltman, Rise Gallery, Berwick St., London, UK; Reconfiguring, The Regency Town House, Brighton, UK; Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition ‘Council Worker’; Group Show, Rise Gallery Soho, London, UK; Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary, Hove, UK; Group Show, Kings Arch Gallery, Brighton, UK; Anon, Group Show, Kings Arch Gallery, Brighton, UK; Festival Exhibition, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK; Winter Show, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK; Fresh Paint, A 6 Person Show, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK; Summer Show, Cameron Contemporary Art, UK; Brighton Open Houses May Exhibition, Various venues, UK. 1998 Royal West of England Show.
Highlights & Collections:
2025 Guest Presenter: Sky Arts ‘Artists Masterclasses’,
Judge for Sussex Portrait Artist of the Year.
2024 November Shortlist for the Cass Art Prize
2023 Royal Society of Portrait Painters,
Royal Institute of Watercolor Painters
2022 Guest on John Dalton’s Gently Does It Podcast,
Featured in Sussex Lide Magazine
Featured in ‘Artists and Illustrators’ Magazine,
Winner of Zealous Painting Series
2021 Sky Portrait Artist of the Year contestant (S8 E5),
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize for ‘Self-Defence’,
Livestream Portrait painting for the Tate
2020 Shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award.
2019 Longlisted for Jacksons Painting Prize
2003 Artist Residence in Croydon College.