![View over East London with Hampstead in the Distance](https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w800h800/collection/COL/GAG/COL_GAG_4284-001.jpg)
View over East London with Hampstead in the Distance 1995
Julian Perry (b.1960)
City of London Corporation
Painter, notably in oil of the landscape around his home in Leyton, east London, who was born in Worcester. Studied at Berkshire College of Art & Design, 1977–8, then gained an honours degree in fine art at Bristol Polytechnic, 1978–8. Won many awards and prizes, including Jeffrey Archer Prize, Royal Festival Hall, 1987; British Council Exhibition Award, 1992; and its Travel Award, 1993. Group exhibitions included The New Painting at Artsite Gallery, Bath, 1984; Whitechapel Open at Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1987; Three Invited Artists, Madler Passage Galerie, Leipzig, 1992; and Towards The Millenium, Museum of London, 1995. Solo exhibitions included Tom Allen Centre, 1987, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, from 1995, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, 1998; and Guildhall Art Gallery, 2004, after Perry had taken up a residency at Wysing Arts, Cambridge.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)