Biography
Michael Ginsborg (b. Ealing, London 1943) studied at Ealing School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design, and Chelsea Schools of Art, graduating in 1969. He has worked extensively in UK art schools and he played a key part at Wimbledon School of Art in starting the MA in Drawing, and the Centre for Drawing, both being the first initiatives of their kind in the UK. In 2003 he stopped working in education in order to devote more time to making work in the studio.
He has exhibited widely in the UK and his solo exhibitions include the Lisson Gallery (1969); Serpentine Gallery (1973); Acme Gallery (1980); Benjamin Rhodes Gallery (1986, 1989, 1992, ’93, and ’95), and The Drawing Gallery in 2006. Group exhibitions include The British Art Show touring exhibition (1980); Three Painters, Camden Arts Centre (1986); John Moores Exhibition 18 (1994); British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, and Part 3: Works on paper, Flowers East (1994 and 1996); International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy (1997); The Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition (2001). Large scale commissioned works include St Charles Hospital, London; The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan; Linklaters Alliance; and Glaxo Wellcome Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage. His work is included in many public, private and corporate collections, including the Government Art Collection; the British Council; The Department of the Environment; Arts Council Collection; National Museum of Wales; The Whitworth Gallery; Graves Gallery, Sheffield; St Thomas’ Hospital; St Bartholomew’s Hospital; The National Gallery of Art, Budapest.
