Hurvin Anderson
PainterKnown for:
painting of swimming pools as sites of social history
Education:
Wimbledon School of Art (BA, 1994); Royal College of Art (MA, 1998, under Peter Doig)
Hurvin Anderson paints swimming pools - public baths and private pools in Britain and the Caribbean - as sites of memory, segregation, and the relationship between the body and public and private space. His pools are depicted when empty of people, allowing the architecture, light, and water to carry the social history the paintings address. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2017. He grew up in Birmingham, the son of Jamaican parents, and studied at the Royal College of Art.
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Uses oil in varied consistencies from thin washes to thick impasto; creates stencil effects by taping areas and pouring paint
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Oil paint — pigment suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed — has been the dominant painting medium since the fifteenth century. It dries slowly, allowing extended blending, and produces a rich, luminous surface. Available from dozens of manufacturers at student through professional grades.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
