About Anastasia Pollard

Anastasia Pollard studied at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Florence Academy of Art. Her work has been included in the annual exhibitions of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and was previously included in the BP Portrait Award in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 & 2017. Pollard won The William Emlen Cresson Scholarship, Silvia & Miron M Walley Memorial Scholarship and was successful in the Linda Lee Alter Awards.

She is a member Of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Education
2000-2005 | Florence Academy of Art, Italy
1996-2000 | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1993-1995 | Private Apprenticeship

Exhibitions
Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London (2005-2017)
Self-Portrait, Royal Society of Portrait Painters in association with The Bulldog Trust, London (2007)
BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 & 2017)
W.H. Patterson Gallery, London (2005, 2007, 2008)
Mumford Fine Arts (2007, 2008)
Talent Exhibition, Allan Stone Gallery, New York City (2005)
Artist's House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2001-2003)

Awards Include
The Artist's House Gallery Award
Gross McCleaf Gallery Prize
Earl T. Donelson Figure Painting Award
Hobson Pittman Memorial Prize, Special Notice
The William Emlen Cresson Scholarship
Linda Lee Alter Award
Celia Beaux Memorial Prize
Melvin Paul and Pearl Miller Carpel Award
Lucille Sorgenti Scholarship
Silvia S. and Miron M. Walley Memorial Scholarship