"My work - especially en plein air - is done with urgency to capture fleeting lighting effects and to pass these moments on to others is my primary aim as an artist."
Chris Polunin is a classically trained oil painter from North-East England. Winner of the Winsor & Newton Prize (NEAC 2021) and the Stanley Quek Prize in 2019, he was shortlisted for the Contemporary Young Artist Award (2018, 2019) and the New Light Prize (2020).
