Biography

Amanda Palmer is a UK-based artist specialising in drawing. She works primarily in pencil, coloured pencil, pastel, PanPastel and charcoal, often combining these media to create layered works.
She studied Fine Art at De Montfort University, graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) in 2001. Her focus returned strongly to drawing during her PGCE placement at the London College of Fashion (2006), where she taught life drawing. She later completed The Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School (2007–2008), where drawing became central to her practice.
Palmer has exhibited regularly in open exhibitions across the UK, including at the Mall Galleries, London.

Education

The Drawing Year
Royal Drawing School, London (2007–2008)
PGCE Post-Compulsory Education & Training
University of Greenwich (2005–2006)
Teaching placement: London College of Fashion
BA (Hons) Fine Art – First Class
De Montfort University (1998–2001)

Awards & Prizes

Winning Entry, DRAW 25, Wisbech Art Gallery (2025)
Shortlisted, Visual Artists Open Prize (2025)
Judge (Invited), DRAW 26, Wisbech Art Gallery (2026)
Extended Longlist, Jackson’s Art Prize (2026)
Judge’s Special Mention, Wisbech Art Gallery Open Exhibition (2024)
Patsy Whiting Award, Society of Women Artists (2019)
2nd Prize (Non-Members), The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition (2015)
External Assessment Board Prize, Royal Drawing School
(Awarded by Andrea Rose, Ivor Braka, Andy Stahl, Charles Booth Clibborn)

Exhibitions

2026
DRAW 26, Wisbech Art Gallery
2025
DRAW 25, Wisbech Art Gallery
Wisbech Art Gallery Open Exhibition
2024
Wisbech Art Gallery Open Exhibition
The Patterson Gallery, Alfriston
New Art Gallery, Eastbourne
2022
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Black & White, New Art Gallery, Eastbourne
Exhibition with Barry Wilson, Bannatyne Hotel, St Leonards
2020
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition (online)
2019
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2017
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2015
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Thinking of You: Postcards to Nepal, House of Illustration, London
2013–2014
Royal Drawing School Alumni Exhibition, Dumfries House
2012
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
‘The Uncanny’, Chapel Gallery, Lancashire
‘Minutiae’, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
2011
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2010
Essex Open Exhibition, Beecroft Art Gallery
2009
Group Show – Alumni of the Drawing School, Wiveton Hall Café, Norfolk
2008
The Prince’s Foundation Gallery, London
‘High Tea: A Show of Fresh Figurative Painting and Drawing’, The Tea Building, London
2004
‘Contemporary Drawing ’04’, Ruskin Mill, Stroud
Video Installation, Escape Bar and Art, London
2003
Nth Art, Ols & Co Gallery, London
2002
The Castle Gallery, Northamptonshire
2001
‘Identikit’, Brixton Art Gallery, London
Trinity Gallery, Leicester
‘Concealed/Revealed’, Leicester
Degree Show, Leicester
2000
Open Exhibition, City Gallery, Leicester


Making a Mark – NEAC Annual Exhibition Review
Art Rabbit
Royal Drawing School
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