• Overview
    Born in Hull, Yorkshire, Dukes studied at the Grimsby School of Art from 1981 to 1984 and at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1984 to 1988, under Lawrence Gowing, Patrick George, Jeffrey Camp and Euan Uglow. Dukes teaches at the Royal Drawing School and features regularly in the Royal Academy Summer Show. Dukes paints primarily in the still life tradition, using bold shades of oil upon board and making everyday objects his subject.
  • Biography

    1965 

    Born in Hull, Yorkshire

    1981-84 

    Attended Grimsby School of Art 

    1984-88

    Attended Slade School of Art 

    1988

    Awarded the Boise Travel Scholarship

    1998-99

    Cheltenham Drawing competition

    2000-03

    The Discerning Eye competition

    2000-23

    Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 

    2005 

    Browse & Darby, London

    2006

    National Portrait Gallery Award

    Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition
    Critic’s Choice Exhibition, Abergavenny, Wales

    2008 

    Browse & Darby, London

    2010

    Critic's Choice, Browse & Darby, London

    2011

    Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait competition

    Browse & Darby, London

    2013

    Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait competition

    The Discerning Eye competition

    2015

    Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait competition

    Browse & Darby, London

    2016 

    Face to Face: Portraits from the Andrew Lambirth Collection, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury

    2019

    In Colour: From Sickert to Riley, Charleston, Sussex

    2020

    Browse & Darby, London

    2023

    Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait competition

  • Works
  • Art Fairs