LONDON.- Rollo Contemporary Art will feature Angela Reilly: Flesh 4th July – 7th September 2007. Commissioned to paint Lord Falconer’s - The Lord Chancellor’s – portrait; awarded a prize for portraiture by the National Portrait Gallery and featuring in a forthcoming BBC documentary, Angela Reilly will next be exhibiting at ROLLO Contemporary Art in July 2007.

Born in 1966 Reilly studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone from 1984-87. In 1987 she moved to London working as an illustrator. In 1995 she began to concentrate solely on painting, moving back to Glasgow in 2003.

Investigating the luminosity and tone of flesh, Reilly’s paintings technically exude the precision of an old master, likened to a contemporary Holbein. Unusually, her paintings becoming more detailed the larger their scale. Though almost photo-realist in their accuracy, Reilly’s work powerfully communicate what is felt as well as seen; realising the intangible. Reilly believes, ‘Portraiture is a preservation of ones memory not just preservation of appearance.’

Flesh opens at ROLLO Contemporary Art’s interim base at 16 Albemarle Street on 4th July until 7th September, where Reilly’s most recent oil paintings and charcoal studies will be exhibited. The exhibition at ROLLO follows the broadcast of a documentary featuring Angela Reilly (BBC2, June 2007). The series follows Reilly throughout her making process as she creates a piece of art to submit to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Amongst the pieces exhibited at ROLLO will be her award winning self-portrait from the BP Portrait Prize 2006- exhibited for the first time outside of the National Portrait Gallery in Flesh.

With notable awards and commissions achieved, as well as a TV documentary to follow, 2007 will be a ground-breaking year for Reilly. Delicate and elegant yet fiercely precise, beautiful yet ridden with anxiety, the works exhibited at ROLLO encapsulate Reilly’s ability to combine aesthetics and psychological provocation.