RUA

b. 1940

Born in Lancashire Shawcross studied at the Bolton College of Art (1955-1958) and the Lancashire College of Art (1958-1960). In 1962 he came to Belfast as a part-time lecturer at the then Belfast College of Art and became full-time at the Ulster College of Art and Design in 1968. The following year he exhibited at the RUA for the first time, and in 1975 won the Academy’s Conor Award. He then proceeded to win the Academy’s Gold Medal no fewer than five times, between 1978 and 1997.