Vicky Marshall - Feature of 12 new paintings - 2002

Originally from Sheffield in Northern England, Vicky Marshall emigrated to Canada in 1966, settling with her mother in Prince George. Marshall later moved to Vancouver, and in 1979, graduated from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design. In the early 1980s, Marshall was painting downtown urban scenes of hookers, strippers and vagrants, which earned her a reputation as a "brilliant chronicler of the seamier side of street-and-club-life". Much excitement was generated when Marshall was featured in "The Young Romantics" exhibition held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1985. This exhibition included the work of eight young Vancouver painters who shared an intense, highly emotional style of painting. Since then, Marshall has shown and received critical acclaim across Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe.