1. Christian Furr later did a foundation course at Wirral Metropolitan College, and a Fine Art degree at De Montfort University.
15 Facts About Christian Furr
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In 2002, Christian Furr painted Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor for Westminster Cathedral along with Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue and Bishop George Stack.
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In 2005, Britvic commissioned Christian Furr to create a painting marking 70 years of Robinsons the Wimbledon Championships on Centre Court.
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In 2010, with the chairman, Christian Furr presented The Duke of Edinburgh with a print of his portrait of the Queen, at the Eccentric Club.
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In November 2012, Christian Furr was artist and curator in the art exhibition "Liverpool Love" at the new Museum of Liverpool in aid of Claire House Hospice.
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In 2013 Christian Furr had a show of neon artworks created with the late Chris Bracey.
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Christian Furr completed a portrait of Thomas van Straubenzee and Lady Melissa Percy, unveiled this year at the Chelsea Arts Club.
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In 2016, Christian Furr initiated media attention when he expressed concern that the artist Anish Kapoor had gained the exclusive rights to Vantablack, known as 'the blackest black'.
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Christian Furr had planned to use Vantablack in a series of paintings called Animals, after seeing a feature on the BBC.
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In 2017, Christian Furr collaborated with American-Ivorian contemporary artist Aboudia, producing works between New York, London and Abidjan.
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In 2017, Christian Furr collaborated with English photographer Gered Mankowitz on the '45RPM' collection, which included artistic re renderings of Mankowitz's photographic archive and included paintings of The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix, and Marianne Faithfull.
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In 2018, Christian Furr launched a new super-black he initiated at the Science Museum, London, developed by Imperial College London Scientists; Hin Chun Yau and Francois de Luca.
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Christian Furr stated that this black body material would be available to any artist that wanted to use it.
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In 2019, Christian Furr was made Ambassador of Culture for Metropolitan Borough of Wirral.
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In 2022, Christian Furr was commissioned by The Dorchester on Park Lane, to create a 2.7 metre oil painting based on the Serpentine and Hyde Park.