Since graduating from Central/St. Martin’s School of Art in 1989, Sula Rubens has practised as a painter and printmaker. She has lived, worked and exhibited in many cities including Amsterdam in Holland, Gdansk in Poland, St. Petersburg in Russia as well as the rural landscapes of France, Spain, Greece and Ireland.
Often travelling to paint, Sula has immersed herself in various landscapes, buildings and their people. She has collaborated with artists, poets and musicians nationally and internationally. Wherever she is, close observation through drawing is integral to her work.
In 2014 she was appointed first ever Artist in Residence at the Michaelhouse in Cambridge. Other residency appointments include the South Lookout Tower in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Potton Hall Classical Recording Studio/Concert Hall in Suffolk and the Westerkerk in Amsterdam
In 2019, Sula was elected as Associate Member of The Royal Watercolour Society. Her work has been awarded numerous prizes and is represented in public and private collections in this country and abroad including the Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, the Town Council of Amsterdam and the National Pastime Museum, USA.