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Rob Munday
Born (1958-05-18) May 18, 1958 (age 67)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationArtist - holographer
Known forCreating the first holographic portrait of a British monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
SpouseBrigitte Blicq
AwardsThe Royal Photographic Saxby Medal
Websitewww.rob-munday.com
Artist - holographer Rob Munday with his and Chris Levine's 3D portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012.

Robert Adam Munday FRSA (born 18 May 1958 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England), known as Rob Munday, is a British holographer, artist, and technical innovator.[1][2][3] In creating the first officially commissioned 3D/holographic portrait of a British monarch - Queen Elizabeth II - in 2003/2004, he became the first, and is currently the only Royal holographer.[4][5][6][7] In 1991, Munday designed and built the world's first 3D digital hologram printer, and in 1992, created the world's first 3D and animated digital holograms.[8][9][10][11]

Artist - holographer Rob Munday discusses his holographic works with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Yellow Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in 2003.

Early years and education

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Munday grew up in the small coastal village of Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. After leaving school, he studied at both Great Yarmouth College of Art and Great Yarmouth College of Further Education, gaining a total of six A-Levels across the arts, sciences, and mathematics. In 1979, he enrolled at Cornwall Technical College, Plymouth Polytechnic, and Plymouth College of Art, graduating in 1983 with a BA (Hons) in Scientific and Technical Graphics. This was the first degree outside the United States to specialise in the emerging disciplines of computer graphics, television, and video, alongside traditional subjects such as photography, graphic design, and illustration.

Career

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In 1982, while still at college, Munday taught himself holography and became part of the UK's first generation of creative holographers.[12][1]

Within three years, in 1985, he had become a co-founding member of staff of the Royal College of Art's holography department, the first of its kind in the world, alongside American artist-holographer Peter Miller and physicist Nicholas J. Phillips, and had designed and built the UK's first permanent holographic portrait studio.[13]

In 1988, Munday created the world's first home micro-computer-generated holographic stereogram using a Commodore Amiga computer and Sculpt 3D software. The images were output to film and the hologram was recorded using an early holographic stereogram recording system designed and built by Phillips at Loughborough University.[14][15][16]

Between 1998 and 1991, Munday designed and built the world's first computer-automated 3D digital holographic stereogram recording system, a digital hologram printer known as the DI-HO system (Digital Input - Hologram Output). The system was the first to utilise and record holographic stereogram images using an LCD screen.[9][10][11][8]

Artist - holographer Rob Munday with his portrait sitter, the fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in 2015.

In 1992, Munday created the world's first 3D digital holograms.[8]

In 2004, Munday shot and created the first-ever official 3D/holographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, and in doing so, became the first-ever Royal holographer. The portrait was commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust/States of Jersey to commemorate the island's 800-year allegiance to the English throne and was conducted as a collaboration between Munday and his former agent, now artist, Chris Levine, and they are co-authors.[4][5][6][7]

In 2011, the States of Jersey/Jersey Post independently commissioned Munday to design and create the world's first holographic postage stamp to contain a holographic portrait of a head of state to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.[17][18] Two-dimensional versions of Queen Elizabeth II (Equanimity) were also depicted on the world's first £100 banknote[19] and on the front cover of Time magazine.[20]

In 2013, Rob Munday created the world's first 24-karat gold holographic portrait miniature and, in doing so, brought into being a brand-new portrait medium. The portrait miniature, a version of his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, received its inaugural public viewing at the Royal Miniature Society's annual exhibition in 2013 and was described by both Elizabeth Meek MBE, President of the Royal Miniature Society, and Michael Portillo, Chairman of the Federation of British Artists, as 'extraordinary and spellbinding' and 'the future of portrait miniatures.[21][22][23][24]

In 2015, Rob was commissioned by ANOther Magazine and Chanel to create a portrait of international fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. The portrait adorned the cover of ANOther's 15th-anniversary issue, thought to be the world's first 3D fashion magazine cover, and a large-format copy was presented to Lagerfeld by Chanel. Lagerfeld later commissioned a second copy for his personal art collection.[25][26][27]

In 2016, Rob was commissioned to create a large-format, three-dimensional portrait of the film actress, director and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie for the 2017 launch of a new perfume by Guerlain called Mon Guerlain. The portrait is the first of its kind to be commissioned by a world-leading luxury goods company to launch a new product, and was shown in 28 of the world's leading stores.[28][29]

In 2017, Rob was privately commissioned by fashion designer Valentino and his long-term business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, for 3D lenticular portraits. Also in 2017, Rob was granted a room at PhotoLondon to show his work entitled Naturalium, the entire series of which was purchased and hung as part of the Fertitta Contemporary Art Collection in the Palms at Las Vegas, one of the largest contemporary art collections in the world.[30]

Over the last forty-three years, working as an independent artist-holographer, Munday has created many unique holograms and holographic portraits including those of Queen Elizabeth II,[31] actor, director, and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie,[32] fashion icons Karl Lagerfeld[33] and Valentino, singer songwriter Seal, rock stars Noel and Liam Gallagher, children's laureates and best-selling authors Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE, Anne Fine OBE, Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE, and Sir Quentin Blake CBE,[34] and the distinguished WW1 veteran and world's oldest man Henry Allingham.[35][36]

Exhibitions

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  • 1984: Light Years Ahead - The Best of British Holography, York City Art Gallery, York, UK. The first exhibition in which Munday showed a holographic artwork.[37]
  • 1985: Holografi, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark.[38]
  • 1987: The Holographic Instant, The Museum of Holography, New York, USA.
  • 1989: As We See It: Exploring the World Through Holography, National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall, Washington, D.C., USA.
  • 1990: Hologram: Image of the Future, Art, Science and Technology Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. Interviewed on Voice of America (VOC) Radio.[39]
  • 1992: Hologramas, Museum fur Holografie & Neue Visuelle Medien, Casa del Monte, Madrid, Spain.[40]
  • 2006: Permanent display of holograms of the Children's Laureates (Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson), Unicorn Theatre for Children, London. Collaboration with photographic artist Lisa Barnard.[41]
  • 2010: Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition, London, UK.
  • 2011: The Queen: Art and Image, Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.[42]
  • 2011: The Queen: Art and Image, Ulster Museum, Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.[42]
  • 2012: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Jersey Heritage Trust, Mont Orgueil Castle, St Helier, Jersey.
  • 2012: The Queen: Art and Image, National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales, UK.[42]
  • 2012: The Queen: Art and Image, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.[42]
  • 2012- 2014: The Jewelled Net, Views of Contemporary Holography, MIT Museum, Boston, USA.
  • 2013: Instructions: Tilt to and Fro, The Paul Stolper Gallery, London, UK.[43]
  • 2013: The Annual Exhibition of the Royal Miniature Society, The Mall Galleries, London, UK.[44][45]
  • 2017: PHOTO LONDON  2017, Somerset House, London, UK – Granted a solo room.[30]
  • 2017: Rob Munday - Solo Show, The Little Black Gallery, London, UK.[46][47]
  • 2018: Made in Britain 2018, Sotheby's, London, UK.[48]
  • 2018: Royal Horticultural Society, The Royal Horticultural Society Halls, London, UK.
  • 2018 – 2019: Artist in Residence, The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, London, UK.[49]
  • 2018: The International Interior Design Exhibition - Christophe Gollut, Brussels, Belgium.[50]
  • 2019: Naturalium at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley, London, UK.[51]
  • 2019: Diversion Ahead, A Ministry of Arts, London, UK.
  • 2020: Mixed Show, The London Art Fair, London, UK.[52]
  • 2018 – Present: The Fertitta Contemporary Art Collection, The Palms Resort, Las Vegas, USA.[53]
  • 2019 – 2020, Mixed Show, The Drang Gallery, Salcombe, Devon, UK.
  • 2019- 2021, Artist in Residence, Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK.
  • 2019 – 2021: Artist in Residence, The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, London, UK.
  • 2022: PRESENCE, 45 Park Lane, The Dorchester Collection, London, UK.[54]
  • 2018 – Present, The Fertitta Contemporary Art Collection, The Palms, Las Vegas, USA.
  • 2022: Queen Elizabeth II: In Focus, Dellasposa Gallery, London, UK.
  • 2022: Queen Elizabeth II: In Memoriam, Dellasposa Gallery, London, UK.[55]
  • 2022: QUEEN ELIZABETH II, The Royal Society for the Arts, London, UK.[56]
  • 2022: Life Through a Royal Lens, Kensington Palace, London, UK.[57]
  • 2022: MAJESTY, Quantus Gallery, London, UK.[58]
  • 2022: Evolution, Gove Gallery, London, UK.[59]
  • 2023: Spring Exhibition, Gallery Palais des Vaches, Exbury, UK.[60]
  • 2023: Mixed Show, Art Angels Gallery, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.[61]
  • 2023: RESPLENDENCE, Dellasposa Gallery, London, UK.[62]
  • 2023: The Children's Laureates, The Royal Society for the Arts, London, UK.[63]
  • 2023: Queen Elizabeth II, Errol Park Estate, Perthshire, Scotland, UK.
  • 2024: Venezia 2.0, Cipriarte Gallery, Venice, Italy.[64]
  • 2024: Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, UK.[65]
  • 2025: Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography, The King's Gallery, The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.[66]
  • 2024 – Present, Worton Hall Studios, London, UK.
  • 2024 – TBA, Felicity – Platinum Queen, The Devonshire – Soho, London, UK.[67]
  • 2025: Mixed Show, CCA Galleries, The Long Gallery, Tilford, Surrey, UK[68]

Awards

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  • 1990 - The Art, Science and Technology Award, awarded by the The Art, Science and Technology Institute of Washington, D.C, USA[69]
  • 2005 - The Saxby Medal, awarded by the Royal Photographic Society - the most prestigious international award for creative and technical achievement in the field of three-dimensional imaging and holography.[70]

References

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  22. ^ "2013 - Queen Elizabeth II Downsizes! - Royal Miniature Society Website". Rob Munday. Retrieved 2025-10-13.
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