Olly Williamson (b.1994) is an artist Based in London UK. He grew up in a village outside of Preston. Before accepting a place on the Royal Drawing School Postgraduate Program in 2022, he studied Fine Art at the Manchester School of Art in 2016.
Olly makes work about quiet situations of life; utilising intense observation and experimental structures of composition. His images reflect the underlying rhythms of the people and world he sees around him - hoping to make the everyday feel monumental. As well as his studio paintings and drawings, Olly makes large scale murals.
Exhibitions
Best of the Drawing Year, Christie's London,
15th - 19th of November
Best of the Drawing Year (Expanded), Royal Drawing School, Shoreditch:
7th - 22nd of December
Royal Drawing School Open Studios, SPACE STUDIOS Mare St:
8th - 22nd of December
Back 2 Back, Islington Mill, Manchester.
2021
Aon Community Art Prize, Leadenhall Building, London UK
2017
24 Jam Group Show, The Island, Bristol UK
2017
The Privatest View (Solo Show) Wellington Road Gallery, Manchester UK
2016
BACON/WILLIAMSON, Holden Gallery, Manchester UK
2015
Paint Symposium (Speaker), Messums West, Wiltshire
August 2024
Drawn Together, Royal Drawing School, London
August 2024
Haford residency show, National Trust Haford + Aberystwyth School of Art,
June + September 2024
Gathering Relief Works on paper. Appach Gallery, London
June 2024
Moments of Glad Grace (Violet Hour), Abbott and Holder,London
March 2024
Voices in Drawing, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge
February 2024
Residencies & Prizes
Haford Estate Residency,
National trust,
Wales Uk
2024
"Art Farm" Residency
Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK
2023
Borgo Pignano Painting Residency
Pigano, Italy
2023
Aon Community Art Prize Winner
London,UK
2016/17
Paragon Print Prize
2023
ACS Drawing Prize
2023