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
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Best of the Drawing Year, Christie's London,
15th - 19th of November
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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
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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
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The Privatest View (Solo Show) Wellington Road Gallery, Manchester UK
2016
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BACON/WILLIAMSON, Holden Gallery, Manchester UK
2015
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Paint Symposium (Speaker), Messums West, Wiltshire
August 2024
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Drawn Together, Royal Drawing School, London
August 2024
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Haford residency show, National Trust Haford + Aberystwyth School of Art,
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June + September 2024
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Gathering Relief Works on paper. Appach Gallery, London
​June 2024
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Moments of Glad Grace (Violet Hour), Abbott and Holder,London
March 2024
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Voices in Drawing, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge
February 2024
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Residencies & Prizes
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Haford Estate Residency,
National trust,
Wales Uk
2024
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"Art Farm" Residency
Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK
2023
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Borgo Pignano Painting Residency
Pigano, Italy
2023
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Aon Community Art Prize Winner
London,UK
2016/17
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Paragon Print Prize
2023
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ACS Drawing Prize
2023
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