Sholto Blissett
Sholto Blissett lives and works in London. He read Geography at Durham University before studying for an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Blissett is known for his fictional landscape paintings depicting architectural follies set in rugged landscapes.
At the centre of Blissett's work is a preoccupation with humanity's frequent desire to distinguish itself from the rest of nature. Dualisms such as humans and nature, culture and wilderness, and history and biology are challenged in his work. No people are portrayed in Blissett's work, instead buildings or suggestions of buildings mark their presence. Classical follies coalesce with trees and rocks, or are formed of them entirely, suggesting a blurring of the assumed boundaries between humans and nature. Inspired by the view that humans cannot escape nature and that we never exist beyond its bounds, Blissett paints uncanny worlds where humans are neither free in a state of Arcadian bliss, nor exist in opposition to nature, but are simply and undeniably connected to it.
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B. 1996, Salisbury, UK. Lives and works in London.
Education
2018 - 2020 MA Painting, Royal College of Art
2014 - 2017 BA Hons Geography, Durham University
Solo Shows
2023 Arboreal, Peres Projects, Milan
2023 Rubicon, Alexander Berggruen, New York
2022 Ship of Fools, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
Fairs
2023 Frieze London, Peres Projects, London
2023 KIAF Seoul, Peres Projects, Seoul
2023 Art Basel, Peres Projects, Basel
Group Shows
2023 NEW NOW: Part 1, Guts Gallery, London
2023 Fantastic Landscapes, Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong
2023 High Voltage 4, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv
2022 Colnaghi New Masters, Sholto Blissett X Hubert Robert, Colnaghi, London
2022 Manscaping, The Hole, New York
2022 Lost at Sea, The Artist Room, London
2022 The Natural World: Part II, Alexander Berggruen, New York
2021 Sholto Blissett, Emma Fineman, Madeline Peckenpaugh, Alexander Berggruen, New York
2021 Utopia, Peres Projects, Berlin
2021 Tree and Leaf, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
2021 Down in Albion, L.U.P.O, Milan
2021 The Earth, That is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell, New York
2021 Rites of Passage, Unit London, London
2020 Tomorrow: London, White Cube, London
2020 London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
2020 CIRCA 2020, Piccadilly Circus, London
2020 IRL, Unit London, London
2020 Final, not Over. Session 1: Open Fields, Unit 1 Gallery, London
2020 Royal College of Art/Slade Graduation Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
2020 50/50, FOLD Gallery, London
2020 Wintergreen Boxwood, No20 Arts, London
2020 RCA 2020, Royal College of Art, London