Sholto Blissett

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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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  • Sholto Blissett, Second Nature III, 2023
    Sholto Blissett
    Second Nature III, 2023
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 3/4 x 63 in
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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