Drug Science x St Giles House Charity Art Live Auction

Thomas Langley, b.1986, London, UK. Lives and works between London and Lisbon.

Graduated from Royal Academy Schools, London, in 2018.

Through the lens of painting and drawing, Thomas Langley's practice is deeply concerned with the fundamental mechanics of image creation, manifesting in pulsating rhythmic compositions. The foundation of this body of work lies in traps, nests, and vessels, serving as anchors for concepts of place, home and travel. Langley imparts permanence to these temporal structures through a sculpted and almost drawn approach to painting, with thick impasto application.

Here we are confronted with all the sensibilities of a minimalist painting practice, characterised by a stripped down, pared-back, raw use of materials. This material handling is combined with an expressive visual language of semi-representational mark-making, creating a dialogue between abstraction and representation.

Education:

2016-2018: Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art (MA), Royal Academy Schools, London
2007-2010: BA (Hons) Fine Arts, UCA Canterbury

Solo exhibitions:

Nest, Liminal Gallery, Margate, 2024
Ash and bone, Changing Room Gallery x The House of St Barnabas, Greek street, Soho, London, 2023
Bodgers hovel, FOLD Gallery, London 2022
Ghia Coupe, Casa da Cerca, Almada, 2021
Courage, MONO, Lisbon, 2020
Mummy’s boy, collaborative representation between Cob gallery, Frestonian Gallery, Marian Cramer Projects, Charlie Smith London and Union Gallery, London, 2019
Mega Alright Part II, Union Gallery, London, 2018-2019
Just like anything, Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, 2018
Solo booth at Art on Paper, Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, 2018
Big Windows, The Arcade Project, London, 2018
Plastic Factory (no place for me), 12 Piccadilly arcade, London, 2018
(Pipe) Dreamer, Royal academy schools graduation show, London, 2018
Future Absurdities, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, 2017
Art Type Stuff, Stour Space, London, 2016

Selected group exhibitions:

Confluences , Cohle gallery, Paris, 2024
OSSOS (duo show with Tim Ralston), Irmafeia, Lisbon 2022
Now, I wonder, Lx Lapa, Lisbon, 2022
Cruise control, MONO, Lisbon, 2021
Five Hides, Thorp Stavri, London, 2020
Summer (Winter) Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, 2020
When shit hits the fan, Guts Gallery, online, 2020
Too Many I In Digital, Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, 2019
Full English, Southwark Projects, London, 2019
Get More Stuff, The Function Suite, London, 2019
Absinthe, Spit and Sawdust, London, 2019
Out of Office, Pada, Lisbon, 2019
Young Gods, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, 2019
Telescope, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2019
Union Gallery London Art Fair, London, 2019
The Big Art Show, Amsterdam Art Weekend, Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, 2018
Paper Cuts, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2018
Zone d’Utopie Temporaire part IV, Wozen, Lisbon, 2018
Material, Cob gallery, London, 2018

Email: thomaslangleyartist@gmail.com
Instagram: @thomaslangley86