Will Harman b. 1996
Will Harman (B. 1996, London) is an artist based in South London. He completed his MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art (2023). Recent solo exhibitions include: Freedom for the Suburbs, Soka Art Tainan, Taiwan (2023) and Meat Pie Sausage Roll, Changing Room Gallery, London (2021).
Recent group exhibitions include Raising Boys, Black White Gallery, London (2022), Football Crazy, Football Mad, Patterns of Play, London (2021); Me Myself and I, curated by Rosalind Davis, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London (2020); ING Discerning Eye, selected by Dale Lewis, Mall Galleries, London (2020).
Humour is at the heart of Harman’s practice. His sharp observations capture a chaotic world in bright technicolour, and yet just beneath the bright surface lurks a distinctive horror of urban life. Detailing his canvases with pockets of bright colour, his satirical scenes, filled with stiff and awkward characters, both seem familiar and of the everyday. Drawing from his experiences, Harman’s narratives are based on his observations from the sidelines. With a practice that covers a sociological arc, wryly unpicking a personal relationship with Britishness and collisions of class and culture, his paintings are a reflection of his upbringing as well as the people that surround him.
Photograph by brynley Odu Davies
