Adopting observational drawing and imagination as his preferred approaches, the most recurring character throughout his oeuvre is William himself. Tracing his own reflection in a mirror or re-imagining situations he lived through, his self-portraits splice his emotional states into scenes of tension and contemplation.
Samuele Visentin, in collaboration with Repertorio LTD, is proud to present British artist William Brickel’s first solo-show in the United Kingdom, featuring a selection of recent large-scale watercolours.
William Brickel’s work reimagines everyday experiences into psychologically charged pictorial scenes, revealing both complex inner turmoil and moments of solitude.
Adopting observational drawing and imagination as his preferred approaches, the most recurring character throughout his oeuvre is William himself. Tracing his own reflection in a mirror or re-imagining situations he lived through, his self-portraits splice his emotional states into scenes of tension and contemplation.
For this new body of work, Willliam Brickel focuses on the intimate and the domestic. Relatable surroundings - a tiled room, a comfortable sofa - serve as a simple and often abstract background to distorted figures, unsettling the familiar view we hold of our own daily life, while revealing its emotional nuances.
William Brickel (b.1994) is a painter based in London, UK. He studied Fine Art Photography at Camberwell College of Art, UK in 2015-2017 and completed the Post-Graduate Program at the Royal Drawing School in London, UK in 2017-2018.
