Approved: 27.04.2018

Will Teather

Artist, Lecturer / academic

Approved: 27.04.2018

I have a diverse practice that currently involves exploring new journeys within painting.  These are placed in the context of my earlier artworks that are bound together by key themes of transcendentalism, escapism, perfectionism and a sense of spectacle. Perhaps I am trying to reveal those things that may otherwise go unnoticed as we filter our everyday life. 

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Artist Statement

I have a diverse practice that currently involves exploring new journeys within painting.  These are placed in the context of my earlier artworks that are bound together by key themes of transcendentalism, escapism, perfectionism and a sense of spectacle. Perhaps I am trying to reveal those things that may otherwise go unnoticed as we filter our everyday life. 

Recent paintings have seen me exploring abstraction for the first time.  New compositions reinterpret principles of sacred geometry within visual art, creating complex patterns based upon the underlying structure of representational images, revealing perhaps a divine form within the natural world. These intricate lattices reference both postmodern pixilation within painting, as influenced by digital culture, and the longstanding idea of an underlying order within both visual art and our wider perception of reality.   They are also informed by the obsessive exploration of geometric patterns by the outsider painter Eugene Andolsek and the automated techniques of Sol Lewitt, who would pass instructions onto assistants who then created his drawings.

Also ongoing are my spherical paintings. The sense of movement caused by the shifting perspective of these works and the unusual curved format of the canvas play with the fundamentals of what makes a realist painting.  

CV & Education

"Teather's works frequently wrenches us back and forth through time and style; As we are

shifted between romanticism and classicism we are left entranced, entertained and certainly

captivated by the uncertainties."

Neil Powell, Academic/ Curator

 

"Very clever... and beautiful."

BBC News

 

"Teather's work is arresting, heart-stopping and exquisitely executed."

Laura Williams, Art historian, East Publishing / Art 1821

 

"A leading UK artist."

Press and Journal, Scotland

 

"It is theatre, storytelling and art, woven into a single painting."

Green Pebble Publishing

 

"Utterly beautiful, and one of the highlights of the fair as a whole. "

Tristan White, Remote Goat

 

EDUCATION

2010  Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art

2003  Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, BA (Hons) Fine Art

 

SELECTED RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND HONOURS

2018

 Malonny Art Forum, Lithuania

British Representative for International Arts Festival

BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery

Shortlisted

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

2017

London Contemporary Art Prize

Finalist

Sir John Hurt Art Prize

Finalist

Artrooms, Regents Park

Invited artist for Artrooms

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

2016

Le Dame Gallery Prize

Finalist

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

Norfolk Arts Awards

People’s Choice Nominee

2015

Norwich Arts Centre

Artist-in-Residence (48 months)

BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery

Shortlisted

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

2014

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

University of the Arts London

Go and See Bursary

The Curwen Figurative Painting Prize, Curwen Gallery London (long-listed)

2013

Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition, Kings Place London

Finalist

Norfolk Arts Awards

Nominee for Visual Arts Award

2012

Art Students League of New York, USA

Artist-in-Residence, supported by the Ruth Katzman Scholarship (1 month)

Arts Council England

Grants for the Arts

Soup Lab, Norwich

Artist-in-Residence (1 month)

2009- 2012

Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich www.anteros.co.uk

Artist-in-Residence (15 months)

2008- 2010

Cork Street Open Exhibition, London www.corkstreetopenexhibition.com

Finalist for 4 years running.

2009

Celeste Prize www.celesteprize.com

Short-listed artist for painting category of the international art prize

2007

Aberdeen Arts Centre, Scotland www.aberdeenartscentre.org.uk

Artist-in-Residence (3 months)

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2019

Will Teather at Zakura Gallery, London

Will Teather: Maximalist Banquet, Ariel Gallery Lavenham, Suffolk

2018 

Will Teather, Oriel Gallery, Mold, Wales 

Will Teather, Underdog Gallery, Crucifix Lane, London Bridge 

Inheritance, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich 

Artrooms 2018, Melia Whitehouse, Regents Park 

Will Teather: The Doors of Perception, Norwich Art Centre 

 

2017 

Art Wars, Sur Le Mer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 

Art Wars, Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, USA 

Art Fair East 2017, St Andrews Hall, Norwich 

Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London 

Will Teather: New Adventures, Gallery in the Lanes, Norwich 

London Contemporary Art Prize, Store Street Gallery 

Guest Artist for Artrooms, Melia Whitehouse, Regents Park, London 

 

2016 

The Future Masters, Underdog Gallery, London 

Art Fair East 2016 (Group exhibition), St Andrews Hall, Norwich 

Will Teather: Infinite Perspectives (Solo exhibition), Norwich Arts Centre 

The Other Art Fair (East End & West End Editions), London 

 

2014 

Art Below Regent's Park, London: Poster Art Display, Bakerloo Line Platform, Regent's Park 

Artbelow Regents Park (Group Exhibition of prints from London Underground), Artefact, Windmill Street London W1T 2JT 

Will Teather: Another Orient / Infinite Perspectives (Solo exhibition), Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich 

Will Teather, (solo exhibition) Buckenham Galleries, Southwold UK 

Eastern Promises (solo exhibition), Gallery133, 133 King St, Great Yarmouth 

Chelsea Collective at Passport to Pimlico (Group Exhibition)?in?Churchill Gardens Square, Pimlico, London 

Will Teather paintings exhibition: The Vast & Unknowable Universe (solo exhibition), The Cut, Halesworth UK 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING ARTWORK 

2019

Portrait of missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards stars in Other Art Fair charity show, London Evening Standard 

https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers-other-art-fair-missing-show-a4064276.html

2018

Reflections on the work of Will Teather, Neil Powell, Wall Street International https://wsimag.com/art/42575-reflections-on-the-work-of-will-teather

2016 

Will Teather: Infinite Perspectives, Guardian Guide 

Norwich artist’s painting fetches record-breaking sum, Eastern Daily Press 

Norwich Artist breaks Sales record, Arts East Magazine (March Issue) 

Will Teather, Neil Powell, Suzie Hanna, Ian Collins, Scatalogicial Press 

Will Teather: Infinite Perspectives, Catalogue, Norwich Arts Centre 

The Mix 2, Catalogue, Underdog Art 

Future Masters, Catalogue, Underdog Art 

 

2015 

A portrait of artist as showman, Eastern Daily Press 

Useum Exhibition, Wall Street International 

The Other Art Fair at returns to Old Truman Brewery for its tenth anniversary edition, Remote Goat 

Lampeter Review (featured artist) Issue 11 

 

RECENT TELEVISION APPEARANCES 

2016 16/17th February, feature  BBC Look East 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS 

City of Aberdeen (under curatorial care of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums), Arts Council England, Norfolk County Council, Aude Gotto Collection, The Wolterton & Mannington Estate, Matthew Bourne (choreographer/director), Peter Stephen (Lord Provost of Aberdeen), Ana Silvera (singer), The Moderns Artists Gallery 

 

SELECTED LECTURING POSTS 

Norwich University of the Arts (Associate Lecturer), University of the Arts London, Leeds College of Art and Design