Studio Sale | Tyler Watson

Tyler Watson is a British artist best described as a Post Pop Figurative Painter, he focuses on the ‘everyday’, through the themes of ‘interior as landscape’ and ‘nostalgia’.

The Painting Tooth Taker plays with the fears of losing teeth, a fear Watson dreams about himself regularly. As with most of Watson's paintings, he approaches these concepts with a playful and inviting manner. This work featuring children's toys and antique dental equipment is composed as if it were a poster, a piece to provide information to a reader, yet the only text to be read is simply the title of the artwork. Watson's earlier paintings would often show this technique of conceptual portrayal, aiming to keep things light hearted and laugh through tough subjects, as it's the ‘British’ way, it's the charm of a friendly conversation. 

In his practice he reimagines the most domestic and mundane of objects as if they were held in higher esteem. This has become a commentary on the often overlooked importance of everyday life. The somewhat disjointed nature between the paint, the image and the artist, become apparent as he tends to subtract his own emotion from the painting, leaving the image to speak its own truth and remain more ambiguous. 

In recent years he has begun to reflect more deeply on the details of his everyday surroundings. The mundane became a symbol of daily ritual. A symbol he was then drawn to incorporate in his artwork as a glimpse of his everyday life as an artist. 

Accolades

Education 
MA Fine Art (Distinction), The University of Hertfordshire
BA Fine Art, Middlesex University

Selected Exhibitions - 2017, Whatever You Say, Islington Arts Factory, London. 2017, The State of Art, The Nunnery Gallery, London. 2018, Free Range, The Truman Brewery, London. 2018, Recent Graduates Collection, Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London. 2019, HYPER COLOUR POP CULTURE, Alon Zakaim Gallery, London. 2019, AucArt Lab Residency Exhibition, Aucart Lab, London. 2019, The Christmas Auction, Menier Gallery, London. 2020, Outsiders, Candid Arts, London. 2021, New Blood, Broadway gallery, Letchworth Garden City. 2022, The Crossover Project, The Royal Exchange, London.

Collections and other notes
Signed with and in the collection of Sir Paul Smith
Creates artwork for Liberty London

Socials Media

Instagram @tylerwatson.art