50 x £50, 2021

Using marquetry techniques, a painstaking process of laying wood veneers down into a design, Olly Fathers often creates geometric, shape-based work which celebrate the beauty in grain and colour of the various wood veneers used. In this piece Olly has taken the canvas of the stretcher and has beautifully veneered the wooden stretcher itself. 

Olly Fathers is an artist based in Brixton, London, where he has been for over ten years. 

Accolades

Education: Wimbledon College of Art BA (Hons) Byam Shaw St Martins (Foundation)

Recent highlights: UI Lines project on Seoul underground train network in South Korea, 2021. 
Commissions for Soho House in London and Tel Aviv, 2021

Selected Exhibitions: 2021 - Concord Art Prize finalist exhibition at 180 Strand. 2020 - Solo show Bearspace Gallery, Deptford. 2019 -  Harder Edge Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery. 2018 -  Micromegas exhibition, Saatchi Gallery

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