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Zachary Walsh, UK artist born 1974

At its heart, Walsh's art celebrates the traditional values of the representational, yet is infused throughout with a thoroughly contemporary sensibility. It is this tension, between the archaic and the modern, the real and the imagined, that imbues his paintings with their uncommon, ethereal mystery. typical of his classically informed work are his series of pieces inspired by working with the Holland Park Opera. Using as models members of his friends and family, Walsh creates an intertextual space where the grandeur and opulence of the dramatic form collides with the familiarity of the everyday, helping us to see the conflict of thew personal at the heart of the theatrical tableaux.
London Art Blog has described Walsh's recent works as ‘beguiling’, and ‘beautiful’. with 'a masterful feel for portraiture, expressions, gestures, and pose of the human physiology.
Walsh, a graduate of the esteemed London's Royal College of Art, has had extensive exhibitions internationally with several solo shows at galleries including 101 Exhibit- Miami
I-nked Gallery- B, Signal gallery, London, Brighton and the James Freeman gallery London.
He has shown work in prestigious events such as the MTV European awards , the G40 Summit and Washington (featured artist) and The Foundation for the care of Victims of Torture, exhibiting alongside established artists such as Bridget Riley, Ralph Steadman and Paula Rego.
His paintings are in private collections with The Standard Chartered bank in Tokyo and London

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