Liam Symes

Liam Symes is a British landscape painter who has maintained a committed studio practice since graduating in Fine Art from Plymouth College of Art in 2013. His work has received recognition through a number of national and international competitions, leading to his selection as a One to Watch by Saatchi Art and inclusion in an expanding body of established private collections.
In recent years, Symes has concentrated his practice on the Cornish landscape, where he lives and works. Painting directly from observation, he draws upon plein air methods to capture the shifting atmosphere, light, and spatial rhythm of place. This approach allows each work to retain a sense of immediacy while remaining grounded in careful structure and material sensitivity.
His paintings explore the balance between intuition and control — combining expressive mark-making with considered composition. The resulting works form a cohesive and recognisable body of contemporary landscape paintings that sit comfortably within both modern and traditional interiors, reflecting an artist whose practice continues to evolve with clarity, restraint, and purpose.

BA Honours Fine art-2013

National Diploma Art and Design -2010

2025- Group Show- Maker Heights

2023- Solo Show Karst Gallery

2019- Group show - Karst Gallery

2017- Gestalt -The Pipe Gallery

2017- Visions, Plymouth Contemporary -Peninsula Arts.

2016 - Exercise and Health , Solo exhibition - The pipe Gallery.

2016- Solo exhibition -Exeter Phoenix Cafe Bar .

2016- Grow, Plymouth Young contemporary open exhibition, 1st place prize winner- Radiant Gallery.

2015- To anybody and to everybody - The Pipe Gallery.

2014- In the frame, Young People's Portrait Competition, 1st place prize winner - Plymouth museum.

2013- Postgraduate Exhibition-Plymouth council house.

2013- Summer exhibition - Plymouth Art college.

2011- Spaces , U: 1 Artist collective group exhibition - The Pipe gallery.

2010- Summer exhibition- Plymouth Art college.