Will Thorburn

D.O.B: 18/09/1983, London based artist, freelance curator and gallery assistant.

I am a British artist living and working in London. My anatomical paintings and drawings are an admixture of scientific content, elaborate designs taken from Eastern and Arabic art, and psychedelic colouring. The body itself becomes secondary to the emotional and visual responses evoked; the patterns artificially imposed on the organs give the contemporary content an archetypal, ancient feel.

Having studied the scientific Renaissance engravings of Andreas Vesalius for several years, my work took a strong initial influence from this imagery; the black and white works mimic the effect of a woodcut, however each is a unique, hand-drawn work on paper. In recent years my work has evolved through a return to painting, and whilst the intricate detail has remained, the form and content of the work have evolved with increasing emphasis on the purely visual content of the works; the use of fluorescent paints have given the paintings a startlingly psychedelic and luminous quality.

Since graduating from Brighton University in 2007, I have been involved in several group and solo exhibitions in London. I have followed the contemporary trend of artists takin...

Oct 2004-Jun 2007: BA Critical Fine Art Practice, Brighton University.Sep 2003-Jun 2004: Foundation Art and Design, Filton, Bristol.,

Spring Contemporary (Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London; April 2012)
Endings (Gallery 27, London; August 2011)
Summer Contemporary (Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London; July 2011)
Untitled (Parts 1 and 2; St James’s St, London; August/ September 2010)
Living Ornaments (Gallery 27, Cork St, London; July 2010)
Our Friendship Has Great Potential (Acquire Arts, London; 2009).
The Way Of All Flesh (Grosvenor Way, London; 2008).
Open Studio (Norlington Road, London; 2008).
The Hole In The Brambles, (Start Gallery, Brighton; 2007).
Degree Show (South Gallery, Brighton; 2007).
Babelfish, Brighton (South Gallery, 2007).