timfawcett
timfawcett
Tim Fawcett - Painter
Tim Fawcett is a painter, originally from Cambridge, studied Fine Art at Cambridge CCAT and Sunderland Polytechnic, gaining a B.A.(Hons) with a brief spell of PGCE training at Brighton where he continued to paint and exhibit whilst freelancing as an Architectural CAD Designer. He moved to the Isle of Wight, UK in 2016 to commit to his practice full time.
Statement:
Tim Fawcett’s paintings are shaped by the increasing hum of global unrest. Informed by world news, they navigate the uneasy terrain between abstraction and figuration, drawing on the spirit of Art Brut to capture the emotional weight of living in politically volatile times. His visual language is built from abstracted motifs and personal symbolism—forms that resurface across works like fragments of memory, suggesting private narratives woven into broader social unease.
At the heart of Fawcett’s work is a sense of quiet unrest—a response to the fast unravelling of political, social, and cultural systems across the globe. His paintings reflect a deep engagement with the contradictions of modern life: the dissonance between information and understanding, the normalization of conflict, and the limits of logic in an increasingly unstable world.
Rather than offering clear narratives or solutions, Fawcett’s work creates space for ambiguity. The surfaces, though at times chaotic, are layered with intention. What first appears naive or impulsive gradually reveals structure, memory, and a kind of quiet resilience. The tension between simplicity and complexity mirrors the instability of our current political moment—a world in flux, where meaning is constantly shifting.
In this way, Fawcett’s paintings serve as quiet acts of reflection and resistance. They explore how we navigate uncertainty, absorb the noise of a world in crisis, and search for meaning amid disruption.
Rather than offering escape, his work stays with the discomfort—insisting on the value of instinct, emotion, and imagination in times when traditional systems fail.
Exhibitions
Solo
2021 Arch Window Gallery, Isle of Wight.
2020 "Edge of Abstraction", Aspire, Ryde. Curated by Jan Johnston and Zoe Barker
2017 “Life is Modern Rubbish” Jackhouse Gallery Portsmouth
2013 "Distillation" Redrooster, Brighton
Group
2024*UPCOMING "Think Tank", Two Artist Show, AKA Contemporary, Cambridge*
31/08/24 - 28/09/24
2024 Rare Culture, NYC...commission (ongoing)
2024 AKA Contemporary, Cambridge "Spring Show"
2024 MAD Atelier, London - "RAW"
2023 DeBois Design, NYC show home exhibition
2023 Peer Studio & Gallery, Ventnor, UK - collaboration with Kathy Williams PADA installation
2023 Canary Wharf show home commission
2023 Art Vin 3, Quillan, Occitanie, France.
2023 The Halland Gallery, Isle of Wight.
2023 Lido Stores, Margate, Kent
2022 The Other Art Fair London
2022 Riboleau Open studios group show
2022 Arch Window Gallery, "Blue and Yellow" Ukraine fundraiser
2021 Flowers Gallery London, Small is beautiful XXXIX
2020 JP Art Gallery London, Autumn and Winter Exhibitions
2020 Artists for NHS, St Mary's Hospital, Newport
2020 Artists for YMCA fundraiser, donated works for young carers
2020 The Other Art Fair, Trueman's Brewery, London Mar 19-22nd POSTPONED
2019 Open Studio , Ryde, Isle of Wight
2019 Quay Arts Gallery, Isle of Wight - Group Showcase
2018 Dynamite Gallery, Brighton -Group show,
2017 Camaver Kunsthaus, Italy,
2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
2016 DMH Stallard London, Group show
2016 Ink-d Gallery Group show
2016 Shortlisted for National Open Art Competition
2016 Art for Syria Auction donation
2016 Big Heart Charity Auction donation
2015 Galerie de Francony - Selected works
2015 King's Hill Gallery, Kent, UK
2015 DMH Stallard, Gatwick, UK
2015 Ink-d Gallery - summer group show
2015 Saatchi online "Artist of the Day"
2015 Spring Show Jeffrey Meier Gallery New Jersey
2014 Phoenix Gallery Brighton "A3" group show & auction
2014 Phoenix Open Studios
2014 Ink-d Gallery Brighton "Pushing Paint"
2013 Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London
2013 JAG Gallery –Brighton
2016 Willow foundation Charity Art Auction
2012 Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London
2012 Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London
2010-2012 Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
2009 Ink-D gallery Brighton - "pushing paint" group show
2009 No Walls Gallery - group show
2009 First Floor 2 Gallery -group show
Plus Various International Private Collections,
Commercial collection owned by Canary Wharf Group
Contact Me
Bibliography
Smith, Sandra: “In the Frame”, Hampshire Life, January edition, 2018
Crowe, Rebecca: “Modern Rubbish is Life”, Solo exhibition catalogue, 2017
Giornale di Lecco: “Villa Monastero ospita l’arte internazionale”, Italy 8th June 2017
Williams, Kathy (MH Arts): “Unmade”, group show, Foal Arts, Ryde 2017
Private Collections
UK, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, USA, Japan and Israel.