Profile


Born: East London  26 / 2 / 74

Nationality: British

Statement

Will Ayres examines through scenarios of everyday life and surroundings, works that investigate our responses to singular moments in time. A process formulated from photo snapshots, and film as a proposal to reinvent realism and authenticity. The use of amateur snapshots remain an integral component of the accelerated visual culture in which we live.These images exist as recollections that remain on a border between representation and private memory, that depict glimpses into our contemporary lives . Will's intention is to give life to an arrested moment, and at the same time to slow down the process of looking. What is important within the works is to make a more understated type of imagery that approaches an idea from another angle. It has something to do with the idea of remembering the image but also to do with reconstructing the memory.

Selected Bibliography

  • Roma Art Fair 09
  • "F**k Art, Lets Love!" East End Arts Club, London 09
  • "The One Ton Show" East End Arts Club, London 08
  • Vanessa Suchar Contemporary Salon (Group Show) 08
  • Featured in article by Michele Robecchi ( 20 Years of the Groucho Club) of ‘Contemporary’ Magazine issue 82, 2006
  • Auction of works for ‘The Wave Foundation’  in Northern Ireland 06
  • Commissions for The Groucho Club, London, 05
  • Feature with selected works in ‘A Celebration of 20 years of the Groucho Club” anthology book, published December 05
  • The Groucho Club, London, (solo exhibition) 05
  • Cannes Film Festival ,  04
  • The Great Eastern Hotel, London, (solo exhibition) 04
  • Eyestorm, London,  03
  • The Groucho Club, London, (solo exhibition) 03
  • The Daily Telegraph ‘Weekend Section’ September 02
  • Nominated for The Jerwood Painting Prize, 02
  • The Vedovi Gallery, Brussels 02 (Group exhibition, artists: Ayres, Bernier, Gursky, Mouffe, Ruscha, Testino, Warhol)
  • Nylon Gallery, London, 99
  • J Haworth Trust Award, 98
  • Phillip Connard Travel Award, 98
  • Fishmongers Company Bursary Award, 97
  • The City and Guilds of London Art School, 95-98
  • Central St Martins School of Art, 93-94
  • Various works in Private Collections. inc. Private Collectors, Mr&Mrs Pierre Lagrange, Mr&Mrs Joel Cadbury

Article from 'Contemporary' Magazine.

Issue: 82, 2006

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Article from Evening Standard Magazine, Frieze Art Fair Issue, 16th October 09.

'The Art Gangs of London'

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