About Tilly
Tilly (b. 1997) is a self-taught contemporary painter based in the UK. The neurodivergent artist studied English Language & Literature at the University of Oxford, before working in journalism. She left her former career in April 2023 due to burnout and began painting full-time shortly after.
Tilly is best known for playful, expressive abstract artworks and figurative pieces characterised by a naive, minimalist style. She works intuitively, using acrylics alongside a variety of other materials. Collage and ceramics support a practice centred on curiosity and play. Tilly's first studio was in Herne Hill, London. She currently lives and works in Gloucestershire.
Influences include Philip Guston, David Hockney, Ken Done and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Tilly also deeply admires the work of post-Impressionist artists such as Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Rousseau, as well as Tracey Emin, Joan Mitchell, David Pher, Yoko Ono, Roy Aurinko and Flora Yukhnovich. She listens to Charli xcx, girli, Fred again, That Woman, Glass Animals, Juice WRLD, Mallrat, Yoste, Autre Ne Veut, Hannah Diamond and Izzy Camina. She paints to jazz, classical music or podcasts.
- Published in 'Issue 4', Megazine (Forthcoming, Dec 24/Jan 25)
- Longlisted for 'Visual Art Open 24', Visual Artists’ Association (July 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'UK Open', Tarpey Gallery (July-Aug 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'Seven is a Secret', J/M Gallery x Week 45 Collective (July 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'LOOK IF YOU WANT', Blue Hour Studios x Verity Wooley (May 24)
- Showcased at North London Makers' Market (May 24)
- Interviewed for ArtByArtists, '329 - Tilly Trevitt' (April 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'ART FUSION', Momentum Coffee (Feb-Mar 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'January Exhibition', VVArts Studio (Jan 24)
- Published in '99 Future Blue Chip Artists for 2024' printed edition, Artsted (Jan 24)
- Selected for '99 Future Blue Chip Artists for 2024’, Artsted (Jan 24)
- Group exhibition (physical), 'Future Stars', Holy Art Gallery (Dec 23-Jan 24)
- Group exhibition (virtual), 'Euphoria', Virtual Artists (Dec 23)
- Group exhibition (virtual), 'Born To Be Wild', Virtual Artists (Oct-Nov 23)
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