ABOUT

Tilly Trevitt (b. 1997, London) is a contemporary British fine artist working across abstract, figurative, and text-based forms. Self-taught as a painter, she has rapidly established a visual language that merges emotional intensity with intimacy and playful conceptual clarity.

Trevitt’s work is informed by an academic background in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford (BA, MA, MSt), followed by a career in journalism and digital media. In early 2023, she transitioned to visual art, developing a process-led practice that balances intuition with intention. As an AuDHD artist, Trevitt prioritises self-accessibility. She uses studio time to engage with previously shamed aspects of herself and explore what unmasked expression can look like. 

Sharp, diaristic, and deliberately unpolished, Trevitt's work often incorporates found materials alongside bold, vandalistic written elements. Her pieces are collected in the UK and internationally, including in the US and Australasia. She lives and works in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds. Her studio is open to visitors by appointment.

 


"I paint to work through moods, emotional weather and philosophic conundrums. Incorporating found, collected and kept, inherited or gifted objects allows me to expand my means of expression, as well as process and move energy on. I am deeply sentimental, however, my work as an artist requires me to let go of as much as possible. Cards, letters, photos, USBs and crystals have all found their way into my work. Likewise, memories and lived experiences. They're my materials too.

"My works are also disembodied spells. I am breaking things up and down. Figuring out how to fit the parts together newly, or what needs to go. And what’s happening on the outside is happening in me as well. While I’m making shapes and pasting down pages, I'm dismantling limiting beliefs. Dissolving grudges and grievances. That’s where the real work is, which the paintings are a record of.

"Pieces involve randomness, imperfection and chaos, but they’re also meticulously considered. This paradox makes sense to me as an Autistic + ADHD individual. I like to introduce the unexpected. However, there must also be balance. Equilibrium. Organic forms, personal sigils and scribbles or scrawls are recurring motifs in my work. Drawing them soothes me. But they're also a private code. The traces left behind allow me to peek into my subconscious & unconscious mind.

"Play is important to me. As is whimsy. I am serious about being silly! I’m a big fan of Philip Guston’s work. Ken Done and David Hockney too. Plus Joan Mitchell, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Tracey Emin. However, the whole world is influential, and the inside of my head is very loud, so there’s always lots to draw on."

 

REPRESENTATION 

Candita Clayton Gallery, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States 

EXHIBITIONS 

2025 SITE, SVA John Street Gallery, Stroud, United Kingdom

SITE Festival, Stroud, United Kingdom (Open Studios)

Secret Postcard Exhibition, Under The Edge Arts, Wooton-Under-Edge, United Kingdom

A Celebration Of Neurodiversity, Intersect Arts Collective x Sands End Community Centre, London, United Kingdom

2024 UK Open, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, United Kingdom

Seven Is A Secret, Week 45 Collective x J/M Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Look If You Want, Blue Hour Studios, London, United Kingdom

2023 Future Stars: Xmas Edition, Holy Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom

AWARDS 

2025 Artists Under 30 Bursary, SITE Festival, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom 

2024 Visual Art Open, Visual Artists' Association, London, United Kingdom (Longlisted)

99 Future Blue Chip Artists, Artsted, London, United Kingdom

EDUCATION 

2025 Contemporary Drawing, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, United Kingdom

2021 NCTJ Diploma In Multimedia Journalism, News Associates, London, United Kingdom

2020 Master of Studies in English (1830-1914), University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2019 Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature, University of Oxford, United Kingdom


PUBLICATIONS, FEATURES AND LICENSING 

2025 Technicolour Beat: 10 Years On, Oh Wonder, London, United Kingdom (Licensed as Official Single Artwork)

Loupe Art Streaming, Atlanta, United States (Licensed as Digital Artwork)

'Issue 4', Megazine, London, United Kingdom (Featured)

2024 '329 - Tilly Trevitt', ArtByArtists (Featured)

'Follower Spotlight - Tilly Trevitt', GetScene (Featured)

 


    Photos: Serena Bolton Photography