George Rouy
In flux between temporary positions, amorphous figures vibrate between beauty and the grotesque in the paintings by George Rouy. Painted into existence with tiny brush strokes, as if conjured from a parallel universe, mirrored reflections take on a life of their own. Engaging the intuition, vision and psyche of the beholder, Rouy paints his otherworldly compositions in mauve, purple and blue hues. A slight gradient shift defines the contours of his subjects. They appear present and aloof, sensual and ambiguous. Mixed emotional signals and fluid body positions. The subtle difference between a smile and a smirk. To caress or crush, there is an uncanny feeling in the paintings. A sense of tension and suspense in the air, a lingering and alluring drama.
Born in 1994 in Sittingbourne, UK
Lives and works in South London, UK
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
BODY SUIT, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2022
Shit Mirror, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
Belly Ache, Almine Rech, Paris, France
2020
Clot, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
Maelstrom, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
Mask, MINE PROJECT, Hong Kong, China
2019
Cut Down A Tree To Build A Wooden Horse, To Ride You May Get Splinters, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Smothered Awake, Steven Turner, Los Angeles, USA
Leaking Visions of Red, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City, USA
Squeeze Har Enough It Might Just Pop!, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2017
Dirty Water, J Hammond Projects, London, UK
2016
Coast of the Sun, The Dot Project, London, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The New, New, Peres Projects, Seoul, South Korea
2022
V1 XX - Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
A Thing of the Mind, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
2021
Reconfigured, Timothy Taylor, New York, USA
2020
COLLECTIONS AS POEM IN THE AGE OF EPHEMERALITY, X Museum, Beijing, China
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now. Fondation Cartier – Pour lárt Contemporain, Paris, France
Hannah Barry Gallery at MATERIAL ART FAIR, Mexico City, Mexico
Adrian, George, Peter, Sofia e Tamina, P420, Bologna
2018
Metamorphõseõn, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Rhapsodies, curated by Alex Janata-Polczysnki, PingPong, Brussels, Belgium
EXTRA, The Hole, New York City, USA
New “Bad” Painting, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stars in Bloom, curated by Antonia Marsh, Neptune Restaurant, London, UK
The Clean Carcass of the Host (with Paloma Proudfoot), Galerie Sultana and sans tire for CONDO, curatorial Initiative Marso, Mexico City, Mexico
Form, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2017
The Unlimited Dream Company, Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK
2015
Camberwell Degree Show 2015, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2014
GOLD, Oxford Street Space, London, UK
2nd year show, Southwark Gallery, London, UK
2012
Parallel Intervention, Tate Modern, London, UK
In To The Garden, Bishop of Rochester’s Garden, Kent, UK
RESIDENCIES
2018
House of Vans, London, UK
