Jack Gwyer (b. 1996) is a visual artist based in London. His work reimagines the visual motifs of our material experience, referencing themes of routine and desire through the manipulation of texture and the displacement of form. He graduated from Goldsmiths in 2018 and the Royal College of Art in 2024.

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Gwyer explores themes of obsession in the act of making and rhythm of working lifestyles, guiding the subject matter through considerations of machinery, industrial and technological revolutions, automation, and the connection between community and architecture. He does this by exploring the psycho-geography of underground environments—spaces filled with forgotten objects and histories—allowing these sites to combine with technological rage, individual anxiety, and contemporary phobias. These conflicting impulses—between need and desire—help shape the final painted image, where urgency meets societal aspiration in a constant push and pull.

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Education

 

​Royal College of Art: MA Painting (2024)

 

Goldsmiths University of London: BA English Literature & Language (2018)​

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Selected Group Exhibitions

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Landscapes and Truth Telling, Somers Gallery, London, March 2024

 

Fragments, Kavel Rafferty Projects, Margate, March 2024

 

Rise & Shine, The Tagli (Cromwell Place), London, February 2024

 

Dirty House,  Fitzrovia Gallery, London, March 2022

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I learnt the fear of reduction, Room34, Bath, May 2020

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Annual Secret Auction, Art on a Postcard, London, October 2019

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Knocking on the city door, Jeannie Avent Gallery, London, August 2018

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Orbit graduate show, OXO Tower, London, July 2018

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Blank100 showcase, London, March 2018

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Media Highlights

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https://fadmagazine.com/2022/03/04/dirty-house/

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https://www.thetagli.com/artists/57-jack-gwyer/overview/

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Awards

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Arts Council (Developing your Creative Practice Fund), 2022. 

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