Rob Sherwood

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Born in Bristol in 1984, lives and works in London.
He graduated from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London in 2008.

Rob Sherwood’s work is about finding a depth of perception, literally and metaphorically, in a flat-screened world. He considers himself a painter but his practice has always allowed some time for conducting experiments with various lens based media. Attracted by the way digital technology blurs boundaries between physical and virtual space, his paintings can be seen as taking the grid for a visual metaphor of human cognition. Whether each square is interpreted as a pixel, cell, bit or atom is consequential to it being first and foremost just a painted mark. Recently he has begun translating his aesthetic sensibilities and theoretical interests into objects. As with his grid paintings, these works tamper with an apparently rigid system and find creative space in a subjective interference. The suggestion is that models which appear strict or sterile can combine meaningfully with subjective fields of feeling, whether in the algorithms of the internet or those of a painted pattern.

Selected solo and group exhibitions: Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy (2016); Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK (2016); Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK (2015); Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy (2013); Palazzo de Sanctis, Castelbasso, Italy (2013); Son Gallery, London, UK (2012); Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK (2011); Coldharbour London, London, UK (2011); St. Luke’s, London, UK (2011); Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy (2010); Son Gallery, London, UK (2010); Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy (2010); Premio Lissone 2010, Museum of Contemporary Art in Lissone, Italy (2010); Pushkin House, London, UK (2010); Chelsea Space, London, UK (2010); Son Gallery, London, UK (2010); Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, Italy (2009); Royal College of Art, London, UK (2009); Hannah Barry Gallery, London, UK (2009); the 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2009); ABZ Project Space, London, UK (2008); Pushkin House, London, UK (2008); St. Giles Church, London, UK (2008); Whitechapel Gallery Cinema, London, UK (2008); Auto Italia Gallery, London, UK (2007).