Rhys Coren

b. 1983

Rhys Coren was born in Plymouth, in 1983. He graduated from the University of West England in 2006 and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools in 2016. He currently lives and works in London.

Coren works across painting, animation, writing, performance and marquetry to explore rhythm, colour and texture. His work is characterised by cartoon-like linework, shadows and grids of colour.

Coren’s solo exhibitions include Seventeen, London (2021, 2019, 2017); Frans Kasl Projects, Eindhoven (2021); Grimm Gallery, New York (2018); Galerie pcp, Paris (2016) and Jerwood Project Space, London (2014). Group exhibitions include Drawing Room, London (2021); University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (2019); Bluecoat, Liverpool; Screen City Biennial, MS Sandnes Boat, Stavanger, Norway (2017); Seventeen, London; Royal Academy of Arts, London (2016); Slate Projects, London (2015) Site Gallery, Sheffield (2014); Test Space, Spike Island, Bristol; Design Museum, London (2013); FACT, Liverpool (2009) and Bloomberg New Contemporaries (2007).

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