Felix Treadwell was born in Maidstone, England in 1992. In his painting he often uses fictional characters who perform everyday actions. Treadwell studied art at Camberwell College of Arts and later specialised in painting at the Royal College of Art, where he graduated in 2018. Over the last couple of years, Treadwell has been getting a lot of recognition and appreciation for the works depicting the semi-autobiographical character, Feelo. “It was just meant to be this protagonist which explores these worlds, but I think I worked it out that it is more meant to be me. It wasn’t intentional but I think it kind of acts as me, but also acts like you, the viewer within the work. I feel like Feelo is more like an outsider entering this world in which you are, and exploring what you might not necessarily know you might encounter.” Through the use of simple compositions, playful, non-threatening scenes, the softness of the airbrush, along with pastel hues, the artist is reviving and visualizing his childhood imagination in his practice.

His solo exhibitions include “Dominion”, Dopeness (Taipei, 2021); “FEELO”, L21 Gallery (Palma de Mallorca, 2020); “Little Dark Fantasy”, Union Gallery (London, 2019); “Community”, LTD Los Angeles (Los Angeles, 2019); and “Dark Age”, L21 Gallery (Palma de Mallorca, 2018).

He has received awards such as the HIX Award (2014) and participated as an artist in residence at the L21xCamper Foundation (2018). In recent years, his work has been shown in numerous group venues such as Primary Projects (Miami, 2021); Gallerie Marian Cramer, (Amsterdam, 2020); imlabor (Tokyo, 2020); Choi&Lager Gallery (Cologne, 2019) Tatjana Pieters Gallery (Gent, 2019) and Galleria Patricia Armocida, (Milan, 2019).

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Felix Treadwell (b. 1992, Maidstone, England)

Lives and works in London.

EDUCATION

2016 – 2018

MA Painting, Royal College of Art

2012 – 2015

BA Painting, Camberwell College of Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

‘Dominion’, Dopeness. Taipei, TW

2020

‘FEELO’, L21 Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2019

‘Little Dark Fantasy’, Union Gallery. London, UK

‘Community’, LTD Los Angeles. Los Angeles, USA

2018

‘Dark Age’, L21 Gallery. Palma Mallorca, Spain

2017

‘Rupert and Friends’, Union Gallery. London, UK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

‘San Damiano Sessions’, Carl Kostyal, Stockholm, Sweden

‘Can’t Wait to Meet You’, Primary Projects, Miami, USA

2020

‘DONTGIVEADAMNS’, Gallerie Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, Netherlands

‘2x2x2’, imlabor, Tokyo, Japan

2019

‘ADIEU TO OLD ENGLAND, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT’, Choi&Lager Gallery, Cologne, Germany

‘There’s Something About Painting’, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Gent, Belgium

‘Deeply’, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy

2018

‘Fatal Attraction’, Thames-Side Studios, London, UK

‘Hand Luggage’, Pierre Pourmet, Bordeaux, France

‘Floored’, Camberwell Space, London, UK

‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’, Block 336, London, UK

2017

‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’, BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

‘Good Good, Double Good’. Lewisham Art House, London, UK

‘Baesquit’, The Benevolent Association of Excellent Solutions, Deptford, UK

‘WIPWIPWIP’ (Work In Progress Show) Royal College of Art, London, UK

RESIDENCIES

L21 Gallery, Palma Mallorca, Spain (2018)

Kyoto Seika University, Japan (2015)