Lewis Brander
b. 1995, United Kingdom
Lewis Brander was born in London in 1995. He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College graduating in 2018, before moving to Athens, Greece. In 2021 he returned to London where he now lives and works from a studio in East London. The artist’s first solo exhibition in London and first exhibition with Vardaxoglou Gallery took place in July 2022. In January 2024, Vardaxoglou Gallery will present a solo exhibition with the artist including a new series of large paintings.
Lewis Brander’s paintings reflect the natural landscape in cities, most recently London and Athens. Brander’s paintings, deep in observation of light and cloud formations, are embodiments of memory and emotion. These observations extend over a number of years as the details of the natural world begin to reveal themselves and are then recorded through a semi-abstract visual language in his studio. Brander’s depiction of atmospheric conditions are often given context by a horizon line, hinting at subject whilst providing distance. Always intimate in format, the presence of each painting’s subject is sensed through examination of the artist’s careful gestures.
Understanding the tradition of landscape painting, Brander’s works are as much about a reverence for the natural world and this history as they are a conduit in which to explore the places we live today.