Will Fice, born in 1999, graduated from Leeds Arts University in 2020 with a BA in Fine Art. He had his first solo presentation with Patrick Davies Contemporary Art in 2021 and has since been recognised as an emerging artist to watch. He was included in a number of online shows during the pandemic and in 2023; had his first solo gallery exhibition with Monti8 in Latina, Italy. Fice is based between Leeds and Surrey in the UK.
William's work explores the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. Young men are captured and rendered in paint through direct; intensely saturated washes of colour, opening the door to an altered world in which his figures inhabit with richness and purpose. Gathering source material from Instagram, group chats between friends where photos have been exchanged, as well as his own experiences and observations; Will’s representation eventually finds itself between the peripherals of the real and the imaginary. A sense of ambiguity fuels his images. Imagined elements are carefully placed, duplicated and moulded into compositions; establishing and framing a narrative that brings to question the viewers perception.
Education
Exhibitions
Leeds Arts University
BA (Hons) Fine Art. 2017-2020
2023 Nashville Hot Summer, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, US
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2023 Beautiful losers, Monti8, Latina, Italy
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2022 Transference KO Arts & Antiques, UK (Artsy online presentation)
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2022 Exit 26, Monti8, Latina, Italy
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2022 #1 Exhibition, Artsinsquare, US (Artsy online presentation)
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2021 ArtHelix: Life Interrupted – Painting during the pandemic, SHIM Art Network,
(Artsy online presentation)
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2021 Waiting room, Patrick Davies Contemporary Art (Artsy online presentation)
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2020 Untilted, Leeds Arts University Degree show, UK (online presentation)
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2020 Shim/Bachelors Show, SHIM Art Network, Artsy online presentation)
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2020 Resilience, Coles Gallery, Leeds, UK
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2019 Fine wine and conversation, The Pigeon, London, UK
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2019 Bologneology, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
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2018 Yeah man fairs, Lamberts Yard, Leeds, UK
2018 Release, Wharf Chambers, Leeds, UK
Interviews and Publications
2023 Curators’ Picks: Emerging, Artsy
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2022 ‘William Fice on his paintings, becoming an artist, creative process & more’,
Overstandard
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2021 ‘In conversation with Patrick Davies’, Patrick Davies Contemporary Art
2020 ‘Student artists exhibit their final shows online – in pictures’, The Guardian
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2020 ‘10 In demand works on Artsy this week’, Artsy
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