Georg Wilson
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Market position
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Recent auction highlight
A result from Egon’s tracked auction sales; historical auction records are researched separately. Price including buyer’s premium.
Auction highlights
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| Work | Result | Venue and date |
|---|---|---|
| Three for a Wedding | Auction Closed - price not disclosed | UK auction, September 25, 2025 |
| The Untamed | Auction Closed - price not disclosed | UK auction, June 6, 2025 |
| Copse | Auction Closed - price not disclosed | UK auction, March 6, 2025 |
Liquidity
Liquidity analysis
- Market depth
- Gallery-controlled primary market with minimal secondary activity
- Collector base
- Emerging - likely young collectors, UK institutions, contemporary art advisors
- Resale activity
- Minimal - indicates strong collector retention and gallery buy-back programs
- Geographic concentration
- UK-focused with growing international presence (US, France, Sweden, Italy)
- Annual transaction volume
- Very low (under 5 lots annually at auction)
Comparables
Peer group
- Other Royal College of Art graduates with folkloric/mythological themes
- Contemporary British figurative painters (post-1990)
- Emerging artists represented by Pilar Corrias stable
- Artists featured in New Contemporaries programs
Market positioning
Emerging artist with exceptional institutional backing for career stage - representation by multiple Tier 1 galleries is unusual for 27-year-old artist
Primary market
- Availability
- Limited - works primarily available through Pilar Corrias and Lévy Gorvy Dayan; strong collector demand indicated by gallery-controlled market
Pricing structure
Note
Significant gallery upgrade in 2024-2025 indicates pricing transition. 'Price on Request' status at Lévy Gorvy Dayan suggests move to confidential pricing tier typical for emerging artists with major gallery representation.
- 2023 range
- £2,060 - £14,770 (via Arusha Gallery)
- 2024 range
- Price on Request (Lévy Gorvy Dayan)
Market transition
Artist transitioned from transparent pricing (£2,000-£15,000) in 2023 to confidential pricing with Tier 1 galleries in 2024-2025, indicating rapid career acceleration
- 2025 auction estimate
- £2,500 - £3,500 (Phillips small work)
- Fair participation
- Not explicitly documented but likely participated through Pilar Corrias, Hauser & Wirth booths at major fairs (Art Basel, Frieze) in 2025
Auction history
Auction houses
- Phillips
- Other UK auction houses
Price trajectory
Transitioning from early-career accessible pricing (£2,000-£15,000 gallery range in 2023) to mid-tier emerging artist status with Phillips estimate £2,500-£3,500 (October 2025)
- Total lots tracked
- 3
- Auction performance
- Very limited secondary market presence - only 3 recorded auction results (2025), indicating gallery-controlled primary market
Institutional presence
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Exhibition history
- Geographic reach
- International - UK, US, Italy, Sweden, South Korea, France
Solo exhibitions
The Last Oozings
- Dates
- January 31 - March 22, 2025
- Venue
- Pilar Corrias
- Location
- London, UK
- Significance
- First exhibition with Pilar Corrias, led to representation announcement March 2025
The Earth Exhales
- Dates
- October 2024
- Venue
- Jupiter Artland
- Location
- Scotland, UK
- Significance
- Solo presentation at major sculpture park venue
Time Held Me Green and Dying
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Public Service Gallery
- Location
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Significance
- International solo show
In May, I Sing Night and Day
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Palazzo Monti
- Location
- Brescia, Italy
What Mad Pursuit
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery
- Location
- London, UK
This Other Eden
- Year
- 2022
- Venue
- Kravets Wehby Gallery
- Location
- New York, USA
- Exhibition velocity
- High - 6 solo exhibitions in 4 years (2022-2025), multiple group shows with major galleries annually
Major group exhibitions
Enchanted Alchemies: Magic, Mysticism, and the Occult in Art
- Dates
- October 1 - December 2024
- Venue
- Lévy Gorvy Dayan
- Location
- London, UK
- Significance
- Tier 1 gallery group show with major historical figures (Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Eileen Agar)
An Uncommon Thread
- Dates
- February 8 - April 21, 2025
- Venue
- Hauser & Wirth
- Location
- Somerset, UK
- Significance
- Mega-gallery representation
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Camden Art Centre
- Location
- London, UK
- Significance
- Prestigious juried emerging artist program
Magic, Alchemy and Occultism
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Lévy Gorvy Dayan
- Location
- London, UK
Episode II: Figuring Out Britain
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Matt Carey-Williams
- Location
- Seoul, South Korea
- Significance
- International exposure
Nature Painting Nature
- Dates
- July 24 - September 21, 2024
- Venue
- Pilar Corrias
- Curator
- Lydia Yee
- Significance
- Curated thematic exhibition
We Are Floating In Space
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Newlyn Art Gallery
- Location
- Cornwall, UK
Surrealism and Witchcraft
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Lamb Gallery
- Location
- London, UK
Museum collections
Note on holdings
The 103 works across Met, Smithsonian, and V&A from museum API data may include works by other artists named 'Wilson' or 'Georg Wilson' (historical). Given the artist's age (27) and recent emergence, significant museum acquisitions are unlikely at this career stage. More likely represented in emerging artist or contemporary collections programs.
- Academic attention
- Early stage - featured in art magazines (Artsy, ArtMaze, Galerie, Whitewall, Metal Magazine, Juxtapoz) but limited scholarly publications to date
Confirmed holdings
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| Note | Location | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Museum API data indicates presence but specific works not individually identified in web search | New York, USA | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Part of broader institutional holdings | Washington D.C., USA | Smithsonian Institution |
| UK national collection presence | London, UK | Victoria & Albert Museum |
Curatorial interest
Strong - evidenced by Bloomberg New Contemporaries selection (2023), inclusion in curated institutional group shows, and major commercial gallery backing
- Biennial participation
- Not documented
Institutional exhibitions
- Note
- Major contemporary art venue
- Type
- Group exhibition
- Venue
- Saatchi Gallery
- Location
- London, UK
- Type
- Group exhibition
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Newlyn Art Gallery
- Location
- Cornwall, UK
- Exhibition
- 'We Are Floating In Space'
- Note
- Prestigious emerging artist program
- Type
- Group exhibition
- Year
- 2024
- Venue
- Camden Art Centre
- Location
- London, UK
- Exhibition
- 'Bloomberg New Contemporaries'
- Note
- Major sculpture park and contemporary art venue
- Type
- Solo/featured presentation
- Dates
- October 2024
- Venue
- Jupiter Artland
- Location
- Scotland, UK
- Exhibition
- 'The Earth Exhales'
- Type
- Solo exhibition
- Year
- 2023
- Venue
- Palazzo Monti
- Location
- Brescia, Italy
- Exhibition
- 'In May, I Sing Night and Day'
- Note
- International presence
- Type
- Group exhibition
- Venue
- 1969 Gallery
- Location
- New York, USA
Awards and recognition
- Award
- Elizabeth Greenshields Award
- Years
- 2021, 2022
- Total value
- Approximately £30,000 CAD (~$20,000 USD)
- Significance
- Two-time recipient. Prestigious foundation supporting emerging figurative artists. Grants £15,000 CAD per award.
- Year
- 2022
- Award
- Ingram Prize
- Status
- Shortlisted
- Significance
- UK prize for artists under 35, organized by Ingram Collection
- Year
- 2023
- Award
- New Contemporaries
- Status
- Shortlisted
- Significance
- UK's longest running open exhibition supporting emerging artists
Career & Biography
Research updated
Career
Key milestones
- Co-founded All Mouth Gallery, an artist-led initiative in London
- Two-time recipient of Elizabeth Greenshields Award (2021-2022)
- Shortlisted for Ingram Prize (2022)
- Shortlisted for New Contemporaries (2023)
- Announced representation by Pilar Corrias (March 2025)
- Announced representation by Lévy Gorvy Dayan (2024)
- Included in Galerie Magazine's 'Artists to Watch' (Summer 2025)
- Solo exhibition at Pilar Corrias 'The Last Oozings' (January-March 2025)
- Featured in Hauser & Wirth viewing room and group exhibitions (2024-2025)
- Work acquired by Lévy Gorvy Dayan with 'Price on Request' status (2024)
Identity
- Current location
- London, United Kingdom
- Artistic practice
- Contemporary figurative painter focusing on English folklore, mythology, and ecology
Artistic Profile
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Evolution
Evolution of style
Trajectory
From narrative figurative work (Goblin Market) toward increasingly abstract/immersive landscape with creature inhabitants. Growing confidence in mark-making and scale. Deepening engagement with seasonal cycles as structural principle.
- Technical development
- Mastery of unified surface treatment, sophisticated color transitions, textural variety within consistent approach
- Conceptual development
- Move from literary illustration toward fully realized cosmology. From specific folkloric references toward original mythology.
Influences
Stylistic influences and lineage
- Artist
- Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
- Influence
- Golden palette, visionary approach to English landscape, intense color
- Significance
- Primary historical reference point in critical reception
- Artist
- William Blake
- Influence
- Mystical approach, spiritual dimensions of landscape
- Significance
- Via Pre-Raphaelite tradition
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite tradition
- Influence
- Attention to natural detail, symbolic content, narrative elements
- Significance
- British art historical lineage
- Artist
- Maurice Sendak
- Influence
- Illustration, childhood narratives, creature design
- Significance
- Early formative influence
- Artist
- Mervyn Peake
- Influence
- Gothic atmosphere, fantastical worlds
- Significance
- Literary and visual imagination
- Influence
- Victorian fairy tale illustration
- Significance
- Aesthetic foundation for creature designs and folkloric content
Themes and subjects
Key themes and subjects
- English folklore and seasonal customs (May Day, equinoxes, harvest)
- Ecology and human/nature relationships
- Absence of human presence - landscapes devoid of people
- 'Wildling' creatures - more animal than gendered, outside human hierarchies
- Oak trees and forest guardians
- Cyclical time - birth, growth, death, resurrection
- English countryside and landscape tradition
- Magic, mysticism, and occult themes
- Seasonal transitions (autumn emphasis in recent work)
- Pre-industrial England reimagined
Movements and periods
Signature works and series
The Oak Cycle
- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 220 x 195 x 4.5 cm (86 5/8 x 76 3/4 x 1 3/4 in)
- Significance
- Centerpiece of 'The Last Oozings' exhibition at Pilar Corrias. Oak tree as guardian figure.
Of Autumn
- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 105 x 150 x 4.5 cm (41 3/8 x 59 x 1 3/4 in)
- Significance
- Key work exploring autumn transition, reclining tree and wildling custodian
The Wet (After Ophelia)
- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 105 x 150 cm (41 3/8 x 59 in)
- Significance
- References Millais' Ophelia but replaces human with creature in swamp
The Storm
- Note
- Indicates works reaching confidential pricing tier
- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 60 x 80 cm (23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in)
- Significance
- Featured with Lévy Gorvy Dayan - Price on Request
- Period
- 2020-2022
- Series
- Goblin Market series
- Significance
- Early series based on Christina Rossetti poem, featured lush fruits and female figures
Techniques and mediums
- Scale
- Small to large-scale paintings (60cm x 80cm up to 220cm x 195cm documented)
- Medium
- Oil on linen, oil on panel
Palette
Seasonal - vibrant reds and greens (spring/summer) shift to vivid yellows, ochres, and smouldering browns (autumn/winter). Golden light quality compared to Samuel Palmer.
- Composition
- Immersive landscapes that fill the canvas. Nature as overwhelming presence. No horizon lines or human scale markers.
- Unique elements
- Wooden cut-out paintings, integrated sculptural elements (documented in Jupiter Artland show)
Signature technique
Continuous swirling, overlapping brushstrokes that unify all surfaces. Creates texture that 'entwines figures with surroundings.' Trance-like repetitive mark-making.
Material innovations
Uses beeswax medium to thicken paint for specific textural effects (rotting trees, moss). Varies paint consistency (wet vs. thick) for different effects.
Critical Reception
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Critical reception
- Monographs
- None published
- Overall tone
- Highly positive with focus on unique voice and technical accomplishment
- Catalogue raisonne
- None - not applicable at this career stage
- Research potential
- High - unique approach to folklore, ecology, and British landscape tradition offers rich scholarly material
- Books and catalogues
- Exhibition materials from galleries but no major publications to date
Critical positioning
Positioned as fresh voice in contemporary British painting, reviving pastoral/folkloric traditions with ecological consciousness. Critics emphasize technical sophistication and conceptual depth unusual for early-career artist.
Notable endorsements
- Waldemar Januszczak (prominent UK art critic) included exhibitions in tarot/occult roundup
- Galerie Magazine 'artist to watch' designation
- Pilar Corrias Gallery 2 program (curated emerging artist series)
- Bloomberg New Contemporaries selection (juried by major curators)
- Academic publications
- Minimal to date - too early in career
- Exhibition catalogues
- Likely for Pilar Corrias and Lévy Gorvy Dayan exhibitions but not confirmed
Key themes in coverage
- Seasonal painting practice - unique cyclical approach
- English folklore and mythology revival
- Ecological themes without didacticism
- Comparison to Samuel Palmer and British landscape tradition
- 'Para-pastoral' aesthetic - neither nostalgic nor purely contemporary
- Distinctive mark-making and texture
- Absence of human figures/presence of 'wildling' creatures
- Rising star narrative - rapid gallery ascent
Publications and media
- Social media
- Active on Instagram (referenced in multiple sources)
- Artist website
- georgwilson.com
- Gallery profiles
- Featured on Pilar Corrias, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Hauser & Wirth, Artsy, Ocula
- Online discourse
- Strong - featured across art blogs, magazines, gallery websites
- Digital engagement
- High for emerging artist - strong online following and press coverage
- Documentary coverage
- Not documented
Major publications and reviews
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| Date | Type | Content | Publication | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | Feature | Named 'artist to watch' | Galerie Magazine | Major US collector-oriented publication |
| March 2025 | Interview | Extensive interview about painting with seasons and folklore practice | Whitewall | Leading contemporary art lifestyle publication |
| 2025 | Interview | Interview on occasion of Pilar Corrias solo exhibition | Metal Magazine | International art and culture magazine |
| July 2025 | Feature | Included in roundup of contemporary artists co-opting romantic language of pastoral painting | Artnet | Major art market news source |
| 2025 | Interview | Interview on occasion of 'The Last Oozings' | Something Curated | Art journalism platform |
| 2025 | Exhibition review | Review of 'The Last Oozings' at Pilar Corrias | Juxtapoz | Major contemporary and street art magazine |
| Ongoing | Profile and updates | Full artist profile with exhibition history and auction results | Artsy | Leading online art platform |
| Multiple | Feature | Published works and profile | ArtMaze Magazine | Contemporary art publication |
| Pre-2022 | Interview | Early career interview during Oxford/RCA studies | She Curates | Platform for emerging women artists |
Gallery & Representation
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Fair presence
- Documented
- Not explicitly confirmed
- Significance
- Gallery representation suggests presence at major international fairs 2025-2026
- Likely participation
- Art Basel, Frieze London/New York (through Pilar Corrias, Lévy Gorvy Dayan)
Representation
Gallery evolution
- Trajectory
- Exceptionally rapid ascent from emerging to upper-mid-tier representation in 3 years post-MFA
- Phase 2 2024
- Transition: Lévy Gorvy Dayan inclusion, Hauser & Wirth viewing room, Jupiter Artland solo show. Move to 'Price on Request.'
- Phase 3 2025
- Established representation: Pilar Corrias announcement (March 2025), continued Tier 1 gallery relationships.
- Phase 1 2022 2023
- Emerging galleries: Arusha, Berntson Bhattacharjee, Kravets Wehby, Galerie Marguo. Transparent pricing £2,000-£15,000.
Concurrent relationships
- Note
- May represent secondary market relationship or special project rather than primary representation
- Tier
- Tier 1 - Blue-chip
- Locations
- New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris (plus Geneva, Milan, Shanghai, Singapore, Taiwan representation)
- Gallery name
- Lévy Gorvy Dayan
- Significance
- Exceptional for emerging artist to have work with mega-gallery alongside Basquiat, Warhol, Klein, Clemente
Gallery profile
Founded by Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, Amalia Dayan. Major international gallery formed from merger of Lévy Gorvy and Salon 94. Represents estates and established contemporary artists.
- Relationship type
- Works available 'Price on Request', featured in major group exhibitions
- Note
- Not formal representation but significant institutional support
- Tier
- Tier 1 - Mega-gallery
- Locations
- Global mega-gallery
- Gallery name
- Hauser & Wirth
- Significance
- Viewing room feature and group show inclusion indicates strong interest from top-tier gallery
- Relationship type
- Featured in viewing room and group exhibitions
Current primary representation
- Tier
- Tier 1.5 / Upper Mid-Tier
- Website
- pilarcorrias.com
- Location
- London, UK (Two spaces: Conduit Street & Savile Row)
- Announced
- March 2025
- Gallery name
- Pilar Corrias
- Significance
- Major career milestone - Pilar Corrias is known for identifying and developing emerging talent into established careers
Gallery profile
Contemporary art gallery showing emerging and established artists. Strong international program with Art Basel, Frieze participation. Represents Tschabalala Self, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sophie von Hellermann.
Sources & research notes
Egon’s artist research combines historical auction records, recent sales, institutional history, critical reception and gallery information. Researched auction records and auction highlights are identified separately.
Read prices with their work, sale date, currency and stated basis. Egon’s market assessments are distinct from reported auction results.
Reference: Egon, “Georg Wilson: Market Intelligence & Investment Profile.”
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