Sholto Blissett
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Collections & exhibitions
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Market position
Research updated
Pricing
- Market segment
- Works range from smaller paintings (100x100cm) to large-scale museum-quality pieces (200x300cm)
- Primary market
- Contact Pilar Corrias (London) or Alexander Berggruen (New York) for current pricing. Works available through galleries request price.
- Market momentum
- Strong upward trajectory - described as 'one of Gen Z's most sought-after contemporary artists' by Phillips
Price range USD
- Low
- 15397
- High
- 88718
- Note
- Based on realized auction prices 2024-2025
- Geographic demand
- Strong interest in Hong Kong/Asian market based on auction concentration. Growing US and UK collector base through gallery representation.
Comparables
Peer artists
Positioned alongside contemporary landscape painters exploring post-pastoral themes. Compared to Romantic masters (Claude Lorrain, Turner, Caspar David Friedrich, Hubert Robert) and Surrealists (René Magritte) in critical discourse.
- Market positioning
- Premium emerging artist - top tier of Royal College of Art graduates, gallery representation tier indicates serious institutional backing
Collector base
Collector profile
Early institutional collectors, sophisticated contemporary art collectors interested in conceptual landscape painting, Asian collectors entering market through Hong Kong auctions
Notable collections
- The Nixon Collection, London, UK
- X Museum, Beijing, China
Auction history
- Liquidity
- Limited but growing - emerging secondary market with increasing Asian collector interest
- Trajectory
- Rapidly ascending - auction record jumped 82% in May 2024
- Recent activity
- Active secondary market in 2024-2025, primarily in Hong Kong auctions (Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips)
- Total auction lots
- 9+ lots at auction
Auction record high
- Size
- 110 x 300 cm
- Year
- 2022
- Notes
- 82% increase over previous record, sold for more than twice the low estimate
- Medium
- Oil and acrylic on canvas
- Artwork
- Ship of Fools IV
- Sale date
- May 28, 2024
- Amount USD
- $88,718
- Auction house
- Christie's Hong Kong
- Amount original
- HKD 688,718
Previous auction record
- Size
- 110.5 x 100 cm
- Year
- 2022
- Medium
- Acrylic and oil on canvas laid on board
- Artwork
- Ship of Fools XII
- Sale date
- April 6, 2024
- Amount USD
- $48,700
- Auction house
- Sotheby's Hong Kong
Institutional presence
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Exhibitions
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| Type | Dates | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | December 5, 2024 - February 8, 2025 | Life in Deep Time | Hannah Barry Gallery, London |
| Solo | September 10 - October 15, 2025 | The white heat of cold water | Alexander Berggruen, New York |
| Solo | July 19 - September 29, 2023 | Arboreal | Peres Projects, Milan |
| Solo | January 25 - February 22, 2023 | Rubicon | Alexander Berggruen, New York |
| Solo | July 2 - August 13, 2022 | Ship of Fools | Hannah Barry Gallery, London |
Museum collections
Prestigious group shows
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| Year | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alien Shores | White Cube, London |
| 2024 | Present Tense | Hauser & Wirth, Somerset |
| 2020 | Tomorrow: London | White Cube, London |
| 2020 | London Grads Now | Saatchi Gallery, London |
- Emerging museum interest
- Strong institutional attention from major venues
Career & Biography
Research updated
- Career
- Emerging (career span: 2020-present)
Identity
- Artistic focus
- Fantastical landscape paintings exploring the relationship between humans and nature
- Birth location
- Salisbury, UK
- Studio practice
- Works five days a week, 9am-6pm routine in West London studio, cycles along Thames daily
- Current location
- London, UK
Artistic context
- Key influences
- Claude Lorrain, Turner, Caspar David Friedrich, Dutch Golden Age landscape painting, W.J.T Mitchell's Landscape and Power
Artistic Profile
Research updated
- Visual language
- Subdued, muted tones reflecting Northern European landscape traditions
Themes and subjects
Signature motifs
- Neo-classical architectural ruins
- Topiary and manicured nature
- Vast unpopulated landscapes
- Centralized focal points
- Water as active force
Movements and periods
- Philosophical framework
- Critique of nature/culture divide, influenced by W.J.T Mitchell's Landscape and Power
- Techniques and mediums
- Oil and acrylic on canvas, large-scale works (often 200x160cm), meticulous brushwork
Critical Reception
Research updated
Critical reception
- Academic attention
- Referenced in art historical context of landscape painting and the Anthropocene
Key critical themes
- Critique of Romantic landscape tradition
- Exploration of human-nature relationship
- Post-pastoral movement leadership
- Anthropocene consciousness
Publications and media
Major publications
Editors' Picks
- Type
- Review
- Author
- Tanner West
- Description
- Three contemporary artists whose work probe depictions of time and space
- Publication
- Artnet News
- Date
- September 29, 2023
- Type
- Feature
- Author
- Dara Jochum
- Publication
- Emergent Magazine
- Date
- November 2, 2022
- Type
- Interview
- Author
- Charlie Mills
- Publication
- Floorr Magazine
- Date
- January 31, 2025
- Type
- Feature
- Publication
- Visual Atelier 8
- Date
- January 10, 2025
- Type
- Feature
- Publication
- Colossal
Gallery & Representation
Research updated
Fair presence
Art fair participation
Alexander Berggruen
- Fair
- Dallas Art Fair
- Year
- 2024
- Fair
- Art fairs referenced but specific participation TBD
- Note
- Gallery representation suggests likely participation in Frieze, Art Basel sectors
Representation
Gallery trajectory
Analysis
Rapid ascent from emerging galleries (Unit London, Hannah Barry) to major international representation. Pilar Corrias representation (September 2025) represents significant upgrade - one of London's top contemporary galleries. Joint representation model (Pilar Corrias/Alexander Berggruen) indicates serious career management.
- Market availability
- Works available through galleries on request. Gallery-controlled primary market with limited but growing secondary market.
Secondary galleries
- Notes
- International contemporary gallery
- Location
- Milan/Berlin
- Gallery name
- Peres Projects
- Relationship
- Solo exhibition 'Arboreal' (2023), group shows (2021)
- Location
- London
- Gallery name
- White Cube
- Relationship
- Group exhibitions 2020, 2025; works available through gallery
- Significance
- Major blue-chip gallery - highest tier institutional validation
- Notes
- Modern and contemporary gallery
- Location
- London
- Gallery name
- Huxley-Parlour
- Relationship
- Group exhibition 'The Silver Cord' (2024)
- Location
- New York
- Gallery name
- Nicola Vassell
- Relationship
- Group exhibition 2021
- Location
- London
- Gallery name
- Unit London
- Relationship
- Multiple group exhibitions 2020-2021
- Location
- London
- Gallery name
- Guts Gallery
- Relationship
- Group exhibition 'NEW NOW' (2023)
Sources & research notes
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Reference: Egon, “Sholto Blissett: Market Intelligence & Investment Profile.”
Research updates by section
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