Sholto Blissett
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Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
4/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
7/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
8/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
2/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
3/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- 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, UKX 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
The Nixon Collection
London, UK- Exhibitions
Title Dates Venue Type Life in Deep Time December 5, 2024 - February 8, 2025 Hannah Barry Gallery, London Solo The white heat of cold water September 10 - October 15, 2025 Alexander Berggruen, New York Solo Arboreal July 19 - September 29, 2023 Peres Projects, Milan Solo Rubicon January 25 - February 22, 2023 Alexander Berggruen, New York Solo Ship of Fools July 2 - August 13, 2022 Hannah Barry Gallery, London Solo - Museum Collections
- Prestigious Group Shows
Title Year Venue Alien Shores 2025 White Cube, London Present Tense 2024 Hauser & Wirth, Somerset Tomorrow: London 2020 White Cube, London London Grads Now 2020 Saatchi Gallery, London - Emerging Museum Interest
- Strong institutional attention from major venues
Career & Biography
- 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
- Visual Language
- Subdued, muted tones reflecting Northern European landscape traditions
- Themes and Subjects
- Signature Motifs
- Neo-classical architectural ruinsTopiary and manicured natureVast unpopulated landscapesCentralized focal pointsWater 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
- Critical Reception
- Academic Attention
- Referenced in art historical context of landscape painting and the Anthropocene
- Key Critical Themes
- Critique of Romantic landscape traditionExploration of human-nature relationshipPost-pastoral movement leadershipAnthropocene consciousness
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
Date Author Publication Type — Tanner West Artnet News Review September 29, 2023 Dara Jochum Emergent Magazine Feature November 2, 2022 Charlie Mills Floorr Magazine Interview January 31, 2025 — Visual Atelier 8 Feature January 10, 2025 — Colossal Feature
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Art Fair Participation
- Fair
- Dallas Art Fair
- Year
- 2024
- Gallery
- Alexander Berggruen
- 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
Location Gallery Name Relationship Milan/Berlin Peres Projects Solo exhibition 'Arboreal' (2023), group shows (2021) London White Cube Group exhibitions 2020, 2025; works available through gallery London Huxley-Parlour Group exhibition 'The Silver Cord' (2024) New York Nicola Vassell Group exhibition 2021 London Unit London Multiple group exhibitions 2020-2021 London Guts Gallery Group exhibition 'NEW NOW' (2023)
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