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Steve Wright is a contemporary painter based in London. Born in Bath, England in 1975, he studied Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and Newcastle University, gaining his MFA in 2001. His work has been included in exhibitions around the UK and in the USA. Solo exhibitions have taken place in London, Leeds, and Cambridge, including ‘Perpetual Motion’ in August 2025.
 
His recent paintings are ‘cosmic abstractions’, transforming found objects and images into intensely coloured motifs that evoke astronomical phenomena. Inspired by spiral galaxies and space stations, his recent works employ rotational symmetry to create a sense of movement. Earlier works depict vehicles and other objects, in relation to the space around them or the ground plane, creating a sense of suspension in place and time. 


Steve Wright in his studio 2025

Education

2001 Newcastle University, Master of Fine Art  
1998 Wimbledon School of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting)  
 
1995, Berkshire College of Art & Design, Art Foundation



Solo Exhibitions

2025 Perpetual Motion Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London
2023 Squaring the Circle Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London
2017 CARS Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley
2015 Escapes Clothworkers' Hall, University of Leeds
2013 Steve Wright Roller Gallery (online exhibition)
2012 Metamorphoses St. Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge
          
Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
          Canvas ​Putney Library Gallery, London
           Thresholds​ Barry Till Gallery, Morley College London
2024 36th Annual Open Exhibiiton​ Southwark Park Gallery
           Town House Open ​ Town House Gallery, London
            Intervals​ Barry Till Gallery, Morley College London
2023  Taking Time​ Barry Till Gallery, Morley College London
2022 Art is only for beginners Morley Gallery, London
2021 Figuratively Speaking Morley Gallery, London
2019 Encounter 2019 Ustinov College, Durham University
          Free Hand Barry Till Gallery, Morley College, London
          Inside Out The Cello Factory, London
2018 Encounter 2018 Ustinov College, Durham University
         Out of Place Morley Gallery, London
2017 Holborn Library Holborn Library, London
​          ​​City Storeys and Folk Rails ​Morley Gallery, London
2016 Metamorphosis Morley Gallery, London
2014 From Here and There Elysium Gallery, Swansea &
                                                Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado, USA
2014 A Portrait of the Artist As... Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2013 Eastern Approaches Museum of St Albans, Herts.
2012 Drawn Together St. Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge
2011 Draw More Morley Gallery, London
2010 seventeen@morley Morley Gallery, London
 2010 Factory Folk Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne
2009 Overview Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2008 Environments The Cluny Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
2007 Berwick Open Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed     
2007 Up to Now  National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2006 Cravens Art Prize Northumbria University Gallery
2004 Think of a space in the Sky  The Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne
2004 Drawing Open South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
2003  Degrees of Separation A Gallery, Wimbledon, London
2003 Five Contemporaries Shire Gallery, Alnwick
2002 MoDArchitecture Museum of Domestic Architecture, Barnet
2001  Student Independent Exhibition Cleveland Institute of Art, USA
2001 Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Sussex
1998 BHF Bank Prize The Capital Club, London, 
1996 Figuring Cézanne Lethaby Gallery and Tate Gallery, London

Private and Public Collections

University of Cambridge
University of Surrey, Guildford
BHF Bank, London

Public Commissions

2011 'Steeling Skies', Shiregreen, Sheffield. Seven permanent artworks commisisoned by rednile Projects Ltd.

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