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Thomas Conway

Discipline:

Painter, Visual artist

Location:

South London

ABOUT:

My work explores the fragile nature of memory—how it fades, distorts, and resurfaces in unexpected ways. Through layered markings, scrapings, and the interplay of text and image, I engage in a process of excavation, revealing traces of thought, history, and place. Found objects, fragmented language, and gestural mark-making converge to create compositions that oscillate between presence and absence.

Rooted in an intuitive dialogue between control and impulse, my process mirrors the tension between expression and restraint. Each mark is a negotiation, a response to what has come before, shaped by both intention and accident. The surfaces become palimpsests, holding remnants of past gestures while inviting new interpretations.

WORKS:

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