Tomas Georgeson

By using paint as a means with which to document performance and installation art Tomas Georgeson manipulates its traditions, exposes its weaknesses and is still able to make beautiful paintings.
As memories of the live events fade their significance begins to change until all that is left is a painting, perfect in its antiquity, like the centuries of paintings before it.
Already the winner of several major awards and prizes for his unique approach to the traditions of painting Georgeson has most recently been nominated for the 2008 Jerwood painting prize.
Georgeson has exhibited frequently in London since graduation from Central St Martin's in 2006, most notably with 'Contemporary Art Projects' who represented him until early this year.
He was the Royal Society of British Artists Rome scholar in 2005 and continues to build his reputation as 'One of the most exciting emergent painters in Europe' - Nice Magazine, March 2009