Word to Mother

(English, born 1979)

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Word to Mother

Show Me The Way

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Biography

Timeline

London-based artist Word To Mother was born and raised in an English seaside town. After attending art school for illustration, and with a background in graffiti, Word To Mother entered into the art world.

Word To Mother creates work that combines many influences into uniquely layered paintings, often atop pieces of salvaged wood. Incorporating hand drawn personal sentiments, emotions and feelings that he executes in the form of loose script, inspired from his experience as a tattoo artist and tight sign written letters, drawn from years of painting graffiti.

Suggestions of nostalgic sign writing and unmistakable WTM figures feature within a salvaged environment where they appear to have existed for years. A beautiful juxtaposition, of fragile and emotive elements shown through subtle textures and washes of colour, but with a strength and confidence fused with his signature patterns, architecture & figures. His work is melancholic yet fun and playful. With an earthy ‘London’ palette of grey tones accentuating splashes of brighter ‘seaside’ colours of fluro red, pink, yellows and turquoise which give the paintings an optimistic feel.

Exhibitions

2013
'Fuck You Pay Me' White Walls, San Francisco, USA
2012
'Can't Afford To Be Broke' White Walls, San Francisco, USA
'Deck The Walls' StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK
Scope Art Fair, Miami, Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art, Miami, , USA
'Love & Hate' StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK
2011
'UK Street Art Print Nite' Corey Helford Gallery, LA, USA
'Spectrum' Mallick Williams & Co, New York, USA
'Essence Of Adolescence' StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK
'Wild fantasies' A Decade Of The Don't Panic Poster, London, UK
'Never Judge' In Association With Penguin Books, London, UK