Will Calver (b.1996) is a painter living and working in the Kentish countryside. His still life paintings aim to convey something of the quietude and monumentality that characterise everyday objects.
The paintings are made from life, working from direct observation to study the interactions between light, form and colour, and to express the intimacy that develops through spending time in the presence of the subject.
From his studio, set among fruit trees and farmland, Will works to paint objects in such a way that speaks both of their individual and universal nature, paying homage to what he paints, the medium and its history.
Group Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, May 2024
Group Exhibition, Collins Galleries, July 2024
Solo Exhibition, New Craftsman Gallery, November 2024
Perfumer H, painting of a Marmalade Orange for opening of Clifford St shop, Mayfair, Nov. 2023
Solo Exhibition, 'Quietude', Wilson Stephens and Jones, Notting Hill, London, 15 November 2023
Group Exhibition, 'Atmosphere', Francis Gallery, Bath, 4 November 2023 - 10 February 2024
Group Exhibition, Collins Galleries, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 2023
Solo Exhibition: 'A Collection of Still Life Paintings', New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, March 2023
Group Exhibition, Collins Galleries, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, November 2022
Solo Exhibition: 'Twelve', 155A Gallery, East Dulwich, London, 6 - 16 October 2022
'Winners | Award Winning Artists 2020-2022', Mall Galleries, London, 27 July 2022
Group Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath, Bath, 7 May - 4 June 2022
Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 5 May - 14 May 2022
Solo Exhibition: 'New Light', Wilson Stephens and Jones, Notting Hill, London, 22 November 2021
Group Exhibition, 'Winter Exhibition', 155a Gallery, East Dulwich, London, 20 November 2021
Solo Exhibition: ('Summer Collection'), New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, 31 July - 12 Aug. 2021
Group Exhibition, 'One: Paintings of Single Objects', 155A Gallery, East Dulwich, London, 4 - 26 June 2021
'Best Small Portrait' Award: Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, 6 May 2021
Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP) Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 5 May - 15 May 2021
Group Exhibition, 'No.1' (Opening Exhibition), MORGANS, Falmouth, Cornwall, 12 April - 13 May 2021
'Ffern' collaboration, painting for 'Winter 21' Fragrance, 21 Dec. - 20 March 2021
Group Exhibition, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, 5 December - 4 January 2021
Solo Exhibition, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, 2 May - 30 May 2020
Group Exhibition, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, 2019
Group Exhibition, Tin Tabernacle, Hythe, Kent, 2019
'Anna Calleja and Will Calver at Porthmeor Studios', St. Ives, Cornwall, 2019
Graduated; BA(Hons) in Fine Art, Falmouth University, Cornwall, 2019
BA Fine Art Degree Show, Belmont House, Falmouth, Cornwall, 2019
A Selection of Paintings, Small Ships, Falmouth, Cornwall 2018
BA Fine Art, The Poly Exhibition, Falmouth, Cornwall, 2018
London Academy of Representational Arts, Portraiture Short Course, Clapham, London, 2018
Falmouth University UAL Foundation, 2015-2016
Scholarship to the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Mall Galleries, London 2015
Page Turner Exhibition, Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate, 2014
1st Place, John Downton Awards, Maidstone, 2014
National Student Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 2014
National Student Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 2013
1st Place, John Downton Awards, Maidstone, 2012
b.1996