Abi Wason

Abi Wason was born in Winchester, UK, in 1978. Having grown up with artistic parents, Abi's childhood was heavily influenced by her fathers interest in conceptual art and philosophy alongside her mother's love of watercolour. She went on to obtain a 1st Class B.A Hons degree in Media & Visual Arts and an M.A. in Contemporary Visual Arts from Falmouth College of Arts, UK, before forging a career as a Broadcast Journalist for the BBC for thirteen years.

The pandemic gave Abi the opportunity to finally return to her love of painting, making it her sole occupation from 2022. She was chosen by Saatchi Art to feature in their ‘New This Week Collection’ in early 2024, and has since exhibited at the Tom Cox Gallery in Crystal Palace, London; Penwith Gallery, St Ives & Newlyn Art Gallery. She has also featured in International Magazine for Emerging Artists, Suboart Magazine and Curator Magazine.

Her paintings have been been sold to collectors worldwide and she is currently being represented by Devon based, curator and art dealer, Emily Hadley who has an exclusive collection of Abi's work. Abi lives and works in West Cornwall, UK.

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Artists Statement

"Each painting tells a thousand untold tales. Tales that I can only tell through colours, shapes and the twists and turns of mark-making. The pieces I create are my words, they are my connection to this world through emotion, feeling and intuition. It's bodily, it's ethereal, it's 'the other'. Something that goes beyond the tangible process of brush meeting canvas.

I seek to take the viewer on an explorative, bold, and imaginative  journey into my thoughts and my connection to the world.

Layers of paint are laid down like memories. Moments of nostalgia wind their way into the fabric and the subtle nuances of storytelling trickle through the patterns. Often I like to scrape back the layers of paint - rather like some archaeological dig into the mind - revealing new reminders or connections to memories I had forgotten.

Rather like those smells on the wind that transport us back to a moment in time, a place once travelled or a loved one that’s no longer with us, I like to think my work may evoke in the viewer an opportunity to connect with some of their own cherished untold tales or to remind them of forgotten memories. 

​My work is mainly abstract, but undeniably I am heavily influenced by the rugged, west Cornish coast where I live and therefore some of my paintings are reminiscent of the landscape around me."

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