Olly Williamson (b.1994) is a British contemporary artist from Preston, Lancashire, now based in Peckham, London.
EducationManchester School of Art, 2013-2016
Royal Drawing School, 2022-2023
Solo ExhibitionsUpcoming: Dandelion Clock, Incubator Gallery, London, March 2027
Selected Group ExhibitionsUpcoming: Pastoral Care, Cooke Latham Gallery, London, November 2026
Works on Paper, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge, 2026
London Craft Week, Sophie Breitmeyer, London, 2026
A Great Big Net, SET Vauxhall, London, 2026
Drawn together, Royal Drawing School, London, 2026
Metafictions of Post-Post-Postmodernism, Hypha, London, 2026
Woolwich Print Fair, Wondering people, London, 2025
Monochrome, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge, 2025
Power of Drawing, St James’ Palace, London, 2025
Chiascuro, Vortic/Victoria Miro, London, 2025
Under the Laurels, Weald Contemporary/Pallant House Gallery, Southampton, 2024
Drawn Together, Royal drawing school, London, 2024
Gathering Relief, Works on Paper, Brixton London, 2024
Promises to keep, The Violet Hour, Online, 2024
Moments of Glad Grace, Abbott and Holder, London, 2024
Voices in Drawing, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge, 2024
The Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London, 2023
End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London 2023
And Now I’m here, Space Art and Technology, London 2023
Back 2 Back, Islington Mill, Manchester 2022
AwardsDaler Rowney prize 2026
Hesketh Hubbard Bursary for Drawing 2024
ACS Drawing prize 2023
Paragon Print prize 2023
Aon Community Art prize 2016
Collections
The Royal Collection, UK
National Trust Collection, Wales, UK
Moritz-Hyman, Italy
Press
WePresent feature - Interview
Fen ditton Galley - ‘5 minutes with Olly Williamson’
Royal Drawing School - Interview
Messums - ‘Paint Symposium’ talk
Links to available work Fen Ditton Gallery - Drawings and Paintings
Wondering People - Etching edition