Rex Southwick

An English artist born in 1997, Rex Southwick graduated from Leeds College of Art and Design (UK) in 2018. That same year, he received the Aon Community Art Award, a prize that recognizes young art graduates to help them launch their careers. His work is inspired by photographs of luxury residences in Miami, Palm Springs and the Balearic Islands. He deconstructs the perfect images that circulate on social networks, notably by working on a first pink layer that retranscribes the shiny, saturated effect of Instagram filters. In some of his works, he chooses to depict houses in the midst of construction, highlighting the contrast between the richness of the surroundings and the workers who helped build them. His work has been exhibited in England and the United States, including at London Fashion Week 2019 and the exhibition of his Purple Lands collection at Unit London gallery.