Primarily a painter, London based Small has a strong, compelling style, often choosing discarded objects like car bonnets or old signs instead of canvas for his work. “The theme of my work is young, dispossessed people: individuals who feel undervalued, who don’t have a voice, who get looked over.” Small explains how the urban debris he paints on becomes symbolic of the feeling of being without value: “I thought it’d be interesting to connect the two – that oven door, that shelving unit, that piece of trash to someone – I don’t see it like that, I see that it can be something beautiful and worthwhile. That’s how I see our young people too. Let’s look at their potential, at the hope that’s in all of them
Education
MA Illustration, Royal College of Art, 2000
BA Illustration, Westminster 1998
Solo Exhibitions
This is England - Guild hall gallery - london - 2022
Seeing is Believing - Acton one cinema - london- 2022
This is England - Pitzhanger Gallery - London - 2021
Above and beyond - Gunnersbury Museum - London- 2021
The world at their feet - St. George’s Park FA training ground- 2021
Precious- nelly duff - London - 2021
Shine - JG contemporary -London- 2020
To the future with love - MTV Europe awards -2018
Sentient - Wall Street Gallery- LA- 2015
Digital Analogue- G-Shock Store-London- 2014
The Radiant Ones, Hoxton Hotel / Nelly Duff- London - 2013
Seen and Heard, Gallery Different, 2012
Recognition, Merry kornowsky Gallery, LA 2011
That I May See, Black Rat Projects, London, 2010
Youngstarrs, Black Rat Press, London 2009
Small Faces, Sesame Gallery, London 2008
This is England, Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2007
Tricycle Arts Centre, Kilburn, 2005
Lefevre Gallery, Mayfair, 2002
Selected Group Exhibition
LA/ORD - Vertical Gallery - 2016
Moniker Art Fair - 2015
LA/LHR - Stolen Space – London - 2015
Invisible college – Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Indiana US - 2015
Vitality and verve – L.B.M.O.A- Los Angeles - 2015
Moniker Art Fair – London- 2014
Strata Art Fair – Saatchi Gallery- 2013
Show Me The Monet, The Mall Galleries, 2012
Moniker art Fair, Village Underground 2011
This is London, DIE Galerie, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Represent, Blackall Studios, London 2009 (curator)
Mutate Britain, London, 2009
SCOPE London, 2008
Scream In High Definition, Scream Gallery, 2008
Big Issue Charity Show, Black Rat Press, 2008
Eleven, Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2007
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York, 2005
Hunting Art Competition, Royal Academy of Art, 2002
London Art Fair 2001, 02,05,07, Islington
Education
MA Illustration, Royal College of Art, 2000
BA Illustration, Westminster 1998
Solo Exhibitions
This is England - Guild hall gallery - london - 2022
Seeing is Believing - Acton one cinema - london- 2022
This is England - Pitzhanger Gallery - London - 2021
Above and beyond - Gunnersbury Museum - London- 2021
The world at their feet - St. George’s Park FA training ground- 2021
Precious- nelly duff - London - 2021
Shine - JG contemporary -London- 2020
To the future with love - MTV Europe awards -2018
Sentient - Wall Street Gallery- LA- 2015
Digital Analogue- G-Shock Store-London- 2014
The Radiant Ones, Hoxton Hotel / Nelly Duff- London - 2013
Seen and Heard, Gallery Different, 2012
Recognition, Merry kornowsky Gallery, LA 2011
That I May See, Black Rat Projects, London, 2010
Youngstarrs, Black Rat Press, London 2009
Small Faces, Sesame Gallery, London 2008
This is England, Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2007
Tricycle Arts Centre, Kilburn, 2005
Lefevre Gallery, Mayfair, 2002
Selected Group Exhibition
LA/ORD - Vertical Gallery - 2016
Moniker Art Fair - 2015
LA/LHR - Stolen Space – London - 2015
Invisible college – Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Indiana US - 2015
Vitality and verve – L.B.M.O.A- Los Angeles - 2015
Moniker Art Fair – London- 2014
Strata Art Fair – Saatchi Gallery- 2013
Show Me The Monet, The Mall Galleries, 2012
Moniker art Fair, Village Underground 2011
This is London, DIE Galerie, Seoul, Korea, 2010
Represent, Blackall Studios, London 2009 (curator)
Mutate Britain, London, 2009
SCOPE London, 2008
Scream In High Definition, Scream Gallery, 2008
Big Issue Charity Show, Black Rat Press, 2008
Eleven, Leonard Street Gallery, London, 2007
AAF Contemporary Art Fair New York, 2005
Hunting Art Competition, Royal Academy of Art, 2002
London Art Fair 2001, 02,05,07, Islington
