Tess Williams
Tess Williams is a London-based contemporary artist whose bold reimagining of abstraction merges visceral materiality with conceptual rigor. Her work, defined by deconstructed canvases, raw textures, and sculptural compositions, explores the tension between fragility and strength, often through juxtaposed materials like frayed fabric, exposed staples, delicate stitching, and scraped pigment. Influenced deeply by her urban surroundings, Williams channels the grit and energy of the city into a uniquely tactile visual language that draws on both mid-century abstraction and a distinctly modern sensibility. A graduate of Central Saint Martins and DeMontfort University, her work has been exhibited widely across Europe and is held in several prestigious collections, including The Ingram Collection and Belevcar Patrimonio. Williams' practice not only challenges the formal boundaries of painting but also offers a nuanced dialogue between gendered materials and the evolving language of contemporary abstraction.
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