Born in 1994 in London, United Kingdom
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
Born in 1994 in London, Oli Epp’s paintings explore the tragicomic element of 21st-century life: the complexity of digital-age identity, consumerism and consumption that lead to control, addiction, anxiety and conflict. His often humorous works move in a cyclical way, ironically questioning idealisms, our pursuit of perfection, and the tension that follows.
The paintings are centred on the body and its relationship with the world and others. Figures are flattened, with large heads and exaggerated limbs. Beneath the bright pop aesthetic lies a darker, more sobering narrative. In his recent surrealist paintings, opulence becomes a form of performance, revealing the unspoken paradoxes within our lavish desires.
education
2014-17 : BA Fine Art, City & Guilds of London Art School
2013-14 : Foundation Diploma, City & Guilds of London Art School
solo shows
2026
Perrotin Gallery, Shanghai ( upcoming )
2025
Hors d'Oeuvres, NTNU Art Museum, Taïwan
2024
Fire the Menu Perrotin Gallery, New-York
2023
Carl Kostyàl, London
2022
Nine Lives, Semiose, Paris
Perrotin Gallery, New York
2021
Big Game, Richard Heller, Los Angeles
Stockholm Syndrome, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (two person show)
Souvenir, Division Gallery, Montreal, Canada (two person show)
2020
Black Swan, Semiose, Paris
2019
Oxymoron, Carl Kostyál, London
Contactless, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Karma, DUVE Gallery, Berlin (two person show)
2018
Epiphanies, Semiose, Paris
2017
Degree Show, City & Guilds Art School of London
group shows
2025
Sweet Tooth, Anton Alvarez & Oli EPP, Semiose Paris
London Rules the World, Saatchi Yates, London, UK
2024
Ouverture à l'inconnu, Palm Gallery, Taipei ( TW )
2023
Real Fake Door, curated by Oli Epp,
Arsenal Contemporary, New-York
2021
Friend Zone, Half Gallery, New York
36 Paintings, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
Stockholm Sessions, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm
The Artist is Online, Painting and Sculpture in the Postdigital
Age, König Galerie, Berlin Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada
Friends & Friends of Friends, curated by Oli Epp,
Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria
2019
Karma, DUVE Gallery, Berlin
Malmö Sessions, Carl Kostyál, Malmö, Sweden
Link in Bio, cur. Anika Meier, Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2018
Out of Place, Zsuzsi Roboz Scholarship Show Morley Gallery,
London Emerging artists : An Edit, 45 Park Lane, London
Distilled De Stjil, TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia
2017
Griffin Art Prize Exhibition, London
The window was open though the door was shut with the
window left open, cur. Lily Brooke & Elaine Tam, 3 Ada Road,
London
We Are The Ones, cur. Galina Munroe, Jordy Kerwick & Simon
Ganshorn,
Carlsberg Byens Gallery, Copenhagen
City & Guilds of London Art School Degree Show, London
Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2017, London
2016
1st & 2nd Year Interim Show, Diorama Studios, London
Exquisite Corpse, Hidden Door, Edinburgh, UK
2015
Liminal, Ragged School Museum, London
CURATED SHOWS
2025
Clear History, Perrotin Paris
2023
Real Fake Door, curated by Oli Epp and Mollie Barnes
Arsenal Contemporary, New-York
2020
Alexander Guy, Carl Kostyál , London
Friends and Friends and Friends, cur. Inga Kleinknecht and Oli Epp,
Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria
public collections
Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal ( CA )
Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, USA V&A
Museum's Permanent Print Collection, London, UK Ruth
Borchard Next Generation Collection, UK
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
awards
2018
Jealous Art Prize
2017
Shortlisted for the Griffin Art Prize
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Art Prize
The Arr School board of trustees Prize for an Oustanding piece of work in the graduate show
2016
Idun Ravndal Travel Prize
The Painter-Stainers Scholarship Prize
Philip Connard Travel Award ( The Worshipful Company of Skinners )