Julian Hughes Watts (Trisant)
Julian Hughes Watts (Trisant), born in Wales, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. He worked as senior artist Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for Playstation and taught as senior lecturer in Computer Games Art at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He is a multi-disciplinary artist exhibiting at Collateral Drawing, John Moores (Walker Art Gallery as part of the Liverpool Biennale), No-Format Gallery (Doppelgänger), Ruskin Gallery (Battlefield III) Cambridge, Lubomirov-Easton (A5) Athens, No-Format Gallery (This-Here-Now), Wimbledon Space (Six Degrees of Separation) and John Hansard Gallery (Dawnbreakers). He received the Deptford X Award 2010 with a solo show of digital work Product Range Repeat.
Ganed: Cymru / Born: Wales
Byw yng Nghymru / Lives in London.
ADDYSG / EDUCATION
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Post-graduate Fine Art
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, BA (Hons) Fine Art
ARDDANGOSFEYDD / SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 The New Accelerator, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge. Katrina Blannin, Eric Butcher, Sandra Crisp, Natalie Dower, Tim Ellis, Julia Farrer, Árpád Forgo, Hanz Hancock + Patrick Morrissey, Stephen Jaques, Hans Kotter, Caroline List, George Meyrick, Ian Monroe, Jeremy Morgan, Laurence Noga, Milly Peck, playpaint, Carol Robertson, Sarah Sparkes, Benet Spencer, Trevor Sutton, Kate Terry, April Virgoe, Adia Wahid, Mary Yacoob. Co-curated by Hanz Hancock & Patrick Morrissey, Laurence Noga, Benet Spencer.
2017 Collateral Drawing Archive, UCA Project Space, Folkestone Triennial.
2015 Collateral Drawing 4, UCS, East Anglia. Curated by Beaston Projects. Biggs & Collings, Kayle Brandon, Glenn Brown, Gillian Carnegie, Graham Crowley, Bella Easton, Stephen Felmingham, Ryan Gander, Chris Hawtin, Julian Perry, Rebecca and Mike, John Stark, Michael Stubbs, Daphne Warburg Astor, Richard Wathen
2015 Bonfire of the Vanities,Display Gallery, London. Curated by Juan Bolivar.
2015 Doppelgänger, No-Format Gallery, London. Ralph Anderson, Richard Bateman, Katrina Blannin, Juan Bolivar, James Capper, Fran Cottell, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Carlos David, Karen David, Nick Dawes, Richard Ducker, Jacob Eaton, Bella Easton, Alastair Gordon, Christopher Green, John Greenwood, Oliver Griffin, Gerard Hemsworth, Justin Hibbs, Matthew Hill, Reece Jones, Hiroe Komai, Christopher Mayer, Hugh Mendes, Badrick & Rogers, Robin Seir, John Stark, Daniel Sturgis, Sam Zealey. Curated by Richard Bateman and Juan Bolivar.
2014 Battlefield III, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge. Juan Bolivar, Stewart Gough. Curated by Juan Bolivar.
2014 John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Liverpool.
2014 Lubimirov-Easton, Platform Projects: Art-Athina, Athens
2013 This-Here-Now, No-Format Gallery, London. Juan Bolivar, Adam Gillam and Hiroe Komai.
2013 Six Degrees of Separation, Wimbledon Space, London. Curated by Juan Bolivar. Isha Bøhling, John Chilver, Amy Cunningham, Nick Dawes, Alex Gough, Andy Hsu, Hiroe Komai, David Lock, Karl Marrow, Scott Mason, Hugh Mendes, John Richert, Adrian Scicluna, Pamela Richardson & Kevin Smith, Julie Verhoeven, Leon Woolls.
2012 Bankrupt Revellers and the Crash, Gallery Maison Bertaux, London. Two person show with Rachel Levitas.
2011 The Thing is the Thing, ASC Gallery, London. Curated by Benet Spencer. Neil Ayling, Gordon Cheung, Tim Ellis, Stewart Gough, Hiroe Komai, Benet Spencer.
2010 Deptford X Award, (solo show) London. Selected by Julia Alvarez (Bearspace), Simon Parris (South London Gallery), Amanda Francis (artist) and Mark Titchner (artist).
2010 Dawnbreakers, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. Curated by Juan Bolivar. Diann Bauer, Ruth Claxton, Nick Dawes, Shez Dawood, Angus Finlay Sanders-Dunnachie, Stewart Gough, Sam Herbert, Justin Hibbs, James Hopkins, Zebedee Jones, Ian Monroe, Boo Ritson, John Stark, Pamela Richardson & Kevin Smith, Richard Wathen, James White, Leon Woolls.
2009 Reconstructing the Old House, Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge & Nunnery Gallery, London. Curated by Benet Spencer. Jo Addison, Gordon Cheung, Adam Gillam, Kounosuke Kawakami, Max Mosscrop, Stephen Rendall, Danny Rolph and Benet Spencer.
2009 Saxon, Schwartz Gallery, London. Curated by Juan Bolivar. Juan Bolivar, Benet Spencer, David Ben White, Mauro Bonacina, Tom Dale, Richard Ducker, Angus Finlay Sanders-Dunnachie, Mathew Gooding, Stewart Gough, Andy Hsu, James Hopkins, Karl Marrow, Jost Munster, Pamela Richardson & Kevin Smith, John Richert, John Stark, Leon Woolls, Neil Zakiewicz.
2007 Intervention, Fieldgate Gallery, London. Curated by Richard Ducker. Maria Anwanda, Rueben Aubrecht, Paul Carter, Amanda Couch, Phil Coy, Cinzia Cremona, Richard Ducker, Shahram Entekhabi, Lothar Gotz, Andrea Gregson, Andy Harper, Aisling Hedgecock, Charlie Jeffrey, Christy Johnson, Fiona Macdonald, Sarah Pucill, Laura White.
2007 Eau Savage, Fieldgate Gallery, London & Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Switzerland. Curated by Juan Bolivar. Juan Bolivar, Mauro Bonacina, Nick Dawes, Matt Franks, Clare Gasson, Mathew Gooding, Haruyi Hayashi, Sam Herbert, Andy Hsu, Hiroe Komai, Lee Maelzer, Jason Orton, Pamela Richardson & Kevin Smith, John Richert, John Stark, Julie Verhoeven, Richard Wathen, Laura White, Neil Zakiewicz.
2006 Seeking Tacit Utopias, Surface Gallery, Nottingham. Curated by Thomas M. Wright. Andrew Bracey, Matthew Brown, Ross Chisholm, Katarina Forss, Andy Jackson, Elena Kopenkova, Ryan Mosley, Benet Spencer, Ian Whitfield, James Wright.
2006 10th Planet, Tower Bridge Complex, London. Sam Basu, Juan Bolivar, Gordon Cheung, Geraint Evans, Pete Fowler, Anthony Gross, Kounosuke Kawakami, David Kefford, Hiroe Komai, Rui Matsunaga, Alex Gene Morrison, Stephen Peirce, Steven Rendall, Benet Spencer, Bill Stewart, Office of Experiments, Willem Weismann.