Oliver Bedeman
17th September – 30th October 2021
Brighton Highlife, Oil on Linen, 120 x 100 cm, 2021, £3,800
Brighten Highlife, Reverse Oil on Glass, 100 x 120 cm, 2020, £4,800 
Still Life Skull and Feathers, Reverse Oil on Glass, 75 x 62 cm, 2017, £3,800 
Bully Boy, Reverse Oil on Glass, 23 x 18 cm, 2021, £1,200
Hey Mr Pinstripe, Oil on Linen, 240 x 140 cm, 2017, £8,500 
Night Train, Oil on Linen, 120 x 100 cm, 2020, £3,800 
Nature Boy, Oil on Linen, 155 x 100 cm, 2017, £5,800 
Night Swim, Oil on Linen, 120 x 100 cm, 2020, £3,800
Tom and Florian in Dalston, Reverse Oil on Glass, 113.5 x 143.5 cm, 2018, £9,500
Night Train, Reverse Oil on Glass, 23.5 x 19 cm, 2021, £850 
Still Life, Reverse Oil on Glass, 24 x 17 cm, 2021, £950 
Study for Brighton Highlife, Reverse Oil on Glass, 37 x 29 cm, 2019, £950
Night Train, Reverse Oil on Glass, 37 x 29 cm, 2021, £950 
After Menzel, Reverse Oil on Glass, 37 x 29 cm, 2021, £950 
Paulena, Reverse Oil on Glass, 37 x 29 cm, 2021, £950 
Profile, Reverse Oil on Glass, 37 x 29 cm, 2019, £950
Clare, Oil on Board, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2021, £485 
Tiepolo Figure, Oil on Board, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2021, £485 
Sleeping, Oil on Board, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 2021, £485
Supermarket in California, Oil on Linen, 220 x 190 cm, 2019, £9,500
Lucy, Ink and Wax Pastel on Paper, 31 x 30 cm, 2021, SOLD 
Silhouette, Pencil and Gold on Paper, 30 x 18 cm, 2021, £200 Unframed 
Olive Grove, Ink and Crayon on Paper, 41 x 30 cm, 2021, £300 Unframed 
After Menzel, Ink and Wax Pastel on Paper, 39 x 29 cm, 2021, SOLD
Brighton Highlife, Etching (Edition of 50), 50 x 40 cm, 2017, £360 Unframed 
Supermarket in California, Woodcut (Edition of 25), 35.5 x 29.5 cm, 2021, £260 Unframed 
Bully Boys II, Oil on Linen, 65 x 115 cm, 2021, £1,800
This autumn, the Fairhurst gallery is pleased to welcome back London based figurative painter Oliver Bedeman. Since the successful reception of his 2017 solo exhibition Nature Boy with us, we are incredibly excited to be working with Oliver once again, bringing you a showcase of his most recent collection of work with the show titled Brighton Highlife.
Brighton Highlife offers an in depth insight into Bedeman’s recent exploration and portrayal of the themes and ideas underpinning his creative practice, alongside showcasing his painterly style and processes such as the Hinterglasmalerei technique; painting with oil applied to the reverse of glass.
Inviting a dreamy atmosphere to the gallery, the exhibition of portraits exists on the cusp between real, familiar representation and imagined fantasy, as Oliver intertwines observation of the people and places surrounding him with the imagination and interpretation of song lyrics and fictional characters. With Brighton Highlife, Oliver transforms hints of the everyday into a dreamlike fairytale through his use of colourful yet gentle tones and integration of shapes and patterns, blending backdrops into his figurative portraits. In creating depictions of figures seeming to exist beyond specific times and spaces, the artist maintains an ambiguity and thus invites the viewer to delve deeper into his paintings.