Alison Watt

Lévy Gorvy Dayan opens 'Alison Watt', a presentation of new works by the artist to coincide with her solo exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in Walpole Park, West London. Watt’s still life paintings are distinguished by a deft realism informed by perception, memory, and art historical research. The paintings on view at Lévy Gorvy Dayan and Pitzhanger form part of a series that engages with the life and collection of Sir John Soane (1753–1837), one of the foremost architects of the British Regency era. Soane is known for his eclectic collection of paintings, sculptures, and architectural fragments, as well...

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'Alison Watt', installation view, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, 2025. Courtesy of the aritst and Lévy Gorvy Dayan
Alison Watt (OBE) (b. 1965, Greenock, Scotland) completed her under- and postgraduate studies at the Glasgow School of Art (1983–88) and garnered critical acclaim after receiving the 1987 John Player Portrait Award, presented by the National Portrait Gallery, London, as a student. Her monumental quadriptych Still (2004) hangs in the Memorial Chapel of Old Saint Paul’s Church, Edinburgh...

Alison Watt (OBE) (b. 1965, Greenock, Scotland) completed her under- and postgraduate studies at the Glasgow School of Art (1983–88) and garnered critical acclaim after receiving the 1987 John Player Portrait Award, presented by the National Portrait Gallery, London, as a student. Her monumental quadriptych Still (2004) hangs in the Memorial Chapel of Old Saint Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, in remembrance of the fallen soldiers in World War I. Beginning in 2006, she was an artist in residence at the National Gallery, London, for four years. Solo exhibitions of the artist’s work have taken place at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (2021–22); Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, England (2018–19); Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland (2014); National Gallery, London (2008); Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (2002); and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2000, then the youngest artist to feature in a solo presentation at the museum), among others. Her paintings can be found in permanent collections including those of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland; Arts Council Collection, London; British Council Collection, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; and the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.