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Arthur Lanyon paintings combine intuitive figurative motifs with an emotive, gestural, abstracted language. His energetic works are sited on a physical and metaphysical cross roads, like a belay between numerous visual and emotional pinnacles. They offer a progressive link between the outside world, the inner architecture of the brain, altered states of consciousness, memory and the unencumbered essence of child’s drawing.
Lanyon is a British artist born in Leicester, England in 1985. He lives and works from a studio near Penzance, Cornwall. Born in to an artistic family, his father was the painter Matthew Lanyon and his grandfather the celebrated, influential and world renowned modernist painter Peter Lanyon...
Lanyon is a British artist born in Leicester, England in 1985. He lives and works from a studio near Penzance, Cornwall. Born in to an artistic family, his father was the painter Matthew Lanyon and his grandfather the celebrated, influential and world renowned modernist painter Peter Lanyon...
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He won the Hans Brinker Painting Award in Amsterdam in 2007 and gained a first class degree in Fine Art from Cardiff University in 2008. Upon graduating he was featured in Saatchi’s ‘New Sensations’ exhibition. In 2014, his work was in the long-list for the Aesthetica Art Prize and was included in the award’s published anthology. His debut Anima Mundi solo exhibition ‘Return to Whale’ opened in 2016, which was followed by ‘White Chalk Lines in 2018, ‘Arcade Laundry’ in 2020 and ‘Coda for an Obol’ in 2022. Works have been exhibited extensively, notably including Untitled Art Fair in Miami; Zona Maco, Mexico City; the Saatchi Gallery London; The House of St Barnabas, London; CGK, Copenhagen; Tat Art, Barcelona and Herrick Gallery, Mayfair. Arthur Lanyon paintings are held in private collections worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS :
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
NEWS :
NEWS
Mabon’ is the first in an ongoing series of international mixed online exhibitions following this rhythm of the seasons, known as ‘the wheel of the year’. This ‘calendar’ provides a cue for the duration of each show, and inevitably flavours the selection of works presented…
Continuing the widespread acclaim of Arthur Lanyon’s incredible solo exhibition ‘Coda for an Obol’ we are delighted that he has been featured in The Guardian both online and in print…
Anima Mundi Charity Print Donations to Funding Neuro in Memory of Little Daisy Brooks and Ethan Cass
The donation has been made in the loving and lasting memory of Daisy Brooks from Bures, Essex and Ethan Cass from Pendeen in Cornwall who tragically lost their lives to DIPG…
Offering a unique opportunity for a poetic space to meditate on key issues facing our species and through intricate interconnection our entire planet, at a pivotal turning point in human history.
Anima Mundi are delighted to launch ‘Beyond Ourselves’ a major mixed online exhibition featuring 39 international artists.
Arthur Lanyon was interviewed ‘in the studio’ by James Ambrose for émergent Magazine during his solo exhibition ‘Arcade Laundry’ at Anima Mundi. The candid feature offers an intriguing insight in to Lanyon’s psyche, process and singular work space.
Anima Mundi were delighted to be included in Jonathan Jones’ ’10 of the best Hidden Gem Art Galleries’ in The Guardian alongside Salisbury Cathedral, Laing Art Gallery, The Wallace Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, The Pier Arts Centre, Mostyn, Walker Art Gallery, The Modern Institute and Petworth House…
We were delighted that Arthur Lanyon’s ‘Arcade Laundry’ was headlined by critic Jonathan Jones in the Guardian Guide ‘Art Weekly’ alongside public exhibitions by Mary Quant and Phillida Barlow.
'Ode to a Nightingale' is now open online. It was curated in response to the extraordinary crisis moment of lockdown that we find ourselves in and is our most international exhibition to date.
Anima Mundi were delighted to have been invited to present works by Andrew Litten and Arthur Lanyon at the 2020 edition of ZonaMaco Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, from 5-9th February 2020.
Anima Mundi are delighted to have been invited to present works by Andrew Litten and Arthur Lanyon at the 2020 edition of Zona Maco Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City this coming February.
Anima Mundi and Arthur Lanyon are delighted to have collaborated with Macy’s, the world's largest store, on the major remodelling and relaunch of the mens department at their flagship Manhattan store, located on the prestigious Herald Square since 1858.
Works by Anima-Mundi artists Samuel Bassett, Rebecca Harper, Henry Hussey and Arthur Lanyon will be exhibited at The Saatchi Gallery as part of the exhibition event ‘Paper Cuts’
Arthur Lanyon is included in charity exhibition & auction alongside Martin Creed, Ian Davenport, Tracey Emin, Brian Eno, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Harland Miller and Gavin Turk to raise money and awareness for homelessness and mental health issues
'White Chalk Lines', Arthur Lanyon's monumental, multi-media and multi-scale exhibition of paintings opened on Good Friday to great enthusiasm
Arthur Lanyon's forthcoming exhibition 'White Chalk Lines' has got off to an incredible start prior to exhibition opening
Samuel Bassett, Richard Nott, Sax Impey and Arthur Lanyon all feature in 'The Collective' at The House of St Barnabas, Soho Square, London. The exhibition opened on 7th July 2017
Anima-Mundi curate ‘From Silence’ at Herrick Gallery, Mayfair