Ink on paper

20cm x 25cm

2024

(@buttonfruit)

25% of all sales will be donated to The Trussell Trust

London based painter Gill Button is known for her captivating translation of found imagery; creating gestural, intimate portraits that are deeply personal and intuitive. Capturing moments of wonder, melancholy, strength or vulnerability, Button's practice makes us question how we connect to each other, but ultimately to ourselves. Her larger canvases, often cinematic in nature, depict moments of contemplation; evocative of distant dreams, fears or memories.

Recent solo shows include: The Impossible Stillness of Light, Chiesa di San Rocco, Tuscany; A Bout de Souffle, James Freeman Gallery, London; Echoes of Blue, Han Feng Art Space, New York; Impermanence, Soho Revue, London, Traces of You, James Freeman Gallery, London; Han Feng Art Space, Shanghai; From Iceland to Lalaland, Ame Nue, Hamburg; A Distant Glow, CANart Ibiza. Recent group exhibitions include Mode Museum, Antwerp, Palazzo Bembo, Venice Biennale 2024; Tube Culture Hall, Milan; Sotheby's, Palais Oppenheim in Cologne; Museo ABC, Madrid. A graduate of Kingston College of Art London, Button has been a judge and curator for the Ing Discerning Eye exhibition, spoken on several panel discussions, and given masterclasses in painting, Soho House.

Button's work is in countless collections worldwide and has been widely featured in international publications such as New York Times, Vogue, The Times, LA Times, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, and Creative Revue. Art residencies include Han Feng Art Space in Shanghai and New York as well as Room on the Roof, Amsterdam in partnership with Rijksmuseum.