Rupert Whale 

English artist Rupert Whale often addresses the dual nature of painting and print as both a two-dimensional, flat surface and an illusory object. In screenprinting, he uses a freehand squeegee technique: inks drag softly across the paper in unique combinations. He investigates the overlay of colour, building up translucent layers which extend in different directions. His monotype Shape series from the 1970s looks to Pop Art and the work of Robert Rauschenberg, playing with space and by combining oblong forms.

Biography

Rupert Whale was educated at the Exeter College of Art and the Middlesex University in London. In 2017, Whale completed his MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. His work was featured in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 2023. In the past three years, Whale has participated in several exhibitions in London, including Kaleidoscope at Brook Street Gallery; Colour Flex, Terrace Gallery; Koppel X, The Koppel Project, and at the Affordable Art Fair and London Original Print Fair with Brook Street Gallery.