Independent New York

William Wright

Pier 36, Booth 206

May 14—17, 2026

William Wright (b. 1971, Nottingham, UK) is a London-based artist who explores how memory shifts to imagination, observation into association. The phrasing of an object becomes accented by the union of the canon: a skull here, a timepiece there, the language of the domestic bleeding into art historical trope and tradition.

Inspired by artists such as Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi, and James Castle, Wright’s impasto paintings evolve over several months through a gradual process of charcoal studies, building up paint with cold wax, sanding, and re-painting over multiple layers. This meditative process imbues a unique sense of time, contemplation, and texture throughout the work. Archiving the objects that populate his home and studio– from bowls of fruit to wilting flowers, paint brushes to opened windows– his chosen subjects map a steady record of observation, the passing of time.