SOMAYA CRITCHLOW
Somaya Critchlow (b. 1993) lives and works in London.
Solo exhibitions include Pastels, Maximillian William, London, UK (2026); The Chamber, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK (2025); Triple Threat, curated by Hilton Als, Maximillian William, London, UK (2024); Somaya Critchlow: Paintings and Drawings, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, US (2023); Afternoon’s Darkness, Maximillian William, London, UK (2022); Blow-Up, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich, Switzerland (2021); Underneath a Bebop Moon, Maximillian William, London, UK (2020); Sincere for Synonym, Fortnight Institute, New York, USA (2019); Time Never Mattered, Efrain Lopez Projects, Chicago, US (2018).
Group exhibitions include Ecstasy and the Aftermath, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK (2026, forthcoming); The Vandals, Gladstone, New York, US (2026); Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (2026); The Woman Question: 1550-2025, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw, PL (2026); Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World, curated by Hilton Als, Michael Werner Gallery, London, UK (2026); The Power of Drawing, The Royal Drawing School, London, UK (2026); From Cindy Sherman to Francesco Vezzoli: 80 Contemporary Artists, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2026); A Room Hung with Thoughts: British Painting Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, USA (2026); Woman in a Rowboat, Olivia Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico (2026); 5 Years, Maximillian William, London, UK (2025); BEAUBADUGLY: A Different History of Painting, Musée International des Arts Modestes, Sète, France (2025); When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2025); Drawing attention: emerging artists in dialogue,Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK (2025).
Critchlow’s work is held in public collections including, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the British Museum, London; The Box, Plymouth; and the Arts Council Collection, London, among others.
Download full CV here
SELECTED WORKS
Somaya Critchlow; Figure and Side Table, 2026; Soft pastel on cold-pressed Calico Brown paper; 16 x 12 cm; 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Reclining Figure, 2026; Soft pastel on cold-pressed Calico Brown paper; 12 x 16 cm; 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Seated Figure, 2026; Soft pastel on cold-pressed Calico Brown paper; 16 x 12 cm; 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Figure in Half Light, 2025; Watercolour and Drawing Ink on Cold Pressed Linen-Rag paper; 12.2 x 16 cm; 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Study for Black Venus, 2024; Japanese ink on paper; 12.5 x 18 cm; 4 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Figure and Reflection, 2025; Watercolour and Drawing Ink on Cold Pressed Linen-Rag paper; 12.2 x 16 cm; 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; After Mollino, 2024; Pencil on paper; 21 x 14.8 cm; 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.
Somaya Critchlow; The Painter II, 2024; Japanese ink on paper; 49.5 x 42 cm; 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.;
Somaya Critchlow; Owls, Bats and Cats, 2024; Japanese ink on paper; 41 x 33.8 cm; 16 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.;
Somaya Critchlow; The Chamber I, 2024; Oil on linen; 95 x 65 cm; 37 3/8 x 25 5/8 in.
Somaya Critchlow; X Studies the work of Pythagoras, 2022; Oil on linen; Unframed: 17.8 x 12.5 cm; Framed: 34.6 x 29.6 x 6.2 cm;
Somaya Critchlow; Twisted Figure, 2024; Oil on linen; 80.5 x 60.1 cm; 31 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.
Somaya Critchlow; In Darkness I, 2024; Japanese ink on paper; 18 x 12.5 cm; 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Untitled, 2024; Oil on linen; 10 x 7 cm; 4 x 2 3/4 in.
Somaya Critchlow; Count Me Out, 2022; Oil on linen; 81.5 x 57.6 cm;
Somaya Critchlow; Shadow play, Shadow self, Symmetry, 2023; Watercolour on paper; 10 x 6.5 cm;
Somaya Critchlow; Yellow Dress, 2022; Oil on linen; 33 x 23 1/4 in (83.7 x 59.2 cm);
Somaya Critchlow; Bedstead (Asymmetry), 2022; Oil on linen; Unframed:; 36 1/4 x 27 in (92 x 68.5 cm);
Somaya Critchlow; Dolly, 2019; Oil on linen; 8.27 x 5.91 in (21 x 15 cm);
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Somaya Critchlow is included in group show The Vandals at Gladstone Gallery, New York…