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Mia Wilkinson’s (b. 1992) work creates a powerful yet witty statement about the way identity is performed in a media culture. The female figures she depicts wrestle on the canvas in an orgy of drips and loaded excess paint; each drawn from advertising, online forums, social media accounts and pay per click member sites. Handling the paint in a fast-paced vigour Wilkinson completes each painting in one sitting, depicting the figures with intense immediacy whilst still embracing the detailed nuances of the flesh. Confined within unsettling narratives the figures increasingly morph out of themselves to be exposed as bizarre avatars, through which Wilkinson creates an unapologetic view of the female nude, engaging with alternative cultures to reveal a new way of looking at the female body.

Wilkinson graduated from MA Painting (2025) at the  Royal College of Art and BA Painting (2014) at the Wimbledon College of Art, UAL.

Solo exhibitions: DOMETICATED HINNY, KoKo, Camden (2023); THIS IS NOT PORN, Public Gallery, London (2018); PLUS SIZE, Espacio Gallery, London (2016). Group exhibitions: felt, expressed, chosen, SLQS Gallery, London (2024); The Way of All Flesh, Saatchi Gallery, London (2024); Lilacs Out of the Dead Land, curated by Vittoria Beltrame at Donya Gallery, London (2024); REJECTS, Art Friend, London (2024); Kunsthall UG, Augsburg, Germany (2024); Sweet Potion, Artistellar Gallery, London (2023); Two Doors, The House of St Barnabas, London (2022); Retrespect, The Art Bypass Gallery, London (2022).