Otis Blease
Otis Blease (b. 1996) studied drawing and printmaking at the University of West England, Bristol, in 2018, where he was awarded the Dumfries House Residency on graduation. In 2019, he undertook a postgraduate scholarship course at The Royal Drawing School. Both drawing and printmaking continue to form the basis of much of his work, in addition to sculpture and painting. His work is often an amalgamation of these processes, taking inspiration in instances when these techniques converge.
In his most recent body of work, Otis explored the city, working to capture the frenetic pace of modern life through a series of etchings and sculpture. This culminated in a duo show in Salzburg at The Traklhaus Gallery in 2025. At the heart of his work is always an observation and a questioning of our current and ever-changing relationship with the world around us.
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions
2025 Bridge I Brücke (with Hannah Tilson), kura-t kunstraum traklhaus, Salzburg (AT).
2024 Drakes x Wondering People Drakes Saville Row, London.
2021 Reveille, The Violet Hour, London. Factory Exhibition, Thorpe Stavri, London.
Voices in Drawing, Fen Ditton Gallery, Cambridge (UK).
Drawing Year 2019–20 End of Year Show, The Royal Drawing School, London.
Open Studios, SPACE, London.
Best of The Drawing Year 2019–20, Christies, London.
2020 Grays Wharf Summer Show: Tenants and friends of Grays Wharf, Grays Wharf, Penryn (UK). 2018 Con-form, Drawing and Printmaking BA Degree show, Arnolfini, Bristol (UK).
2017 Fortress, Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol.
2016 In Residence, Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol.
