SJ Fuerst
SJ Fuerst’s work is beautiful and funny, and can be found in private collections all over the world. Drawing from fashion, pop art, and contemporary culture, Fuerst’s paintings create a surreal world where the animals are inflatable and the women feel so real you expect them to wink at you. The artist’s work often has a dark undercurrent, but it is carefully entwined with a playful innocence and a fashion seriousness. What truly sets Fuerst’s paintings apart is the fusion of classical and pop sensitivities - the technique may be traditional but the subjects are fresh and contemporary.
SJ Fuerst studied painting in New York at Pratt Institute School of Art and Design, Florence at the Florence Academy of Art, and finally in London at the London Atelier of Representational Art. Fuerst remained in London for many years, and now has a studio in Malta.
SJ Fuerst is one of the founding members of Lot 5 Collective.
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2019 Forest Fresh (solo show), Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, MT
2018 Group Exhibition, Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, Malta
2018 Face Value, Lot 5 Collective, ROA Gallery, London, UK
2018 See-Sea, Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu, Malta
2017 Ways of Seeing, Lot 5 Collective, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2017 Malta Art Fair, Ta' Qali, Malta
2017 Lot 5 Collective, Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
2017 POP, Herrick Gallery, London, UK
2017 Lot 5 Collective, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2016 Future Masters, Underdog Art & Incandescent Artists, London, UK
2016 Art New York, ZK Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Atelier: The Art of Representation, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Fehily Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015 Decorex International, Cox London, London, UK
2015 Blow Ups and Dolls, Solo presentation at Home House with Mehta Bell Projects, London, UK
2014 APART 2014, London Winter Exhibition, London, UK
2014 India Art Fair, Scream Gallery, New Delhi, India
2014 Art Stage Singapore, Scream Gallery, Singapore
2013 Breaking The Ice, RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 Telling Tales, Scream Gallery, London, UK
2013 Strarta Art Fair, Scream Gallery, London, UK
2013 Summer Exhibition, Scream Gallery, London, UK
2013 VII, Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK
2013 Scope Basel Art Fair, Scream Gallery, Basel Switzerland
2012 Death Rattle, Top Office Machines, London, UK
2012 Group Exhibition, T5 Gallery, London, UK
2012 Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Candid Arts, London, UK
2012 Peeps, two person exhibition with Luca Indraccolo, Netil 000, London, UK
2012 The Other Art Fair, Ambika P3, London, UK
2012 Home Office of the Fan Fiction Empire, Residence Gallery, London, UK
2012 Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2011 Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2011 London Lives: Travel Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK
2011 Cork Street Open Exhibition, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
2011 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2010 Cork Street Open Exhibition, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, UK
2010 Group Show, Paris in Plantsville Gallery, Plantsville, CT
