Joel Wyllie: Etched Cell

Joel Wyllie's drawings are characterised by networks of lines and marks that teem, swarm and coalesce into volatile, anthropomorphic forms. The myriad gestures he builds across the surface seem to grow organically from the paper itself, evoking the intricate geometry of the natural world, from the shimmer of fish scales to the layered textures of feathers. Playing with illusion and perception, Wyllie's drawings operate simultaneously as psychological stage sets shaped by lived experience and as portals into an unfamiliar and unknowable realm.

Joel Wyllie (b. 1986, London). Lives and works between Suffolk and London. Selected recent exhibitions include: Rhizome, CORPUS, Cambridge (2026); What Repeats, What Remains, South Parade, London (2026); The Drowned World, Hew Hood Gallery, London (2026); Drawing Biennial 2026, Drawing Room, London (2026); Simon Moretti: Scenes from a Divided Subject, featuring Paul Eluard, Pablo Picasso and Joel Wyllie, Interval, London (2026); Aerial the Projectionist, Foreign and Domestic, New York, USA (2025); The World of Interiors, Mackintosh Lane, London (2025); Situational Attempts, The Artist Room, London (2024); Drawn Out, Drawing Room, London (2021).