Lewis Brander
About
Lewis Brander (b. 1995, London) is a painter based in London. He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London, graduating in 2018, before moving to Athens, Greece. In 2021, he returned to London, where he now lives and works.
Recent solo exhibitions include East and West, Vardaxoglou, London (2025); Lewis Brander, Vardaxoglou, London (2024); and Lewis Brander, Vardaxoglou, London (2022). Recent group exhibitions include British Painting Now, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas (2025); Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley, Alison Jacques, London (2025); Painters from London, Mattia De Luca Gallery, Rome (2025); TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art, Rachofsky House, Dallas (2024); Unreal City: Abstract Painting in London, Saatchi Gallery, London (2024); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (2024); and Nottingham Contemporary Gala, Nottingham Contemporary (2023).
Brander’s paintings develop through a prolonged process of observation, layering and revision. Working from direct experience of landscape, weather and light, he creates images that move between representation and abstraction. Recent works draw on the skies, waterways and green spaces of London, where shifting atmospheres are translated into fields of colour and form. Through an engagement with historical painting techniques and material processes, Brander builds surfaces that register time, memory and change, allowing images to emerge gradually through successive layers of paint.
Writing in ArtReview, Tom Morton observed: “At his best, Brander employs landscape as a method of drawing disparate moments – even histories – together into a single image. What he paints is not only space, but also time.”
Selected Works
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Lewis Brander
Wharf, 2025
Oil on linen
183 x 122 cm
72 x 48 ins -
Lewis Brander
Copse, 2024–2025
Oil on canvas
200 x 145 cm
78 3/4 x 57 1/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Haggerston (Manganese Violet), 2025
Oil on linen
20 x 30 cm
7 7/8 x 11 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
East and West V, 2025
Oil on linen
81 x 117.5 cm
31 7/8 x 46 1/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
East and West II, 2025
oil on linen
32 x 42.5 cm
12 5/8 x 16 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Study for Quaking Aspen, 2024–25
oil on linen
66 x 46 cm
26 x 18 1/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Eastern II, 2025
oil on wood
36 x 49 cm
14 1/8 x 19 1/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
East and West, 2024–25
oil on wood
35.9 x 48.9 cm
14 1/8 x 19 1/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Attican Grove, 2025
oil on wood
41 x 49.5 cm
16 1/8 x 19 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
The View Towards Piraeus, 2020-2023
oil on flax
30 x 40 cm
11 3/4 x 15 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
London, 2024
oil on linen
52.5 x 42.5 cm
20 5/8 x 16 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Tourkovounia, 2023-24
oil on wood
37 x 41.5 cm
14 5/8 x 16 3/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Korakas Hill, 2022–2023
oil on wood
32.5 x 47 cm
12 3/4 x 18 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
Eastern, 2023-24
oil on wood
36 x 47 cm
14 1/8 x 18 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
London Sky, 2023
oil on flax
210 x 168 cm
82 5/8 x 66 1/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
London, 2023
oil on paper
18.5 x 27 cm
7 1/4 x 10 5/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
London Sky, 2023
oil on wood
25.5 x 49 cm
10 x 19 1/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
London, 2019–2023
oil on flax
24 x 30 cm
9 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Haggerston, 2023
oil on paper
27 x 18.5 cm
10 5/8 x 7 1/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Sunset Above Regents Park, 2021-22
oil on linen
30 x 20 cm
11 3/4 x 7 7/8 ins -
Installation view, Lewis Brander, Vardaxoglou Gallery, London, 2024
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Lewis Brander
Saronic Gulf, 2023
oil on paper
19.5 x 28.9 cm
7 5/8 x 11 3/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
London Sky, 2020-22
oil on linen
21 x 18 cm
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Greek Sunset (after Tsarouchis), 2019-22
oil on panel
32 x 41.8 cm
12 5/8 x 16 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
Primrose Hill (Early Summer), 2019-2022
oil on flax mounted on board
18.5 x 19 cm
7 1/4 x 7 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
Two Trees, 2020-22
oil on flax
52 x 42.1 cm
20 1/2 x 16 5/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
The View Towards Piraeus, 2021-22
oil on linen
21.8 x 17 cm
8 5/8 x 6 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Primrose Hill (early evening), 2021
oil on linen
40 x 30 cm
15 3/4 x 11 3/4 ins -
Installation view, Lewis Brander. Works on Paper, Vardaxoglou Gallery, London, 2023
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Lewis Brander
Autumn Canal, 2022
oil on paper
26 x 18 cm
10 1/4 x 7 1/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Piraeus, 2023
oil on paper
18 x 26.6 cm
7 1/8 x 10 1/2 ins -
Lewis Brander
Rising Heat (Hyde Park), 2021-22
oil on linen
21.9 x 17 cm
8 5/8 x 6 3/4 ins -
Lewis Brander
Studio Sky, 2022
oil on paper
26 x 17.5 cm
10 1/4 x 6 7/8 ins -
Lewis Brander
Lycabettus Light, 2021-23
oil on linen
80 x 30 cm
31 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins
Vardaxoglou Exhibitions
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East and West
Lewis Brander
11 October – 13 December 2025
Vardaxoglou, London -
Recent Paintings
Lewis Brander
24 January – 2 March 2024
Vardaxoglou, London -
Works on Paper
Lewis Brander
26 April – 26 May 2023
Vardaxoglou, London -
Lewis Brander
Lewis Brander
13 July – 13 August 2022
Vardaxoglou, London
Resources
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Lewis Brander in The Financial Times
Francesca Gavin, 21 June 2025
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Lewis Brander in ArtReview
Review of 'Lewis Brander: Recent Paintings' in ArtReview's March 2024 issue
Recent External Exhibitions
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British Painting Now
Curated by Tom Morton
8 February – 11 May 2025
Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX -
Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley
Curated by Daniel Malarkey
24 January – 8 March 2025
Alison Jacques, London -
Bright Stars
Curated by Elena Geuna
15 February – 12 April 2025
Mattia de Luca Gallery, Rome, IT