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Bill Watson discusses his visual practice with Will Coombe in September 2022, touching upon issues of language, coding and making. 

EXHIBITIONS include...

  • SEOS Open Studios, Bill Watson at Morley Farm Barn Studio, East Sussex, forthcoming 2026.

  • The London Group Annual, The Hat Factory, forthcoming 2026.

  • Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio Gallery, Deal, 2024/5/6

  • The London Group Annual, RSW Gallery, Whitcomb Street, London.

  • “111 Not Out” - The London Group at Quay Arts Gallery, Isle of Wight, 2024.

  • The London Group at Linden Hall Studio Gallery, Deal, 2023.

  • “50 Years of Making”, Angela Eames and Bill Watson, Morley Farm Barn Studio, East Sussex, 2022.

  • “Coming Up for Air”, Waterloo Festival, London, Curated by Bill Watson and Clive Burton, 2022.

  • “In Plain Sight” - The London Group, Thelma Hulbert and her London Group Friends, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Devon.

  • London Group Open, Cello Factory, London, Curated by Bill Watson, Tricia Gilman and David Redfern, 2019.

  • The London Group at St Ives, Cornwall, 2018, Group Show.

  • "Drawing Distinctions", Furlong Gallery, Stout University, Wisconsin, Menomonie, USA, 2018, Group Show.

  • Coastal Currents, Morley Farm Barn Studio, 2018, Three Person Show, forthcoming

  • "Nothing Endures but Change", London Group as part of Waterloo Festival, London, 2018, forthcoming

  • ​"Down from London", Linden Hall Studio Gallery, St Georges St, Deal, 2018.

  • London Group Open, Cello Factory, London, 2017

  • Coastal Currents - Studio Exhibition, Morley Farm Barn. East Sussex, 2017

  • The Shoreham Sculpture Trail, 2017

  • "Personal Relations" - Travelling Exhibition. 2016-17

        Cello Factory, London.

        Pulchri Studio, The Hague.

        Mirror Gallery Vicenza, Italy.

  • The London Group Centenary Exhibition, Pitzhanger Manor, London. 2013

  • “Collective Response”, the Guildhall Gallery, London. 2007

  • 90th London Group Exhibition, the Gallery, Cork Street, London. 2003

  • Bill Watson, Laetitia Yhap, Eugene Palmer, David Tebbs, the Walk Gallery, London. 2001

  • "Small is Beautiful", Flowers, Cork Street, London. 2000

  • The South London Open, South London Art Gallery, London. 1995

  • “Small is Beautiful”, Flowers East, London. 1994

  • The Black Bull Gallery, London. (Solo exhibition). 1989

  • The Showroom, with Chris Marshall, London. (Solo exhibition). 1985

  • Woodlands Art Gallery, London. (Solo exhibition). 1982

  • Waterloo Gallery, Bill Watson, Angela Eames, Clive Burton, Mike Daykin. 1980

  • Project Gallery, Dublin. (Solo exhibition). 1978

  • Galerie Pegasus, West Berlin with Angela Eames. 1978

  • Royal Academy of Arts, (Young Sculptors) London. 1971

  • Whitworth Gallery, Northern Young Contemporaries, Manchester. 1968

MEMBERSHIP...

  • ​Member of THE LONDON GROUP since 2000

AWARDS...

  • BRITISH COUNCIL TRAVEL AWARD 1977

  • ARTS COUNCIL AWARD 1977

EDUCATION...

  • Bath Academy of Art, Corsham. Fine Art Sculpture.

  • Birmingham College of Art and Design. Basic Design Foundation.

  • Sandbach School, Cheshire.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS...

  • International Academic Coordinator, the University of Arts London.

  • Course Director Foundation Studies, Camberwell College of Arts.

  • Senior Lecturer, Foundation Studies, Camberwell College of Arts.

  • Part Time Lecturer, Foundation Department, Epsom School of Art.

  • Part Time Lecturer, Foundation Department, Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design.

  • Part Time Lecturer, Foundation Department, West Surrey College of Art and Design.

© 2026 ​images copyright of Bill Watson

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