Theo Bardsley (b. 1997) is a self-taught British figurative painter based in London, who studied History of Art at the University of Manchester. He held his debut solo exhibition at Court Tree Collective in New York in 2025, and in 2026 his work was included in “Domestic Relics” at Saatchi Gallery, London. His large, richly textured paintings work as a visual diary, turning friends, pubs and the city into scenes between observation, memory and invention.
Theo Bardsley (b. 1997) is a British figurative painter living and working in London. A self-taught painter with a background in History of Art from the University of Manchester, Bardsley draws on both art-historical references and the people, places and experiences of his everyday life. His large-scale, richly textured paintings function as a kind of visual diary, transforming encounters with friends, relationships, pubs and the city around him into scenes that move between observation, memory and invention.
Bardsley presented his debut solo exhibition, Two Sides of Sunday, at Court Tree Collective, New York, in 2025. His work has also been included in Domestic Relics at Saatchi Gallery, London (2026), curated by Delphian Gallery; Tailored Perspectives, presented by M.A.H Gallery at Drake’s, Savile Row, London (2023); and Summer Freestyle at Court Tree Collective, New York (2023).
Through a layered approach to painting, Bardsley brings contemporary experience into dialogue with the history of figurative painting, creating images that explore memory, intimacy and the narratives embedded within ordinary moments.
