Oli Epp
Oli Epp
Oli Epp is a London-born painter whose luminous, surreal paintings explore the tragicomic of digital-age identity, desire and consumption.
Born in 1994 in London, Oli Epp’s paintings explore the tragicomic element of 21st-century life: the complexity of digital-age identity, consumerism and consumption that lead to control, addiction, anxiety and conflict. His often humorous works move in a cyclical way, ironically questioning idealisms, our pursuit of perfection, and the tension that follows.
The paintings are centred on the body and its relationship with the world and others. Figures are flattened, with large heads and exaggerated limbs. Beneath the bright pop aesthetic lies a darker, more sobering narrative. In his recent surrealist paintings, opulence becomes a form of performance, revealing the unspoken paradoxes within our lavish desires.