Lydia Hamblet (b. 1995, Kent; based in London) is an artist working across painting, print, and public installation, and a graduate of the Royal College of Art. Her practice is rooted in the observation of landscape, weather, movement and the traces left by human activity in the environment — from municipal sports pitches to urban waterways. Hamblet's work invites viewers to connect their own memories and feelings to the weather imprints, light and energy encoded in her surfaces.

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About

Lydia Hamblet's paintings begin with close observation — of weather patterns, shifting light, and the restless energy of urban and natural spaces. Working primarily in oil and oil bar on large-scale canvases, she builds layered, abstracted surfaces that carry the urgency of mark-making alongside a sensitivity to atmosphere and mood. Rather than depicting specific places, Hamblet's work distils a felt encounter with landscape — the physical disturbance of a tennis court mid-play, the calm weight of water in winter, the vibrant pulse of a city skyline at dusk.

Her large-scale public installations bring this sensibility into shared urban space, inviting passersby to encounter abstraction in everyday settings. In 2023 she was commissioned by Canary Wharf to create Together, Basking on the South Quay — a 15-metre hand-painted mural that is the only work in the UK's largest free outdoor public art collection to have been created on-site by the artist.

Lydia Hamblet large-scale abstract painting — RCA graduate, MeSo Ventures

Hamblet works as a constant observer. Her subjects — local parks, sports facilities, rivers and shorelines — are not chosen for picturesque appeal but for the energy and memory they hold. She encourages viewers to connect with the weather imprints and memories they see in her art in their own way. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), Canary Wharf, and Clifford Chance.

Lydia Hamblet artwork — MeSo Ventures London, abstract oil painting

Education

  • Royal College of Art, MA Printmaking (Distinction), 2018 – 2020 (London, UK)
  • Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, BA Illustration (First Class Honours), 2014 – 2017 (London, UK)
  • Topolski Studio Reportage Residency (London, UK)
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Select Exhibitions

  • The Art of Colour, MeSo Ventures x Bulgari, New Bond Street, 2025 (London, UK) — Solo Exhibition
  • Between Worlds, MeSo Ventures at The Hilight, Battersea, 2025 (London, UK)
  • Amelie & Daniel Linsey Foundation Fundraising Ball Art Auction, The Peninsula London, 2025 (London, UK)
  • Two, Haricot Gallery, 2025 (London, UK)
  • Noises in the Florid Sky, Pictorum Gallery, September – November 2023 (London, UK) — Solo Exhibition
  • Together, Basking on the South Quay, Canary Wharf Permanent Collection, 2023 (London, UK) — Public Commission
  • Two Months of Something, AMP Gallery, 2022 (London, UK) — Solo Exhibition
  • 50x50 with The Auction Collective, Soho Revue, 2021 (London, UK)
  • London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, 2020 (London, UK)

Awards & Prizes

  • Clifford Chance Printmaker's Purchase Prize, 2020
  • Print Makers Appeal Fund, Royal College of Art
  • Shortlisted, Clyde & Co Art Award
  • Kingsgate Project Space Billboard Commission

Public Collections

  • Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
  • Canary Wharf Permanent Collection — Together, Basking on the South Quay, 15-metre hand-painted mural, 2023 (London, UK)
  • Clifford Chance Corporate Collection, 2020 (London, UK)
Lydia Hamblet painting — MeSo Ventures, London abstract artist
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