Callum Harvey

Callum Harvey explores environments which sit within places of transition, where perceptions of space are altered and natural forms are flattened. Looking at imagery from Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements, Harvey investigates idealised depictions of nature and its construction through design that allows us to experience it in new ways.

Through meticulous technique and process, Harvey continuously moves between something artificial and organic. His work is both new and contemporary as well as retaining a relationship to interior and architectural methods that are centuries old. Harvey considers the ideals and status that these decorative elements symbolise through the social histories of the buildings and interiors the paintings are based on. He demonstrates something of the social relation involved in Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements, their ideologies and production, showing how they relate to the present and our current lived environment.

Callum Harvey (b. 1998) lives and works in Cornwall, UK. He completed his BA at Falmouth University in 2020 and received a scholarship to study for his MA at the Royal College of Art graduating in 2023. Solo exhibitions include Pipeline, London (2026); Pipeline, London (2025); Pipeline at Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2024); Pipeline, London (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Lucy Van Goetz, Oxfordshire (2026); Art Works Gallery, Singapore (2024); Huxley-Parlour at Miart, Milan (2024); Kingsgate Project Space, London (2023); Safehouse, London (2023); Centre Space Gallery, Bristol (2023) and Huxley-Parlour, New York (2023). Residencies include Gwithian Chapel, Falmouth (2026) and Porthmeor Studios, St Ives (2019).