British artist Boo Saville (b.1980, Norwich) is known for a painting practice that intentionally moves between abstract colour gradients and figurative painting. Saville’s work has been featured in Frieze, Time Out, The Art Newspaper, and Vogue and was recently included in the 3rd edition of The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting. Her work is held in significant public and private collections worldwide. She has also published five print editions, with Manifold Editions, London. She is currently working on her first public commission for Hospital Rooms, a charity who collaborate with artists to create contemporary art in NHS mental health units. She lives and works in Kent.
"I make abstract paintings, but I also paint people. They are borrowed bodies for my feelings, somewhere to place my memories and thoughts. I paint for my friends, but also to make new friends. I paint to offer space, humour, and connection."
Boo Saville at Bo Lee Gallery. May 2026
Photo : Dave Watts
B.1980, Norwich, UK
Education
2000 – 2004 BA in Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art, UCL London. UK
1999 – 2000 Foundation Studies in Art & Design, City of Bath College. UK
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Gentle, Bo Lee Gallery, Bruton, Somerset UK
2023 Her, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2022 Ma, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2021 The Smoke Detector and the Watchtower, Davidson Gallery, New York, USA
2017 Chimera, Davidson Contemporary, New York, USA
2014 Polycephaly, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2012 The World, The Flesh and The Devil, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2010 Idolum, Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milan, Italy
2010 Totem, Trolley Gallery, London UK
2009 Butter Sunk, Trolley Gallery London, UK
2008 Laid Bare, Martin Summers Fine Art, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2026 On The Conditions of Bodily Presence, The Tagli, London, UK
2026 Pelt, OHSH Projects, London, UK
2025 Cold Enough For Snow, Workplace, London, UK
2025 Best Self, Curated by Polly Morgan, Brooke Bennington, London, UK
2025 XXS, Brintz + County, Palm Beach, USA
2024 Un Oeuf Is Un Oeuf, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2024 Dominion, Newport Street Gallery, London, UK
2024 Vessel, OHSH Projects, Londo, UKn
2024 Hospital Rooms (Group Exhibition and Auction) Hauser and Wirth, London, UK
2024 Works on Paper, Quench Gallery, Margate, UK
2019 Birth, Curated with Charlotte Jansen, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2018 In the Company Of - Curated by Katy Hessel, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2018 True Colours, Newport Street Gallery, London, UK
2017 Simulation/Skin, Newport Street Gallery, London, UK
2015 Invited, Fair & Co, London, UK
2015 The Drawing Biennale, The Drawing Room, London, UK
2014 Protanopiautopia, TJ Boulting, London, UK
2014 Old Rope, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery London, UK
2014 Untitled (Unconscious), TJ Boulting, London, UK
2014 Protanopiautopia, Honoré Galerie Rue Visconti, Paris, France
2013 The Drawing Biennale, The Drawing Room, London, UK
2013 Are You Alright? Curated By Derek Mainella and Elizabeth Eamer, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
2012 The British Cut, Presented by The Fine Art Society and Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Exam, Curated by Edd Pearman, Transition Gallery, London, UK
2011 Fraternise, Beaconsfield, London, UK
2010 Collective Noun, Faggionato Fine Art, London, UK
2009 Black Dog - Yellow House Curated by Rachel Howard, Trolley Gallery, London, UK
2009 Triumph of The Will, Centre of The Universe Gallery, London, UK
2009 The Flowers of Evils Still Bloom/Spleen: Les Fleurs Du Mal, Cueto Projects, New York, USA
Selected collections:
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
Murderme Collection, London, UK
Soho House Collection, Worldwide locations
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, USA
Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
Print editions
2024 Palindrome, Manifold Editions, London, UK
2023 One Thing After Another, Manifold Editions, London, UK
2020 Gaussian, Manifold Editions, London, UK
2019 Contact, Merge, Void, Manifold Editions, London, UK
2009 Ghost/Proof Other Criteria, London, UK
Selected publications:
Price, Matt. “The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3”, Publisher: Anomie, 5 December 2024
Allan, Hugh. “True colours: Helen beard/Sadie Laska/Boo Saville”, Publisher: Other Criteria,1st Aug 2018
Gosslee, John / Zises, Heather. “50 Contemporary Women Artists: Groundbreaking Contemporary Art From 1960 To Now”, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Published 2018
Corry, Amie. Simulation/Skin: Selected Works From The Murderme Collection, Publisher: Publishers Group UK, 2017
Gavin, Francesca. 100 New Artists, Published: 22 August 2011
Gavin, Francesca. Hell Bound: New Gothic Art, Orion Publishing Group, Published 2008