Reece Adair (b. 2000) is a Manchester School of Art 2021 graduate residing in Oceans Apart Studios, Manchester. Specialising in oil painting, Reece’s current practice focuses on the figure and liminal spaces aided by digital editing. He investigates how the body and physical forms can be subsequently distorted, manipulated and multiplied to create obscured painterly realities.

Selected Exhibitions:

2024

Frequencies - Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford, UK

2022

Leben Heißt Leiden - Downtex Gallery, Salford, UK

2021 Graduates Degree Show -  Holden Gallery, Manchester School of Art, Manchester, UK

Present Absence -Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK

2021

Ride Your Pony (NO.4) -  Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK 

Bankley Open 2021 Annual Juried Exhibition - Bankley Studios & Gallery, Manchester, UK 

Image Material - PS Mirabel Studios, Salford, UK

Material Image - Islington Mill, Unit 2, Regent Road Trading Estate,  Salford, UK

Education:

2018-2021  First class BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Manchester School Of Art, UK

2016-2018  Triple distinction BTEC Diploma in Art & Design, Blackpool & the Fylde College, UK