William Grob

London, 1992
lives and works in Berlin

William Grob studied photography at Falmouth University and now lives and works in Berlin. His oil paintings feature figures in snapshots from quotidian life, either in quiet, private repose, or in transitional public spaces. There is a soft melancholy to his characters; alienation and loneliness are recurrent themes. Grob uses colours as a vivid emotional language to create rhythm and movement as much as form. Like Chagall, Grob renders fantastical scenes of marginal figures in village life; though in his playful irony, Grob never loses his engaged sense of empathy. Among his most significant solo exhibitions are In All Weathers, presented in 2025 at Nosbaum Reding Gallery in Luxembourg, and Overlaid Emotions, held in 2020 at Luisa Catucci Gallery in Berlin. On the group exhibition front, a standout is his participation in Outsiders Everywhere in 2025 at Tabula Rasa Gallery in Beijing. Also noteworthy is his presence in the 2023 exhibition Picasso 50 Years, organized by Christie’s in London.

SOLO SHOW:

2025
Luxembourg - Nosbaum Reding, ‘In All Weathers’

2023
Brussels - Nosbaum Reding, ‘Diagonal Lovers’

2022
Berlin - Luisa Catucci Gallery, (duo) Lost Millennials

2020
Berlin – Luisa Catucci Gallery, Overlaid emotions

2018
Basel – Scope Art Fair – Solo booth

2017
London – Solo Show at Albert’s Club during Frieze Art Fair

2013
Falmouth – Solo Photographic Exhibition at Five Degrees Below

GROUP SHOW :

2025
New York - Room57 Gallery – Group Show based on Still life and Flowers - Curated by Yam Shalev
Milan - Raffaella De Chirico Arte Contemporanea – A Bittersweet Reality
Beijing - Tabula Rasa Gallery ‘Outsiders Everywhere’ curated by William Leung

2024
Berlin – Kunstraum Bethanien ‘Anonymous Drawings’

2023
Berlin - Setareh Gallery ‘Modern Now’ (October 24th)
Cologne– Sotheby’s – Charity auction for Desideria Care e.V.
London – Christie’s Auction House – Contemporary exhibition ‘Picasso 50 years’
Brussels – Nosbaum Reding - Art Brussels Fair
Amsterdam – 2012 Never Happened: An Epilogue - Indebt Gallery

2022
Miami – Particle + Phillips Auction house. Art Basel takeover.
Berlin - Noir Night Market - Charity fundraiser ‘Berlinforborders’
London - A Drawing Show - PaintTalk

2021
London - Plop Residency Show - Cob Gallery
London - Tusk charity event - Soho Revue

RESIDENCY:

2022
Malevich.io, Como

2021
Plop X Cob, London

2016
Galerie 102, Berlin

2015
Roll-up Gate, NYC