ABOUT
Ethan Lemon is a British painter whose work focuses on portraiture. His signature style emerged from the fast nature of using spray paint, which he was exposed to as a young adult partaking in graffiti culture. Ethan's main practice is still on the street, where he spray paints large murals of personal acquaintances as well as historical figures from his home town Stoke on Trent and people from Manchester, where he now resides and works.
Ethan employs a signature colour palette of monochromatic greens which can be recognised instantly in the busy streets of any city. Beyond the street Ethan also has a studio practice where he merges portraiture with other elements such as landscape and still life as well as experimenting with various mediums. He has exhibited and won prizes in various group exhibitions in England. He has also painted murals in numerous cities around the UK such as Glasgow, Bristol and Plymouth and internationally in Toronto and Melbourne.
Clients include
Metrolink (Manchester)
Zest Community (Sheffield)
Belstaff
Alton Towers
Manchester City Council
Stoke on Trent BID
Newcastle under Lyme BID
Blue Dot Festival, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire
Domis Construction
WorkerBee TV (Hotwheels Ultimate Challenge)
Withington Walls
Lunar, Wedgwood, Staffordshire
Winter & Company UK
Selected Exhibitions
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'Three Counties 2023' - Burslem School of Art, Stoke on Trent. July - August 2023
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'Untitled' Solo show - Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, Staffordshire. 15th October - 12th November 2022
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'Colors Festival Paris, Manchester Edition' - Regent Retail Park, Salford. 19th May - September 2023
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'Cotton on MCR' - Saul Hay Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester. 14th - 22nd April 2023
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'Rhythm: Art in conversation with music' Group show, The Storey, Lancaster. 11th - 19th October 2022
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'The Brampton Museum Open Art and Craft Exhibition 2022' 24th September - 30th October 2022
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'Outloud' Group show - Great Bear Tattoo, Stoke on Trent. 19th August - 2nd September 2022
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'The Harley Open 2022' The Harley Gallery, Worksop. 6th August - 23rd October 2022
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'Three Counties' Summer group show - Burslem School of Art, Stoke on Trent. 29th July - 30th August 2022
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'Aura' Group show - The Holy Art, London. October 1st - 8th 2021
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'Street Art' Group show - Surface Gallery, Nottingham. August - September 2021
Awards
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2nd Prize in the 'Appetite Audience Choice Award' - Three Counties Exhibition 2023
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Runner up 'Staffordshire Artist of the year award' 2022 - Our Staffordshire
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Runner up 'Staffordshire Artist of the year award' 2021 - Our Staffordshire
Featured in
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Hot Wheels Ultimate Challenge, NBC - June 2023. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27047709/
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BBC One Show, Withington Walls section - June 2023. https://twitter.com/BBCTheOneShow/status/1670864442110926848
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BBC NEWS - Captain John Smith Mural. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66854192