Focusing on subjects depicted in moments of waiting, Twenty-six days a year captures the understated moments in life, often spent alone and almost immediately forgotten. This is the first exhibition to examine the theme of waiting in Cameron’s practice which is characterised by figurative paintings depicting everyday scenes of people in the city.

Having been coined the ‘Edward Hopper for the iPhone era’ (Scott Reyburn, The Art Newspaper), Thomas Cameron depicts city scenes which convey the dichotomy between togetherness and isolation in urban environments. Motifs such as shop windows, delivery drivers and pedestrians appear as signifiers for the fleeting and often anonymous encounters that underpin city life. Often observed from a distance, the individual identities of his subjects are obscured to allow space for contemplation and open narrative. Cameron presents the viewer with universal glimpses into contemporary life and the way our time is commodified. Thomas Cameron graduated from the City and Guilds of London Art School in 2022. His work is held in the collections of The Government Art Collection, UK; The X Museum, Beijing, China; The University of Dundee, UK; The Tayside Medical History Museum Art Collection, UK as well as major private collections worldwide. He was included in the New Contemporaries shows in 2021 and 2023 and has exhibited with Canopy Collections, London; Taymour Grahne Projects, London; LBF Contemporary, London; Camden Art Centre; London; The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.