Angela Thouless

Biography

Graduating in 1999 from Gray’s School Of Art with a BA (Hons) in Painting, and going on to receive her Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in Art & Design in 2000. Angela Thouless has exhibited her artwork across the UK and further afield - Milan, Crete, Venice, Rome, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2015 her work was featured at Het Kunstenaarsbal ( Amsterdam Cultural Festival).
Moving from painting large scale street art inspired canvases to walls Angela’s Tribe All artwork began as an idea for a workshop painting on old spray cans which would have otherwise been thrown away.
In 2019 these paintings developed into her unisex urban t-shirt brand Tribe All. Both the artwork and the t-shirts celebrate and promote the diverse cultures of the world motivated by my love of street art and culture.
Her artwork has been featured in Elle Decoration, 3 editions of House & Garden and Red magazine. Tribe All has been
GQ, Wired, London Life, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Vogue have all run editorials on Tribe All. The brand has also been promoted at the Urban Music Awards in 2020. Future ventures include being promoted again at the 2022 Urban Music Awards and Event Savo’ which will be opening Milan Fashion Week in February 2022 where Tribe All will be paraded as ‘New Talent’.
Awards
2022: International Prize Caravaggio, Great Master Of Art, National Museum Of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci, Milan.
2022: Female Artist Of The Year, The Prestigious Awards International (8th Edition) YBEFS.
2021: Recognition For Contemporary Art, Aberdeen Fashion, Art, Media Awards.
2020: Barclay’s Bank Entrepreneur Awards, Rising Star 2020.
2019: Top Graffiti Artists Of The Year, Aberdeen Fashion, Arts, Media Awards.
2018: Top Artist, Aberdeen Fashion, Arts, Media Awards.

Artist Statement
Since 2007 I have been tackling the subject of urban life. My paintings celebrate the patterns, textures, and surfaces of urban life, calling attention to the rich imagery that we too often overlook in our hectic daily migrations. My work has also been inspired by the whole visual urban experience - incidences of inadvertent beauty - not planned by an architect but created by time, decay, and the intervention of individuals as seen in “un-designed” collisions of paint, signwriting, posters, and street art.
In 2013 I turned my attention to images inspired by my many trips to Amsterdam and the whole visual urban experience. Street art is everywhere in Amsterdam and has a very DIY quality that resonates with the average person.
In 2019 I began creating my Tribe All artwork which began life as an idea for a workshop painting tribal like faces on old spray cans I had used which would have otherwise thrown away. From there I delved deeper into tribes and tribal gods. I came across ritual masks, the non-naturalistic yet highly stylised form, I felt, really embodied powerful and highly expressive imagery. Mixing styles and artistic currents my artwork presents a set of styles that refer to distant and different cultures, fusing these together on the canvas. I decided to paint these masks on empty spray cans, referencing my own background and fusing my signature style with the cultural inspiration. Tribe All represents a sense of togetherness. Tribe All – together we are one!

Country Scotland

Website www.angelathouless.com