Freya Guest is an artist and illustrator living in the Swansea Valley, Wales, having recently moved from London, where she studied on the Turps Painting Programme (2016-18) and at Wimbledon College of Art (2009-12). Freya tutors on the Turps Correspondence Course, and has exhibited widely across the UK, including shows at Hastings Contemporary (2020), and Flowers Gallery (2014 & 2018) and is the recipient of prizes such as Barbican Open First Prize, awarded in 2012.
Having predominately worked as an artist, Freya is currently training as an illustrator, focusing on botanical drawings and children’s books. She is using her experience as an artist and a mother to inform her illustrations, and is currently developing a series of books aimed at parents of young children who are learning Welsh.
Freya’s paintings are available for purchase via Gertrude, illustration enquiries can be made via email freyaguest@hotmail.com.
Education
2016 – 2018 Turps Painting Programme
2009 – 2012 BA Fine Art: Painting, Wimbledon College of Art
Exhibitions
2026 Swansea Open, Glynn Vivian, Swanea
2025 Salon, Tone, London
2023 Swansea Open, Glynn Vivian, Swansea
2022 BEEP Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2022 Worlds on a Wire, Unit 3 Projects, ASC Studios, London
2021 Room Share, Safehouse, London
2021 Kernel, Florist Gallery, London (solo)
2020 The Studio at 4 A.M., curated by Anne Ryan, Hastings Contemporary
2019 Black Stuff, Unit 3 Projects, ASC Studios, London
2018 Artist of the Day (with Turps Studio Programme), Flowers Gallery, London
2017 Bring a Cup, 44 Ashdown Crescent, London
2015 Monstrous Helium, ASC Gallery, London
2014 Painting, Smoking, Eating, Lewisham Art House, London
2014 Artist of the Day, selected by Katie Pratt, Flowers Gallery, London (solo)
2013 Leg Room, Barbican Arts Trust, London (solo)
2012 FutureMap, Lethaby Gallery, London
2011 Hans Brinker Budget Trophy, Hans Brinker Hotel, Amsterdam