Roman Vaughan-Williams

Some install shots of my work in Postgraduate printmaking in London 2025 at Clifford Chance Law office in Canary Wharf.

The exhibition is on until 16th January.

A large, intricate monochrome blue drawing combining figurative and architectural forms. Dense, layered mark-making builds a palimpsest of fragmented bodies, ruins, grids and symbolic structures. A towering central figure stands among collapsing forms, while a dark, vaulted space on the right rises over a mound of debris. The left side is filled with overlapping anatomical, mechanical and narrative elements. The image evokes geological time, myth, and contemporary anxieties through meticulous, labour-intensive drawing. Contemporary art, experimental drawing, printmaking and iconographic complexity.

A close-up detail from a monochrome blue drawing showing fine, layered mark-making. Delicate etched lines form grasses, roots and fragmented limbs, with subtle cross-hatching and eroded textures suggesting geological sediment and bodily traces. The image highlights the labour-intensive, palimpsest-like surface of a contemporary drawing or print, emphasising material process, erosion, and accumulated time.

A close-up section of a dense monochrome blue drawing showing layered, overlapping figures rendered through fine etched lines. Fragmented bodies bend, collapse and merge with gestural marks, while a diagonal beam or fallen structure cuts through the composition. The surface is palimpsestic, with erased forms, ghostly outlines and accumulated mark-making revealing a labour-intensive contemporary drawing practice. The detail highlights themes of rupture, strain and mythic or historical collapse.

Into the Gaussian Blue (Post Human)

Drypoint on plastic

30 x 70cm

This work is being exhibited at Clifford Chance as part of the show “Postgraduate Printmaking in London 2025: A survey of London Art Colleges” it can be viewed by appointment at 10 Upper Bank Street London E14 5JJ.

@morninkeziah
@angus.macdonald3
@romans_artwork
@maj_lisa

Some install shots from our recent exhibition The Tetrapak Show.

Participating artists:

@willpowersmakes
@jackshg
@romans_artwork
@paul_majek
@vitowalker_studio
@myrtle.glanville
@angus.macdonald3
@ikeshavo
@madeleine_wood_
@maj_lisa
@daniel_chrt
@morninkeziah
@isaacjheard
@tomcubitt

Curated by

Realms of Unreality (contained opposition)

Etching, drypoint, Tetrapak drypoint, and drawing on paper

30 x 25

After the invisible handjob

The Machine

Artists: @maj_lisa and @romans_artwork

Medium: Tetrapak Drypoint

Size: 22 x 29 cm

This etching made in collaboration with Maj has a combination of both artists imagery welded together into a mangled machinery that does not sleep.

There is a lot happening in Newcastle I would recommend visiting some studios up there (Middlesbrough too). Newbridge and Albion Road studios are good places to start!

Is this photogravure?

Water Lilies (fragments of the real -the outside)

Aluminium Etching (Hand finished with drawing)

Ink on paper

Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
Kentish Town
NW5 2RX

Artists exhibited:@paul_majek @isaacjheard @willpowersmakes @tomcubitt @vitowalker_studio @myrtle.glanville @madeleine_wood_ @ikeshavo @morninkeziah @daniel_chrt @maj_lisa @romans_artwork @angus.macdonald3 @jackshg

By appointment 14th – 29th August 2025
Private View : 13th August 6.00 – 8.30 pm

A quick walkthrough of @thetetrapakshow @torrianomeetinghouse

The Tetrapak Show brings together alumni of The Drawing Year* around their shared use of Tetra Pak as a ‘plate’ in the printmaking process.

TORRIANO MEETING HOUSE 99 TORRIANO AVENUE KENTISH TOWN NW5 2RX THE TETRA PAK SHOW - WORKSHOP 16TH AUGUST 2025, 2 - 6PM THIS DROP-IN WORKSHOP WILL INTRO- DUCE PARTICIPANTS TO THE BASICS OF TETRAPAK INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING. As part of ‘The Tetrapak Show’ I will be running a drop in workshop on the basics of Tetra Pak printmaking using household utensils. The workshop will run from 2-4pm on Saturday the 16th of August. Tetra pak printmaking workshop 2-4 16/08/2025

As part of ‘The Tetrapak Show’ I will be running a drop in workshop on the basics of Tetra Pak printmaking using household utensils. The workshop will run from 2-4pm on Saturday the 16th of August.

Tetra pak printmaking workshop

2-4

16/08/2025

Looks kinda Richard Dadish

Echelon B

Tetrapak Drypoint printed on paper

25 x 25 cm

Upcoming shows:

Tetra Pak Show @torrianomeetinghouse

By appointment 14th – 29th August 2025
Private View : 13th August 6.00 – 8.30 pm

Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
Kentish Town
NW5 2RX

Thanks!!

The centre

Ink on paper

29.7 x 42 cm

I feel I am getting vertigo.

Torriano Meeting House
99 Torriano Avenue
Kentish Town
NW5 2RX

Tulips (make me free)

Tetrapak drypoint and ink on paper

This work is part of a series of ongoing experiments combining etching, drypoint and pen drawing.

Upcoming shows:

Tetra Pak Show @torrianomeetinghouse

By appointment 14th – 29th August 2025
Private View : 13th August 6.00 – 8.30 pm

Would be great to see everyone there!

Roman & Maj