Somers Gallery is pleased to present Latent Relics – a duo exhibition of new works by British artists Dylan Doe and Jack Evans, curated by Jessica Wan. Opening on 8 May and on view until 7 June, the exhibition will transform the gallery into a speculative domestic space: a home of relics from an imagined future inviting audiences to consider our relationship with technology and value systems – how it shapes our experience, becomes an unconscious extension of ourselves, and mediates our understanding of the world.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a text written by curator and researcher Jessica Wan.

Dylan Doe is a London-based painter and musician whose work delves into contemporary life, exploring themes of chance encounters, compulsions, hybrid forms, and devotional objects. His paintings, which weave together disparate elements, transform the familiar into the uncanny. Doe holds a degree in History from the University of Manchester and completed his Master’s at the Cambridge School of Art, where he was awarded an AHRC scholarship. He also pursued postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths University’s School of Design. His works have been featured in Artnet and FAD Magazine, and are held in private collections across the UK, Italy, and China.

Jack Evans (b. 1992, Mansfield) is a London-based artist whose practice explores themes of materiality, narrative, and cultural critique. A graduate of Central Saint Martins (2015) with an ERASMUS exchange at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Evans’ work has been exhibited widely across the UK and internationally. Recent exhibitions include GBA Winners Exhibition (2024) at the Royal Society of Sculptors, CURE3 (2024) at Bonhams, and Accidentally on Purpose (2024) at Turnus x Collective Ending in Warsaw and Fear of the Dark (2023) at SOUP Gallery. Evans was awarded the RSS Gilbert Bayes Award (2024) and The Arts Club Award (RA Summer Exhibition, 2020).His work has been featured in FRIEZE, Tzvetnik, KUBA Paris, and FAD Magazine.

Latent Relics is kindly supported by CÎROC and Dalston’s.

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To arrange a preview, please contact Javier Calderon at javier@somersgallery.com.