Caroline List British

Overview
Caroline List is a London based British abstract painter and sculptor.  her work explores the structural forms of landscape and perspective.   Her research for abstraction consists at the same time in the removal of any subject matter other than colour and geometry, and in the unconscious associations triggered by the absence of physical representation.  

The opticality of colour in her work refers to the infinite, the sublime and the distancing of virtual screen photography, whilst the clean circular elements create a visual tension and movement between form and vanishing points. The colour conversation within these works is informed by several references; signatures observed within nature; atmospheric light; colour theory and formal abstraction, particularly influenced by the colour field painters, The Supremacists and geometric construction.

Since graduating with a MA in painting, Chelsea School of Art & Design, Caroline has exhibited in solo and group shows in London, America, Toronto, Paris, China and also curated several exhibitions in the London contemporary art scene. Over the years her work has been collected by a number of private collectors as well as corporate collections including, the contemporary arts society, Neuberger & Berman New York, Fidelity Financial contemporary collection, Lehman Brothers, and JP Morgan Cazenove, along with a number of private collections such as the Groucho Club in London. Caroline currently works from her studio in Islington and teaches part time at central Saint Martins school of Art & Design, ual, & the Art Academy, London.

Works
  • Light frequency green
    Caroline List
    Light frequency green , 2025
    oil on linen mounted on panel
    44 x 32 cm
    17 5/16 x 12 5/8 in
  • Velvet Light Indian Yellow
    Caroline List
    Velvet Light Indian Yellow, 2025
    oil and acrylic on canvas
    24 x 19 cm
    9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in
  • Indigo Air
    Caroline List
    Indigo Air, 2024
    oil on linen
    18 x 23 cm
    7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in
  • Shape Frequency (Blue)
    Caroline List
    Shape Frequency (Blue), 2024
    Acrylic & oil on Belgian linen
    85 x 65 cm
    33 7/16 x 25 9/16 in
  • Shape Frequency (Green)
    Caroline List
    Shape Frequency (Green), 2024
    Oil and Acrylic on paper mounted on panel
    65.5 x 45.5 cm
    25 13/16 x 17 15/16 in
  • Chroma Shape Blue Light
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape Blue Light, 2023
    Acrylic & Oil on Belgium linen
    80 x 60 cm
    31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
  • Chroma Shape Ochre Light
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape Ochre Light, 2023
    Acrylic & Oil on Belgium linen
    85 x 65 cm
    33 7/16 x 25 9/16 in
  • Chroma Shape Yellow Light
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape Yellow Light, 2023
    oil and acrylic on paper
    75 x 52 cm
    29 1/2 x 20 1/2 in
  • Colour Suspension Violet
    Caroline List
    Colour Suspension Violet, 2023
    Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
    52 x 42 cm
    20 1/2 x 16 9/16 in
  • Light Tondo Magenta
    Caroline List
    Light Tondo Magenta, 2023
    Baltic birch ply box, back pigment print on Perspex, LED lights
    diameter 80 cm; 31 1/2 in
  • Light Tondo Yellow
    Caroline List
    Light Tondo Yellow, 2023
    Baltic birch ply box, back pigment print on Perspex, LED lights
    diameter 80 cm; 31 1/2 in
  • Chroma Shape Blue Violet
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape Blue Violet, 2022
    Oil and Acrylic on panel
    124 x 64 cm
    48 13/16 x 25 3/16 in
  • Colour Suspension CMY
    Caroline List
    Colour Suspension CMY, 2022
    oil & acrylic on linen
    65 x 85 cm
    25 9/16 x 33 7/16 in
  • Chroma Shape Red Green
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape Red Green, 2021
    Pigment Inkjet Print mounted on aluminium with oak frame
    68.5 x 49 cm
    27 x 19 5/16 in
  • Chroma Shape
    Caroline List
    Chroma Shape, 2020-21
    Pigment Inkjet Print on Hahnemühle Pearl paper mounted on aluminium with oak frame
    74.8 x 55 cm
    29 7/16 x 21 5/8 in
  • Chroma Sphere Blue Orange
    Caroline List
    Chroma Sphere Blue Orange
    oil and Acrylic on tondo panel
    diameter 62 cm; 24 7/16 in
Exhibitions