Prasad Beaven is a British artist whose work explores the relationship between landscape, perception, and the imagination. He spent six formative years of his childhood in the Himalayan foothills of northern India, where the atmosphere of the mountains and a closeness to nature left a lasting impact on his visual language.
Influenced by classical Chinese landscape painting, his practice combines ink, layered washes, and open space to evoke imagined terrains that blur the boundaries between inner and outer worlds. His compositions often emerge through intuitive mark-making, gradually unfolding into landscapes suffused with stillness, distance, and suggestion.
His work is also informed by a fascination with mythology and universal archetypes, particularly as seen in the visionary art of William Blake. Through painting, he explores how symbolic imagery and poetic forms can reflect shared aspects of human experience.
Beaven holds a BA in Illustration from the University of Brighton and an MA from The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts (2019–2021), where he studied traditional techniques and materials. He has exhibited internationally, including a solo presentation at the Saatchi Gallery and he is the recipient of the Ciclitira Prize (2021), presented by HRH King Charles III.
Education:
2019 – 2021 MA, Prince’s School of Traditional Arts
2013- 2017 BA Illustration, University of Brighton
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 Expressive Watercolours, ‘StART Art Fair’, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 ‘The Second International Qingdao International Watercolor Festival’, Qingdao, China
2025 ‘Gardens, Flowers & Landscapes’, Jonathan Cooper Gallery, London, UK
2024 ‘Affordable Art Fair’, Battersea, London, UK
2024 Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, UK
2024 TEV 'DeSidera Exhibition' Roccheta Ligure, Italy
2024 Green & Stone, 'Summer Exhibition'Chelsea, UK
2023 ‘StART Art Fair’, Saatchi Gallery, London
2023 ‘The First International Qingdao International Watercolor Festival’, Qingdao, China
2023 ‘Tirana International Watercolour Biennale 5th Edition’, Tirana, Albania
2023 ‘Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour's 211th Exhibition’, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2023 ‘Rush to the Wilderness’, Gallery NAT, London, UK
2022 Biennial International Prize "Fabriano Watercolour 2022", Fabriano, Italy
2022 ‘Affordable Art Fair', Battersea, London, UK
2022 'Royal Institute of painters in Water Colours', Mall Galleries, London, UK
2021 ‘Degree Show’, Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, London, UK
Awards:
2021 Ciclitira Prize, presented by HRH Prince Charles
2024 The Schminke Award 'Innovative use of Watercolour', Awarded by Green & Stone
