Wil Bolton is a British artist and composer. His work is inspired by place, psychogeography and finding beauty in ruins, decay and the details and textures of everyday scenes.
He explores the natural and built environment through the use of media spanning sound, video, photography, performance and installation.
Wil’s audio work uses field recordings, found objects, modular and analogue synthesizers, guitars, acoustic instruments and effects to create warm and emotive melodies, fragmented and submerged among beds of droning ambient textures and environmental sounds.
He has been published internationally by record labels including Home Normal, Quiet Details, Dronarivm, Audiobulb, Laaps, Past Inside the Present, Hidden Vibes, Krysalisound, Sound In Silence, Time Released Sound and Hibernate Recordings.
His works have been exhibited at ICA (UK), Liverpool Biennial (UK), Sheffield Institute of Art and Design Gallery (UK), University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music (USA), Index Art Center (USA), Taehwa River Eco Art Festival (South Korea), Foundation Destellos (Argentina), Nanji Studio Gallery (South Korea), KRiK Festival (Croatia), Oxburgh Hall (National Trust, UK), King’s Lynn Art Centre (UK) and others.
He has performed at venues including Cafe Oto, Iklectik, Focal Point Gallery and Tate Liverpool and has undertaken artist residencies at Gapado AiR (South Korea), Elektronmusikstudion (Sweden), Electronic Studio Radio Belgrade (Serbia), Incheon Art Platform (South Korea) and the Estonian Artists’ Association.
Wil Bolton 