The monumental paintings exhibited during the GSA Degree Show 2024, a reflection on the detached inner gaze of travellers lost in thought, won the Royal Scottish Academies New Contemporaries 2024 award. In March 2025, the new works made in Berlin were exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh.The U6 Series was made at 101 Project Space & Studios, a young artist collective in a self-run space in an emerging part of Berlin. Exploring the system of the city’s underground train connections led to a series of paintings that mirror the urban rhythms and rituals of modern life. The imagery he uses, whether it is the post-industrial landscapes, the patterns of tiles or seats, or the darkness of a tunnel that passes the window at high speed, speaks of disconnection and isolation that is brought on, paradoxically, by the fast connectivity. The adjoining poem was written in connection with the paintings, in a stream of consciousness whilst travelling to the studio on the U6 line.
All the works are available through the RSA website by clicking here.
Felix has written a poem to accompany the work:
What seem to us to be the most absent moments of lives,
waiting, checking the station sign, tapping our feet (or fingers).
This daily ritual for people who live in the city.
It’s equally silent as it is loud,
tik tak tik tak it moves without you noticing,
ZURÜCK BLEIBEN BITTTEE!
The force of the train pulls you in and out of your seat, sometimes shuddering when you ride at peak hour.
Staring at the faces around you.
You easily see 100 faces in a day but you don’t remember any of them, nor do they you.
WAAhWAAhWAAhWAAh
Now, there is a pair of shoes I like.
Zukzukzukzukzukzukzik
I feel like a rat rushing through these underground ways and steps,
to the bus,
It’s actually full of anticipation and excitement,
This suspiciously warm seat,
These orange tiles,
this station is mine!
