Roland Hicks (b. 1967, Hampshire) lives and works in London. He studied his MFA at the Slade School Of Art and his BA at Winchester School of Art. Recent solo shows include The Fourth Wall, Hastings Contemporary (2023-2024) and Backstreet Geometry, 57W57 Arts, New York, NY (2022). Hicks is the third recipient (following Barbara Walker and Penny McCarthy) of the biennial Evelyn Williams Drawing Award, awarded at the 2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition. Solo and group exhibitions include Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London; Vane Gallery, Newcastle; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Sid Motion Gallery, London; Huddersfield Art Gallery; Oriel Davies, Newtown; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Saatchi Gallery, London; and Volta, Basel. He has twice been shortlisted for the Contemporary British Painting Prize in both 2018 and 2021, and is a member of Contemporary British Painting artist group. He has also featured in The John Moores Painting Prize, The Creekside Open, Wells Art Contemporary, The Jerwood Drawing Prize, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the NatWest Art Prize.