Winter 2021 Timeline
Photo by Damien Frost. Taken at Tyler's Court, Soho.
If you are a Sohoite or a day tripper to Soho, you probably have seen an immaculately dressed personality crossing your path or in the distance.
Unmistakably, he is Soho George.
Soho's artist-in-residence, also known as George Skeggs.
Unmistakably, he is Soho George.
Soho's artist-in-residence, also known as George Skeggs.
George Skeggs, self-portrait.
Pablo Behrens, shot at Bar Italia café, Soho with Canon 5D
Soho Tryptic, First Panel. Work in progress. 122x110cm. Acrylic on canvas.
Soho George is also an enigma. He appears and disappears at the blink of an eye. You can photograph him. You can take a selfie with him.
But you turn your head away and he's gone. Some saw him arrive, nobody saw him leave. Surely he was there because his cappuccino is finished. The cup is still warm.
Soho George is immensely knowledgeable about art. He's seen it all.
A person can live all his life in Soho without ever leaving it. Used to be a common occurrence in the 50s and even today you can do that.
George Skeggs only leaves Soho when he is invited to the opening of a VIP exhibition at one of the big museums nearby, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery or Royal Academy, or a private gallery somewhere in Mayfair.
But you turn your head away and he's gone. Some saw him arrive, nobody saw him leave. Surely he was there because his cappuccino is finished. The cup is still warm.
Soho George is immensely knowledgeable about art. He's seen it all.
A person can live all his life in Soho without ever leaving it. Used to be a common occurrence in the 50s and even today you can do that.
George Skeggs only leaves Soho when he is invited to the opening of a VIP exhibition at one of the big museums nearby, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery or Royal Academy, or a private gallery somewhere in Mayfair.
Photo by Paul Steptoe Riley. Taken on Old Compton Street, Soho.
Poster for the film Adrift in Soho, 2019, 93x76cm. Sharpie permanent pen on paper.
iPhone photo by Pablo Behrens, taken at My Place café, Berwick Street, Soho.
People have seen George Skeggs either at the venue in question or in Soho that day. Never in between. George appears at the exhibition, then disappears.
The only certain place where George Skeggs can be found is on his Twitter page @sohogeorge. This is his only known fixed abode.
He is believed to have an atelier somewhere in the Soho environs. Few have actually seen it but on this website we are lucky to have some pictures of it.
The only certain place where George Skeggs can be found is on his Twitter page @sohogeorge. This is his only known fixed abode.
He is believed to have an atelier somewhere in the Soho environs. Few have actually seen it but on this website we are lucky to have some pictures of it.
iPhone photo by Pablo Behrens. Taken at My Place café, Berwick Street, Soho.
Above and below: George Skeggs at work on his Soho Tryptic. Further down: his secretive atelier between Soho and Covent Garden (photos by Damien Frost).
Maybe Soho George doesn't exist. He is a figment of our imagination. We want it so hard for him to exist that we fall victims of a mass creative Soho psychosis.
We dare to believe that in this dire world he should exist.
So we always see him arriving. We never see him leaving.
The cappuccino is on me, George.
We dare to believe that in this dire world he should exist.
So we always see him arriving. We never see him leaving.
The cappuccino is on me, George.
Soho Tryptic details. Work in progress.
George Skeggs with first and second panels of the Soho Tryptic at his studio recently.
King Arthur series. 123x123. Oil and acrylic on canvas.
Art you can wear.
All four iPhone photos above by Pablo Behrens.
George Skeggs has been for years an inspiration to other artists and photographers regulars to Soho.
Portrait of George Skeggs by Jack Joiner.
George Skeggs by Jonathan Knowles.
Portrait by Jonathan D Pryce
