'Aphrodite' and 'Gaia' at FOCUS ON THE FEMALE Exhibition open until 31st October 2021 at The Exhibitionist Hotel

‘Aphrodite’ and ‘Gaia’ are on view at ‘The Focus On The Female’ Exhibition presented by Cynthia Corbett Gallery at the uniquely quirky and fun Exhibitionist Hotel (8-10 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2EA).

Aphrodite

The highly polished female torso enhances the magnificence of the human body's beauty, sensuality and inner spiritual illumination

Medium : Highly polished Bronze on bronze base

Size: 176 x 150 x 710 mm

Gaia

The exposed surface reveals the inner self and beauty of the female form highlighted by the protective textured surface

Medium: Polished textured Bronze on bronze base

Size: 176 x 150x 730 mm

The exhibition is open to the public until 31st October 2021.  Please reserve your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/ExhibitionistFOTF

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With Cynthia Corbett, Director and Founder of Cynthia Corbett Gallery & Young Masters Art Prize.

Photo credit: Cristina Schek

'Focus On The Female' Cynthia Corbett Gallery Exhibition at The Exhibitionist Hotel (20 July - 3rd September 2021)

Delighted to be part of 'Focus On The Female' Exhibition, presented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery during their Summer Residency at The Exhibitionist Hotel in South Kensington 20 July - 3rd September 2021.

Join me at the Private View days on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July, from 3pm to 8 pm. Come see my latest work Aphrodite and Gaia cast in bronze at The Morris Singer Foundry.

Please RSVP via this link: https://focusonthefemale.eventbrite.co.uk/

Address: The Exhibitionist Hotel 8-10 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London SW7 2EA.

This wonderful curation had been made by women – with women – for everyone to appreciate and enjoy. An initiative supporting women artists was more than timely and important as the pandemic affected women disproportionally more than men.

CoExistence at Sladmore Contemporary (15th June – 23 July 2021)

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CoExistence is an environmental art exhibition featuring 100 life size lantana elephants modelled on wild herds that live in the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. They have been created deep in the jungles of Tamil Nadu, by the indigenous communities who live in close proximity to their real-life counterparts.

As the elephants make their way around the globe, they will tell the story of our crowded planet, the effect of human encroachment on wild spaces and the inspiring ways we can coexist with all the other living beings that make our world magical – from tigers and badgers to nightingales and elephants.

Funds raised from sculpture sales will be directed to grass-roots organisations across India that allow people and wildlife to coexist peacefully.

Sladmore Contemporary is delighted to collaborate with Co-Existence this summer and this is where Jill Berelowitz will be debuting her new series of Baby Elephants.

More details here.

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SLADMORE CONTEMPORARY

32 Bruton Place
Off Berkeley Square
London W1J 6NW

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Email: gallery@sladmore.com

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'The Diver' by Jill Berelowitz Adorning The Spa at 45 Park Lane

Dorchester Collection’s vibrant Mayfair hotel, 45 Park Lane, has been upgraded with a brand new luxury wellness space called The Spa at 45 Park Lane.

The 10,000 sq ft spa features one treatment room, a relaxation space, 20-metre lap pool and PT and fitness facilities, alongside a spa menu offering soothing treatments supplied by Valmont and Aromatherapy Associates.

The wellness space is part of Mayfair Park Residences, the recently completed development delivered by ultra-prime developers Clivedale London located next door to, and serviced by, 45 Park Lane.

Guests of the luxury hotel have full use of the facilities as part of their stay experience, which includes a separate sauna and steamroom, hydrotherapy pool and private changing and shower rooms.

Designed by Jouin Manku, the wellness space has been specifically created to bring a sense of the outside in, referencing artistic flora using traditional Roman-style mosaics from Venetian artisans.

Natural timbers and light coloured stone bring a sense of calm and tranquillity; while timber slatted ceilings have been integrated to create better acoustics within the pool, gym and relaxation lounge.

The entire space has been arranged to maximise the sense of spaciousness.

The spa has been launched by the experienced spa team from the destination’s sister hotel The Dorchester, overseen by spa director Sally Pedder.

45 Park Lane’s art curator Lily Ackerman has also selected works by American fine art photographer Jin-Woo Prensena and British sculptor Jill Berelowitz to adorn the space.

The relaxation lounge connected to the pool allows guests to unwind before or after a workout, spa treatment or swim.

Within the lounge is an open fireplace with a menu of healthy dishes by 45 Park Lane’s executive chef Jamie Shears.

Tailored personal training programmes can be created for guests, with both one-to-one and family group sessions available to book in advance.

The expansive gym features the latest Technogym equipment with dedicated cardiovascular and strength areas.

John Scanlon, GM of 45 Park Lane, comments: “For almost a decade, 45 Park Lane has stood amongst the best hotels in London. As we look towards our next chapter we’re thrilled to be introducing luxury wellness into the guest experience to create one of the finest spa facilities in the capital”.

Source: Spa Opportinities

The Promise of Nature

Even in the dark winter months, the promise of spring is on its way. The changing seasons offer inspiration for Jill’s work, and her garden studio is full of objects and ideas that embody nature’s enduring spirit.

Often a meditation on the life and vitality of the earth, with it’s beautiful flora and fauna, nature is a key theme of Jill’s work. With nature’s wealth of forms and symbolism, Jill’s inspiration comes from the continent of Africa, as well as closer to home in the UK.

This panel features an Acacia tree on a vast blue sky. Native to the African Savannah, the Acacia tree symbolises knowledge and life's flow. Paired with the family group of figures, this composition celebrates the nature’s steadfastness in the face of uncertainty.

Tumbleweed is one of Jill’s signature works. Inspired by the giant tumbleweeds found in the African desert, the figures found inside signify the interconnectedness of human and plant life. This complex form is a metaphor for the earth’s delicate ecosystems.

Made from vibrantly coloured resin, and highly polished bronze, Jill’s large-scale, wall based leaves create an undulating, three dimensional landscape across the wall. The rippling shapes reflect the light to give a shimmering forest-like effect.

Leaves can be commissioned in a range of scales, colours, materials, and grouped in varied compositions to create interest and flow.

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A recent experiment, this small piece is a cast made directly from a Romanesco, a member of the brassica family. It’s prized for its intricate geometry, formed of perfect Fibonacci spirals.

Autumn abounds in Jill’s new sculpture ‘Fruit of Life’, inspired by the Old Master tradition of still life painting. Made of bronze, these tantalisingly life-like gourds are full of texture and vibrant colour. Celebrating the mellow harvest season, this sculpture captures a quintessentially British time of year.

Jill’s work is a celebration of nature and all it has to offer. Within this celebration is a message that we should treasure and care for our environment, for it holds the key to life itself.

The NHS are the backbone of the UK | Core Femme by Jill Berelowitz

The NHS are the backbone of the UK. Life flows through the NHS.

At six metres in height, a tower image of the body’s central element, Core Femme represents the strength of the NHS, the core through which life’s energy flows.

Bone coloured torsos represent stacked vertebrae in the soaring spinal column.

In the language of physiology, the backbone’s topmost disc is names after Atlas, primordial bearer of the heavens and a symbol of endurance in ancient Greek mythology. The sculpture is similarly mighty, yet graceful: a powerful metaphor for human strength of character, wisdom and spiritual growth.

“Without the backbone of the NHS, we have nothing”

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A potent parallel between Core Femme and the NHS both drawing their power from within and radiating outwards as well as upwards.

Jill in front of ‘Core Femme’ video curation by W1 Curates, Oxford Street, London.

Core Femme is located outside the entrance to ICH Charing Cross Hospital, the DNA synergy of the NHS

Thank you, NHS.

Thank you, W1 Curates.

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Material Texture

Rippled, ridged, tumbled, and polished, Jill’s sculptural work is characterised by its imaginative use of material and texture.

Jill is a master of bronze, which she uses to great effect to create all types of texture, from weathered stone to a high golden polish. She also uses resin to create glistening walls of colour that reflect and refract the light to build layers of glowing tones.

It is the tactile quality of Jill’s work that gives its weight and warmth. Her surfaces are inspired by textures found in nature and the inherent qualities of her materials, which lend themselves to a surprising variety of finishes and effects.

This pair of figures, titled Emergence, uses the forms and textures of weathered rock, with highly polished areas creating facets of light. Bronze here provides a rugged surface, with a careful patination giving the sense of an elemental landscape.

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Cosmos is shown here in a pale grey finish, giving it a contemporary elegance and a cool beauty. The bronze here has been treated to give an ultra smooth surface.

Jill’s colourful timepieces are created from resin. Their clarity and polish create a stained glass effect, amplifying the luminosity of natural light.

Rocky the Lucky Elephant is highly polished in a golden bronze. His playful nature and cheerful disposition are heightened by his high-shine finish.

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Eve, the first woman celebrates the beauty of human anatomy. Her carefully drawn ridged texture depict the musculature in an understated way, giving a geometric, tactile quality to the piece.

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The beautiful blue sky is created on a bronze panel using patination techniques, with an aged bronze used for the Acacia tree, which signifies knowledge and endurance, inspired by Jill’s South African roots.

Jill’s imaginative experimental approach to her materials captures the qualities of nature and organic forms. Her continuous innovation of new surfaces, treatments and colours allow her to create a kaleidoscope of work that celebrate positivity and life itself.

Art With Function

Jill’s work is not just beautiful to look at; its strength and beauty lends itself perfectly to functional objects too. Jill’s creativity shines through in her imaginative functional forms. Cast in bronze, these pieces will stand the test of time, retaining their colour and shine for many years to come.

Jill’s signature lyrical shapes and natural forms adorn bowls, tables, mirrors and door handles, adding a contemporary touch that works with period and modern spaces alike to create a naturally-inspired, yet eclectic look and feel. These timeless pieces add character and elegance to an eclectic collection, or as a striking centrepiece on their own.

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Most recently, Jill has been experimenting with turning her sculptural forms into door handles. A graceful female figure has been repurposed as a front door handle, and smaller figures as handles for kitchen cabinets, in contrast to the modern handles already in place.

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Previous works include the bowls from Jill’s Shakespeare’s Tree project, with a rugged outer shell formed from the tree bark’s texture, and the inside a highly polished surface complete with the Shakespeare seal. Available in several sizes, these extraordinary bowls are an impressive focus point for a dining or coffee table.

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Jill has also used this tree trunk shape as a highly polished coffee table base. The bronze colour and surface offers a timeless warmth and gravity in a domestic setting, with a modern take on a natural form.

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The tree motif continues in this antiqued mirror, with a patina in a rose shade that reflects a glowing light back into the room.

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Another more recent mirror piece is this abstract mirror, created for Jill’s 2019 exhibition Osmosis. It has a highly polished white bronze surface and frame of lyrical flowing shapes that feels both historical and contemporary.

Art with function is a wonderful way to add art to a home, and can be a fabulous gift for anyone inspired by nature and the beauty of bronze.

Because the pieces made by hand at the Morris Singer Foundry, these pieces can be adapted to work with any space, or even designed in collaboration with Jill to create something truly unique.

Groups of objects and art create a wonderfully eclectic feel. Jill’s Abstract Mirror, with its organic, sculptural frame captures her pair of figures, which in turn mirror the forms of the African Art displayed on the walls.

The mirror and figures are available to purchase, and can be commissioned in a range of sizes and finishes.

The Joy of Life with Art

After a period where many of us have been spending more time at home, art and beauty are more important than ever to create an environment where we can feel comfortable and spend time with objects that hold personal significance and family memories.

As an artist, Jill has a wonderful collection of her own pieces alongside those of other artists and craftspeople from Europe and Africa. Taken all together, her home tells the story of her life, her family history, and creative practice. This autobiographical collection is unique and inspiring, and a place to be inspired to create new work too.

Jill’s work highlights the joy of life and nature, and it is the centrepiece of her warm and vibrant home. Jill has also worked with many clients to help them realise their dream living space through commissioned work, so do get in touch if you’re feeling inspired!

Jill’s tips for an eclectic home

Collect what you really love

When it comes to buying things it’s important that you fall in love with it, and you will want to live with it for years to come. It’s great to find an artwork or object that makes your heart sing, whether because of its colour, shape or material, or that it reminds you of a joyful time in your life.

Mix and match

Modern art with period furniture? Antique silverware next to a contemporary piece? Monochrome with colour? Why not? Have fun with putting things together, even if you think it may not work, be prepared to be surprised by what actually goes together. If you love it, it will work.

Collect things that are significant to you

A favourite animal, plant, flower, or colour can be a great way to start a collection. Jill’s love of elephants shines through her home, with subtle touches throughout, complementing African furniture and her bronze pieces alongside floral displays. Jill’s love of her African roots can be found everywhere, and her collection of artworks include a piece by her teacher and mentor Karen Jarozynska. Every piece has meaning, and that brings a sense of being rooted.

Create an enchanting outdoor space

Pieces in durable bronze and resin can be placed outside and offer a wonderful contrast to plants and trees. Create a delightful garden where you will want to spend time relaxing by adding some beautiful sculptural pieces. Whether you choose a grand scale, or a charming smaller piece, art is a wonderful way to enhance your outside space.

Ignore trends and find your own style

Fashion comes and goes but your taste and style will evolve much more slowly. Ignore trends and buy what you like, what you think will last and that you will still want to live with in the future. Timeless pieces will be stylish no matter what, and a few key pieces of art can be the starting point for an inspiring, exciting, curated home that really tells your story.

Reflections on Life During Lockdown

Like so many of us, Jill has recently been reflecting on how life has changed over the course of this year. Although the past months have been full of personal challenges, they have also been productive. Like many creative people, Jill has found ways to use this time to make new work, and experiment with plenty of exciting, new ideas. Jill’s beautiful, eclectic north London home that she shares with her husband John has been an artistic haven during this time. It is filled with objects and art that inspire her, as well as her studio that looks out onto a luscious verdant garden.

Having more time to spend at home has meant more time living with her own and others’ art, with this close proximity providing time for inspiration and reflection. Jill is always inspired by her South African roots, illustrated by her collection of African art and objects sitting side by side with her own works.

These pieces can be commissioned in a range of colours and sizes in singles, or groups, in combinations as limitless as your imagination.

Recently, Jill has been working on some beautifully textured and patinated pieces all cast at the Morris Singer Foundry. New works include smaller scale female figures with a ridged surface. The lines echo the muscular anatomy of the human body, in contrast to the lithe, subtly curved female forms. She has also been experimenting with different coloured bronzes, from white to a deep gold. Alone or in groups, these pieces are elegant, taking inspiration from the female form, and the geometric patterns often found in African art and decoration. They celebrate a beauty to be found in strength, and offer a hopeful, optimistic vision for the future.

Jill’s work has also taken a new direction using a sophisticated grey finish on bronze, adding an understated elegance to her forms, evocative of tumbled stones and weathered rocks. Bronze is prized for its colour and durability, but it is in fact a very versatile medium, and offers a diverse range of surfaces and textures that will stand the test of time. These grey pieces are an exciting, modern take on an ancient material.

These tantalising gourds can be purchased in a variety of forms, groupings and colours. Use your imagination to find the perfect combination.

Another recent experiment is Fruit of Life. Jill has been working on these fabulous gourds from bronze and using colour to create organic still life sculptures inspired by the Old Masters to create playful sculptures that are full of autumnal abundance that capture nature at its finest as the seasons shift.

Working from home has not inhibited Jill’s use of scale, and these impressive male and female figures with a straight and curved ridged pattern have been created recently. They have a real impact in a domestic space, with an impressive stature that can create a sophisticated focal point in any room.

Like nature, creativity always finds a way to thrive; even in these most uncertain times art will endure, as long as there is space for inspiration and ideas. Jill’s artistic energy has benefitted from this quieter period, and she is excited to share even more over the coming months of her exciting journey into new creative territories.

The Cynthia Corbett Gallery Debut | Exhibition Extension to 31st July 2020

“Johannesburg-born, London-based Jill Berelowitz developed her passion for art at a very young age and studied from the age of twelve under renowned Finnish artist Karen Jarozynska. After graduating from Johannesburg School of Art, she set up her own studio in Durban and worked and taught there until moving to London in 1985, where she still has a teaching and working studio.
In London, Berelowitz has established herself as one of the City’s most innovative and prominent sculptors. Amongst her extensive portfolio of high-profile works are “Core Femme” installed outside Charing Cross Hospital, “Pair Oar” at Henley-on-Thames, The Investec Challenge rugby trophy at Twickenham. Other works are installed at Goldsmith’s Guild, Unilever and Old Mutual.

Jill makes ambitious large scale works that articulate her personal experiences, infused with a positive and often spiritual feel. Many of her sculptures incorporate symbols of a talismanic importance to the artist: an elephant, the tree of life, circles and spherical forms. Other works evoke the human figure formed with qualities of elegance and lyrical movement, often elongated and abstracted in the manner of the traditional tribal sculpture of her homeland.

Jill Berelowitz has exhibited extensively at high profile galleries and exhibitions including Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court, and Heathrow Terminal 5. Other projects include Westminster Council’s ‘City of Sculpture’ programme for the entrance to the London 2012 Olympic Village. She was also one of the Judges for the tenth anniversary edition of Young Masters Art Prize in 2019.”

'Carry On Creativity' in support of The Trussell Trust

Delighted to take part in The Cynthia Corbett Gallery’s online exhibition titled ‘Carry On Creativity’ in support of The Trussell Trust with 25% of all sales donated to the Trust to stop UK hunger. Gallerist Cynthia Corbett is a true force in the Art World and her tireless efforts in supporting both artists and worthy causes are much applauded by all!

This unprecedented show includes a special feature by Artsy, the premium platform for viewing and acquiring works of art. The show is on until 30th June. Please follow this link to see the online exhibition and to also see one of my favourite sculptures Rocky The Lucky Elephant 🐘 This small, youthful elephant in bright bronze, trunk aloft in a celebration is depicted here with a marula tree, a favourite of elephants who, in the wild, get drunk on the fermented fruit!

Rocky, The Lucky Elephant, 2019 , Bronze 43 3/10 × 15 × 43 3/10 in 110 × 38 × 110 cm

Photo credit: Cristina Schek

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The Diver, 2019 was inspired by 'Diving Girl' sculpture created for the 2012 London Olympic Games, 2019
Bronze.
11 4/5 × 19 7/10 × 35 2/5 in
30 × 50 × 90 cm
Edition 5/9 .

Both sculptures were cast at The Morris Singer Art Foundry.

Aurora, Cosmos and Circle of Life | T5 Gallery ‘Spring Exhibition 2020, Heathrow Terminal 5

Three of my sculptures ‘Aurora’, ‘Cosmos’ and ‘Circle of Life’ are now in plane view at ✈  T5 Gallery at Heathrow Terminal 5 .

A missed connection or delayed arrival doesn’t have to ruin your time at the airport, it might just be the perfect excuse to take in the Spring Exhibition 2020 at T5 Gallery.

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His Mind's Eye | Expedition Engineering

Delighted to have worked with award-winning structural and civil engineers at Expedition Engineering for ‘His Mind’s Eye’ bronze sculpture at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust.

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“We were thrilled to be able to work together with Morris Singer Bronze Foundry, established in 1848, and crafting fine art ever since. We worked with them on the design and construction of the stainless-steel support structure which anchors the large cantilever to its hidden base. More recently we worked with Morris Singer again on another sculpture (Mind’s Eye Tree by Jill Berelowitz) for Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust.

Jill Berelowitz in JN Life Magazine | Winter 2019

Thank you Louisa Walters for this lovely interview “The Art Of The Matter “ in JN Life Magazine, Winter 2019.

“If you’ve been to or walked past Charing Cross Hospital, you may have noticed two huge sculptures. One is Reclining Figure by Henry Moore, the other Core Femme by South African artist Jill Berelowitz (pictured, inset). The body is incomplete with rounded ends where the limbs and head should be – an organic composition reminiscent of a backbone where the individual torsos become vertebrae.

“I do love the female form,” says Berelowitz, who is responsible for creating the most masculine of trophies – the bronze ball and tassel cap handed to international rugby players on the occasion of their 100th cap. But pigeon-holing an artist who receives such critical acclaim is impossible as she can move from His Mind’s Eye, a bronze tree and cosmic sphere commemorating 400 years of Shakespeare’s genius, after celebrating the female form with The Diving Girl, which was commissioned by the Olympic Village in 2012. Berelowitz studied sculpture with Finnish artist Karin Jaroszynska and later at the Johannesburg School of Art, where she learned the technically complex process of lost wax bronze casting.

By the age of 23, with two young children, she had already opened her own studio in Durban and was doing lots of community art projects. While the female form continues to fascinate her,

and tribal South African art is a source of inspiration, sometimes males and females unite in her work as in Moving Forward, which sits in the centra reservation on Park Lane opposite the hotel 45 Park Lane. It is at this hotel that Berelowitz has had a seasonal change of direction, with her 3.6m high bronze Christmas tree in the lobby from 8 December. Reassuringly, the star at the top is held by both male and female figures."

Investec Trophy | Rugby World Cup 2019

It was a huge honour to be commissioned to create the Investec Trophy which is now in the Twickenham museum. Every year for 10 years the man of the match was awarded a maquette of this large trophy.

Rugby World Cup 2019 | World Rugby Centurions Trophy

Tense and emotional semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup 2019. Delighted to have made my artistic contribution by creating the trophy for World Rugby Centurions - all players have 100 caps for their countries.

The trophy was cast in bronze and all the Centurions names were engraved on the bronze plaque. The rugby ball was based on an original leather rugby ball and the cap with tassel is a traditional style rugby cap presented for each country appearance.

It takes an international rugby player around 10 years to achieve Rugby Centurion status. Throughout this decade of commitment and determination, these warriors inspire generations of rugby fans across the globe. My total respect for these rugby giants of the world.

Jill Berelowitz Featured Artist at The Hari, London

Delighted to be featured artist at the unique The Hari in Belgravia, London, showing three of my bronze sculptures: Aurora, Moving Forward and Rocky The Lucky Elephant

Wonderful curation by Belsta.

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Jill Berelowitz Artist Talk | 09 February 2019, Shakespeare's New Place

Save the date: 09 February 2019, 11-12 noon, in the garden of Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and learn how Shakespeare inspired me to create 'His Mind's Eye', the focal point at Shakespeare's New Place.

Limited spaces, booking essential. Book here:

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on/inspired-shakespeare-jill-berelowitz/

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Thank You to All Involved in My Solo Exhibition 'Osmosis'

As my solo exhibition ‘Osmosis’ comes to an end this month, I'd like to say that it has been an absolute honour to exhibit at the prestigious 45 Park Lane and to be the artist in residence for the past year. Having been discovered by the wonderful John Scanlon two years ago when my ‘Moving Forward’ sculpture was unveiled in Park Lane; and who then introduced me to the incredible Lily Ackerman who has worked timelessly with me on my Osmosis Exhibition. Thank you! 

A special thanks goes to John and all the wonderful team at Morris Singer Foundry. 

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Photo credit: Cristina Schek