Details
Ceramic
H. 38 x w. 18 x d. 20 cm
 
 
About Gillian Brett
“My sculptures are about celebrating the uncelebrated. Real people, individuals who have a sense of themselves, developing resilience by facing the challenges we all meet in life. "
 
"I work from life, whenever possible sculpting real people in the space with me. I work fast, sketching in clay, without measurement. This results in textures that feel more alive to me than a perfect reproduction."
 
"I enjoy experimenting with materials, traditional and unorthodox. I’m excited by the inherent jeopardy in firing my work as ceramic, often enjoying the unexpected, the ‘happy accident’. My textures often echo the natural world drawing parallels between geological processes such as erosion and the human journey through life."
 
"Human life is my inspiration. In today’s world it is too easy to focus on our differences: my work aims to be a reminder of what we all share. Our humanity: no matter our gender, skin colour, position in life: we share being human."
 
Gillian Brett (b.1963) is a London based sculptor inspired by human life. A graduate from Brighton Art School and The Art Academy, London, Gillian has exhibited widely in the UK, most notably with ING Discerning Eye, Women In Art Fair, Wales Contemporary and the Affordable Art Fair.
 
In 2024 Gillian’s sculpture to commemorate Fanny Wilkinson, the UK’s first female landscape designer was selected for Coronation Gardens, Southfields, one of the 75 London parks Wilkinson designed. The sculpture’s unveiling in July 2025 was covered by the Guardian, BBC and ITV news and the Art Newspaper.
 
In addition to public and private commissions, Gillian has taught at Chiswick Art School and The Clay Garden mentoring adults to learn to sculpt.
 
Having completed postgraduate professional practice courses 1-4 with the Contemporary Art Academy, Gillian is heading up the creation of a new collective: Circum:Stance, a group of eleven artists from 7 different countries. She is a member of ArtCan and has studio space is in the grounds of the iconic Chiswick House. 
 
 
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