Awards

Member of the
‘Society of Scottish Artist’

2021

Royal Cambrian Academy Annual Open,
Highly commended

2020

Wales Contemporary
3-Dimensional 1st Prize

About

THE ARTIST

Robyn Neild has always considered the human body as a fluctuating vessel, carrying narratives and the possibility of transformation. After a degree in Fashion Design, at London’s Middlesex University, Neild began her career as a fashion illustrator for magazines such as Vogue or Glamour. Later, relocating to the Kent coast and collaborating with a foundry, she began to explore the possibilities of the three-dimensional. The concept of the body as an art-object became more of a focus for the artist.

Texture and form are of paramount significance. The artist enjoys the impression of fingerprints left behind in the modelling wax, dictating a journey of where her hands have fluidly shaped the forms and figures.

The intricate modelling, combined with the ‘lost wax’ casting technique, forces the metal to take on the delicate structures or halt altogether: leaving gaps and pauses, pregnant with absence.

Bronze bird forms

Video showing process of creating and casting a collection of the couture bronzes

SELECTED

Exhibi
-tions

2022

Didier Aaron Gallery
“Drawing on Style”

New York

2022

Moncrieff-Bray Gallery
“Summer Exhibition”

Sussex

2022

Art for Cure
“Fanfare at Bredfield House”,

Suffolk

2022

Mayne Gallery
“Affordable Art Fair Battersea”

London

2021

GrayMCA
“Drawing On Style”

London

2021

Turner Contemporary ‘Open”

Margate

2021

Society of Scottish Artists
“SA Sculpture Now”

EDINBURGH

2021

Royal Cambrian Academy
“ Annual Open”

CONWY

Modelling with botanicals and wax

Modelling with botanicals and wax

2021

Touchbase Gallery –
Solo Show “Studio Edit”

Folkestone

2021

GrayMCA – Solo Show
“Fashion Reinterpreted”

Bath

2020

The Waterfront Gallery
“Wales Contemporary”

Wales

2019

“Fresh Art Cheltenham”

Cheltenham

2019

“Affordable Art Fair Hampstead”

London

2019

Lilford Gallery
“Mixed Sculpture Show”

Canterbury

2019

“RWA Annual Open”

Bristol

2019

“Affordable Art Battersea”

London

2019

“RWA Sculpture Open”

BRISTOL

2019

Doorway Gallery
“Collective Show”,

Dublin

2019

35/37 Gallery – Solo Show
“ Ink Studies”

Folkestone, Kent

2018

RHA “Annual Exhibition”

Dublin

2018

Rogue Gallery
“Painting & Sculpture Show”

Hastings

Walking in Dungeness

Walking in Dungeness

the
story

THE SOUTH COAST

Neild creates and casts her sculptures in her studio, preferring not to use moulds, so no two bronzes are the same. She creates her work using wax, fabric, and botanical materials found on the coastal walks to and from her studio. The artist is inspired by her environment, either the marshlands of Kent, or the stark shingled beauty of Dungeness, home to the abandoned shells of old fishing boats.

further

Works