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