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ANT HAMLYN

b. 1993, Northampton (UK) lives and works in Lewes, East Sussex 

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Hamlyn’s practice is centred on an ongoing investigation into soft sculpture as a means of exploring the fragility and impermanence of life. Through meticulously hand sewn sculptural forms, he examines states of vulnerability, transience and emotional tension. Often drawing upon botanical structures, historical references, and metaphorical imagery, his works occupy a material and conceptual space in which softness and rigidity are delicately balanced against memory, tension and nostalgia. 

Characterised by their tactile presence and psychological ambiguity, Hamlyn’s sculptures invite close and prolonged viewing. Their suspended, theatrical stillness creates moments in which the familiar and the uncanny coexist, producing a heightened awareness of material and spatial perception. 

 

Hamlyn has presented work internationally through solo exhibitions and projects with institutions and galleries including Moosey, The Hole, Weserhalle, Yusto Giner, and Royal Academy of Arts. He has made commissioned pieces for Warner Music, Browns Fashion, Daisy Green Collection and the V&A. His work has also been featured at international fairs and exhibitions including Art Shanghai, Art Busan and CAN ART Ibiza.