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

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Hamlyn’s practice is grounded in an ongoing investigation of soft sculpture as a means of examining the fragility of life. His work explores states of vulnerability and transience through hand-sewn sculptural forms. Drawing upon metaphor, botanical structures and historical references, Hamlyn situates these forms within a material and conceptual dialogue that contrasts softness and rigidity with memory and nostalgia.

 

This interplay of materials produces tactile and spatial tensions that invite close viewing, positioning the sculptures within moments of temporal suspension in which the familiar and the uncanny are permitted to coexist. With the exception of several large-scale inflatable installations, Hamlyn’s works are meticulously hand made. This sustained emphasis on process, materiality, and scale functions as a critical framework within the practice, reinforcing themes of ambiguity, intimacy, and perceptual uncertainty that underpin the work.