Harriet Gillett

Harriet Gillett's luminous, layered paintings respond to the rapidity of contemporary visual culture, offering an antidote through reverie and reflection. Drawing inspiration from the devotional aesthetics of Western religious art and the emotive vibrancy of post-Impressionism, her works exist at the intersection of traditional and contemporary forms. Through intimate snapshots of friends and community, layered with symbolic imagery, Gillett bridges personal memory and universal resonance. Her use of materials such as spray paint and veils of colour creates a tension between permanence and transience, echoing the blurred boundaries between past and present, experienced and imagined.

Harriet Gillett (b. 1995, East Yorkshire) is an artist living and working in London. She received her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds art school in 2022 after studying a BA in English Literature at Edinburgh University (2017). She has shown in Italy, Spain, China, Belgium and the UK, and her work is held internationally within private and royal collections. Group shows include exhibitions at Brooke Benington, Roman Road, Delphian x Saatchi, Badr El Jundi Gallery, Tube Culture Hall, Edji, Yusto-Giner and duos with Soho Revue and New Normal Projects. She has presented solo exhibitions with LAMB, London, Hot Sheet expo and her next solo opens with Fred Levine Gallery next month in Bruton. She was shortlisted for the Ingram prize in 2020 and was one of the 2023 New Contemporaries. Residencies include Goodeye Projects, Xenia and Palazzo Monti Residency.