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 (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). Group shows include exhibitions at Camden Arts Centre, Grundy Gallery, Brooke Benington, Roman Road, Delphian x Saatchi, Badr El Jundi Gallery, Tube Culture Hall, Melzi Fine Art and duos with Soho Revue and New Normal Projects. She has presented solo shows with LAMB (2024) and Fred Levine (2026). She was shortlisted for the Ingram prize in 2020 and was one of the 2023 New Contemporaries. Resdiencies include the Palazzo Monti Residency (Brescia 2024) and Goodeye Projects (London 2024), Xenia (Hampshire 2025), Koik (Mexico City, 2026).