Harriet Mead
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| Born |
2 September 1969 Tring, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Albans College, Norwich School of Art |
| Known for | Wildlife art, installation art, sculpture |
| Notable work | Suffolk Trinity |
| Awards | Capmark Wildlife Award 2007 |
Harriet Rebecca Mead (born 2 September 1969) is an English wildlife artist specialising in metal sculptures.
She received formal art education during a foundation year at St Albans College, followed by a degree in Fine Art at the Norwich School of Art.
Mead’s work is inspired by animals and birds. From an early age she was encouraged to observe and develop a keen interest in British wildlife due to the influence of her late father, Chris Mead, who was a well-known author and broadcaster. She uses personal experience and direct observation to provide inspiration for her work. The countryside and wildlife around her home in Hilborough in rural Norfolk and her travels to various places around the world, including Asia and Africa, provide subject matter for her work.
After showing at its annual show for several years, Mead was elected a full member of the internationally renowned Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA). In 2004, she was elected to Council of the SWLA. Harriet has won the Society’s prestigious Capmark Award in 2007 and was runner-up in 2006. In 2009, she was elected as the Society's President, making her the youngest and first woman in its 47-year history.
Although predominately a sculptor, Mead also produces drawings and prints, but focuses on using steel to create her sculptures. Her steel sculptures fall into two categories the “true-to-life” form made predominantly from sheet steel that resemble as accurately as possible the species being created, and “found objects” in which Mead uses everyday objects to produce an abstract form of the animal.
Mead tends to work to commission, but does maintain a few examples of her work in key galleries. She seems to be able to tackle any subject from the natural world.
Mead recognizes that an appreciation of wildlife and the natural world cannot be taken for granted and she has used her art to promote and raise funds for conservation and animal charities. Most notably amongst the organizations she has supported are The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, the Countryside Education Foundation and the Suffolk Horse Society. Together with other leading international wildlife artists Mead has taken part in two Artists for Nature Foundation projects, which bring artists together to promote and raise funds for conservation projects around the world, including the Great Fen Project in Cambridgeshire, UK and the Hula Valley, Israel.
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