Sculptor (b.1992)

Gemma Barr is a sculptor with over a decade of experience across design and art studios in Europe. After graduating from Glasgow in 2014, she moved to Eindhoven to work with artist Nacho Carbonell. This period marked a significant shift in her practice, moving away from traditional product design toward functional art and experimental material processes.

Her current work marks a departure from a design background and raw materials, focusing instead on sculpture and the found object as a primary medium. This shift is a direct response to the current political and ecological landscape, using assemblage to confront themes of overconsumption and waste. By treating discarded matter as alive, she investigates the intersection of gothic materialism and the future ruin.

Gemma is currently based in London, where she is undertaking the Sculpture MA at the Royal College of Art. Her practice continues to explore the lifecycle of objects and the necessity of finding refuge within the detritus of a post-capitalist society.

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Exhibitions, Press, Residencies below.