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About Jill Meager

Jill trained at Cambridge University and Putney School of Art and Design. Her early years in rural Scotland set in motion a desire to uncover the wilderness in every aspect of life.

“All my life I have been drawn to vulnerability – especially in the natural world, where I have always felt a great affinity with the creatures around me. In my early work as an actor, and now in my practice as a visual artist, I have learned to fine tune expression and the means of communication and, most importantly, how to find a meaningful voice.This seems more relevant than ever now that so many species are under threat or are already extinct: they cannot speak for themselves. We need to protect our wild beasts and our wild places. Here you will find a selection of the subjects I find in my travels around the British Isles and I hope you are as entranced by them as I am.”

 

“Jill’s particular genius is to distill the essence of the natural world and in so doing make it something more than itself. Her work is not photographically reproductive and in her manipulation of scale she nimbly creates pieces which pulse with subtle and mischievous life. She imbues her creatures with character without anthropomorphising. The result is the true definition of art: through the medium of the artist the subject is transformed and given more than ordinary significance. Jill’s technical skill is matched by her wisdom, wit and passionate engagement with the world around her and it is these qualities which are the underpinnings of her work and why every piece she makes is simply, viscerally, compellingly beautiful.”

Francesca Brill, writer and film maker

Francesca Brill

“I love your appreciation for birds and all of nature, which I also hold dear. I have a real reverence for the precious natural world.  Your art captures the essence of the absolute beauty of your subjects and it induces a wonderful feeling on viewing.”

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Crow, National Open Art Competition

 

Selected exhibitions

2012 V&A Inspired by: finalist

2012 Morley Gallery Draw More: finalist

2014 National Open Art Competition: finalist  

2016 Michael Morpurgo short story:  Hare 1 selected illustration

2017 House and Garden  Magazine 70th Anniversary Edition: featured artist

2015-2022 Christmas card illustrations for Farms for City Children and InterAct Stroke Support 

2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition shortlisted

A selection of my work is held at the The Ashburn Gallery, Ashburton, Devon, the BobCat Gallery, London and the Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, Cambridge 

I am a member of ARTCAN

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Diary

2023

100x100 at The BobCat Gallery 1st-31st March

An online exhibition showing 100 works for £100 each

Free tickets for the Private View here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/100-x-100-virtual-curators-tour-tickets-508207812247

 

 

Power of Pencil 21st February-22nd April

An online ArtCan exhibition showing the breadth of art powered by pencil only

 

 

A Glorious Journey 16th March

A one-night only pop-up exhibition with Morgan Philips at Gallery Different

 

 

Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham 27th-30th April

 

2022

28 November-18 December
Unit 30, Putney Exchange Shopping Centre, London
Winter Boutique
A Christmas Show featuring all the gallery artists.

May-June
Wild and Wonderful
508 Gallery, Kings Road
London

24- 31 January
Selection of work held at
The Ashburn Gallery
Devon

The Darryl Nantais Gallery
Linton, Cambridge

1-31 March
BobCat Gallery 
Exhibition of 100 works of art at £100 each

4 December to 28 February
"Waterways" at Barnes Wetland Centre, London SW13

2021
2020

January-April

Elevate O2 The London Shard

13-15 March

Borders Art Fair, Kelso

June-August

Solo Show Ashburn Gallery, Ashburton, Devon

19-21 June 2020

Artists 'Staying' At Home

London W4

September 1-November 7

Chiswick in Pictures

Clayton Hotel, Chiswick High Rd W4

1 September-30 November

"Where the heart is"

Ashburn Gallery, Devon

16th-30th November

Artists at Home Charity Auction

2019

February 6-November 30

Selected works at The Shard London

April 30-September 30

ArtCan 44 Hallam St W1

May 13-18

From the Studio Floor, St Barnabas, Cambridge

June 14-16

AAH Artists at Home, Chiswick www.artistsathome.co.uk

August 2-31

Ashburn Gallery Summer Exhibition, Ashburton, Devon

September

Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel,  London  

November-December

Solo show Jane Newbery Gallery Dulwich Village London

November 30 - December 1

The Chiswick Creatives

Christmas Pop-up Craft Fair

The Michael Room, St Michael and All Angels Church W4

Sat 11-6

Sun 11.30-4.30

The Ashburn Gallery Christmas Exhibition

Private View November 15th 4-8pm

2 Kingsbridge Lane, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7DX

Elevate 02 at The Shard

December 4-April 30

Featuring Crow Collage and Rook Collage

2018

From the Studio Floor, Mill Lane, Cambridge

ArtCan, at 44 Hallam St, London

Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel London

Laveli Chiswick

AAH

2017

Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel London

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2016

Christmas exhibition, Oil and Water Gallery London

Birds, Beasts and Butterflies, Oil and Water Gallery London

Portrait, Espacio Gallery London

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2015

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Oil and Water Gallery London

artFix inaugural show, London

AAH

2014

National Open Art Competition, Courtauld Gallery

Touring to Minerva Festival Theatre, Chichester

Making Seen, Espacio Gallery, London

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If you would like more information on any of my work, please email me. 

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