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
“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.”
Recent customer
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
Diary
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
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
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
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
From the Studio Floor, Mill Lane, Cambridge
ArtCan, at 44 Hallam St, London
Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel London
Laveli Chiswick
AAH
Chiswick in Pictures, Clayton Hotel London
AAH
Laveli
Christmas exhibition, Oil and Water Gallery London
Birds, Beasts and Butterflies, Oil and Water Gallery London
Portrait, Espacio Gallery London
AAH
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Oil and Water Gallery London
artFix inaugural show, London
AAH
National Open Art Competition, Courtauld Gallery
Touring to Minerva Festival Theatre, Chichester
Making Seen, Espacio Gallery, London
AAH
If you would like more information on any of my work, please email me.
