Katherine Gili
Katherine Gili (born 1948) is a British sculptor. After completing her studies at Bath Academy of Art and St Martin's School of Art, Gili taught at a number of art schools; most notably St Martin's and Norwich between 1972 and 1985. Her sculpture was exhibited for the first time in 1973 and well over a hundred times since.
Katherine Gili
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- Born
- 1948 · Oxford.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Saint Martin's School of Art · Bath School of Art and Design
- Languages
- English
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Katherine Gili (born 1948) is a British sculptor. After completing her studies at Bath Academy of Art and St Martin's School of Art, Gili taught at a number of art schools; most notably St Martin's and Norwich between 1972 and 1985. Her sculpture was exhibited for the first time in 1973 and well over a hundred times since.
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Katherine Gili (born 1948) is a British sculptor. The sculptor was born in Oxford. Katherine Gili studied at Bath School of Art and Design and Saint Martin's School of Art. Languages used include English.
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Early life
Early life
Gili's career is marked by solo shows in London and New York and by contributions to seminal survey exhibitions at major venues such as the Hayward Gallery. In recent years she has regularly shown in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and notably in 2013 her sculpture "Ripoll" won the Sculpture Prize.
Gili was born in Oxford to father Joan Gili, Catalan publisher and translator, and Elizabeth (née McPherson or MacPherson), cookbook author, artist, and the daughter of a Scottish-Canadian missionary. Her brother was filmmaker Jonathan Gili. Gili graduated from Bath Academy of Art in 1970 and then studied for two years at St Martin's School of Art.
Solo
Solo
• Summer Exhibition 2, Selected by Tim Hilton. Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London, 1977 • Salander O'Reilly Gallery, New York 1981 • Katherine Gili – A Career Survey; Poussin Gallery 2011 • Artist of the Day, chosen by Jennifer Durrant, Flowers Gallery, London 2014 • Looking for the Physical, Sculpture and Drawings by Katherine Gili, Felix & Spear, London, 2016 • Discovered in the Making, Katherine Gili Sculpture, Felix & Spear, London, 2018 • Sparks Fly, Katherine Gili Sculpture 1974 to 2018, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, 2019
Group
Group
• The Condition of Sculpture; Hayward Gallery, an international exhibition selected by William Tucker, 1975 • Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Contemporary British Sculpture; Battersea Park 1977 • Annual Stockwell Depot Exhibitions of Painting and Sculpture; 1974–79 • Hayward Annual; 1979 • Have You Seen Sculpture from the Body? Tate Gallery 1984 • Escultura Nueva Reino Unido; Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid 1988 • Moving Into View: a major display of the Arts Council Collection; South Bank Centre selected by William Packer, 1993 • British Abstract Art, Part 2, Sculpture; Flowers East Gallery, London 1995 • British Figurative Art, Part 2, Sculpture; Flowers East Gallery, London. 1998 • Steel; Canary Wharf, London. 2006 • The Royal Academy Summer Shows 1996, 1997, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Life and career
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Life and career
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1948
Katherine Gili born at Oxford.
Selected Public Collections
Selected Public Collections
• Arts Council Collection • University of Leicester • City of Lugano Switzerland • Cartwright Hall, Bradford • General Electric Corporation, USA • Henry Moore Institute • Tate
Private collections
Private collections
• The Leo and Eileen Herzel Collection USA • Lord Peter Palumbo collection at Kentuck Knob USA, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Awards
• Elephant Trust, 1994 • Elected Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, 1999 • Jack Goldhill Award for Sculpture, Royal Academy, 2013
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- 1.Michael, Ian. Obituary: J. L. Gili. The Independent. 7 May 1998.
- 2.Papers of Katherine Gili. Archives Hub.
- 3.Summer Show 2 [1977].
- 4.Poussin Gallery.
- 5.Exhibitions.
- 6.Katherine Gili | Felix & Spear.
- 7.Katherine Gili | Felix & Spear.
- 8.1146 - PENDULUM MAQUETTE by Bryan Kneale RA Dead link. April 2025.
- 9.Gili, Katherine | Arts Council Collection.
- 10.Events | Botanic Garden and Attenborough Arboretum | University of Leicester.
- 11.Katherine Gili born 1948.
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