About Jill Meager
Jill trained at Cambridge University and Putney School of Art and Design. Raised in rural Scotland, she primarily works in response to wildlife – its resilience, its design and now increasingly its vulnerability.
“I have long been fascinated by wild creatures and I feel a strong emotional connection to them. In my portraits, I try to capture their beauty, the profound meaning of their existence and the important and often under-estimated role they play in our lives. On my recent journeys it has been a great privilege to see hares, hedgehogs, puffins and many other amazing creatures, but it has also been sad to acknowledge that many of them are struggling to cope in a man-made hostile environment.”
“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
Biography and 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
2015-19 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 Jane Newbery Gallery, 84 Dulwich Village London SE21 7AJ and at The Ashburn Gallery, Ashburton, Devon
I am a member of ARTCAN
Crow, National Open Art Competition
Jane Newbery Gallery
84 Dulwich Village SE21 7AJ
Art at the Shard
January-April
Elevate O2 The London Shard
13-15 March
Borders Art Fair, Kelso
April-May
Solo Show Ashburn Gallery, Ashburton, Devon
19-21 June 2020
Artists At Home
London W4
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
