Jill is an artist who embraces the sensuous, the organic, undulating lines and unbroken flow, the tactile nature and the magnetic presence of the sculptural form.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1955, Jill Berelowitz studied sculpture, first under Karen Jarozynska and then at the Johannesburg School of Art. Jill moved from her native South Africa to London 25 years ago and is one of the capital’s most innovative sculptors, known for her bronze, steel and optical resin works.
Jill is an artist who embraces the sensuous, the organic, undulating lines and unbroken flow, the tactile nature and the magnetic presence of the sculptural form.
Through Jill's work we see an evident appreciation of the classics of figurative sculpture but also a renewal and reinvention taking this most ancient of artistic practices to new heights.
A further point that elevates Jill's sculpture is her strong focus on patina, something that she is constantly exploring with careful consideration given to how subtle changes in the finishing of an artwork can evoke differing feelings and reactions from the viewer. Jill is skilfully able to produce timeless interpretations of female & male forms in highly polished white bronze with the work 'Moving Forward', while in parallel channelling nature's own complex and unique earthy patinas on the branches of 'Circle of Life' without us ever being in any doubt that both are from the hands of the same artist.
Her high profile commissions include a monumental commission for Shakespeare’s New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, her ‘Diving Girl’, which was positioned at the entrance to London 2012 the Olympic Village, life-size ‘Pair Oar’ rowers at Henley-on-Thames, Investec Challenge, Goldsmith’s Guild, Unilever, Old Mutual and ‘Core Femme’ in Cavendish Square for the Westminster City of Sculpture Festival.