Harriet Gillett (b. 1995) is a British artist living and working in London. Gillett’s luminous, layered paintings respond to the rapidity of contemporary visual culture, offering an antidote through reverie and reflection. Drawing inspiration from the devotional aesthetics of Western religious art and the emotive vibrancy of Post-Impressionism, her works exist at the intersection of traditional and contemporary forms. Through intimate snapshots of friends and community, layered with symbolic imagery, Gillett bridges personal memory and universal resonance. Her use of materials such as spray paint and veils of colour creates a tension between permanence and transience, echoing the blurred boundaries between past and present, experienced and imagined.
She received her MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds Art School, London, UK in 2022 after studying a BA in English Literature at Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK (2017). Group exhibitions include those at Brooke Benington, London, UK; Roman Road, London, UK; Delphian x Saatchi, London, UK; Badr El Jundi Gallery, Madrid, Spain; Tube Culture Hall, Milan, Italy; Edji Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; and Yusto-Giner, Marbella, Spain. Duo exhibitions include those at Soho Revue and New Normal Projects in London, UK. She has had solo exhibitions with LAMB, London, UK and Hot Sheet at Gallery Maison Bertraux, London, UK. She was shortlisted for the Ingram Prize in 2020 and was one of the 2023 New Contemporaries. Residencies include Good Eye Projects, London, UK; Xenia Creative Retreat in Hampshire, UK; and the Palazzo Monti Residency in Brescia, Italy.
Written June 2026