Teresa Wells

A Member of The Royal Society of Sculptors I obtained a first class honors degree in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University, 1996. Working as an interior designer and tutor for many years, I subsequently undertook postgraduate studies in Art and Design at Loughborough University, where my tutors included John Atkin FRBS and Dan Archer FRBS.

I have worked on both large-scale public sculptures and at a more intimate scale in mixed media. Inspiration comes from the powerful movements and resulting shapes produced by the human body particularly from athletes and dancers. Trained originally as an illustrator, I work in a Baroque style influenced by Bernini. Anthony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Anthony Caro, and Grayson Perry ignite interests in spatial awareness, the human form and constructivism. The interplay and dynamic between the conflicting styles inspired my current body of work in bronze and steel.

A multi award-winning sculptor, (Runner up Blunden Prize 2023, ‘Mind Body Spirit’ International Art – Competition.net, Best in show, APT Deptford 2015, Nominated by Richard Deacon CBE, Silver Gilt Award at Chelsea Flower Show 2022 and Gold at Blenheim 2021), I sell through various gallery platforms in the UK, and USA with pieces sitting in collections internationally.

I work to commission with clients including Juliet Sargeant, Blue Peter, BBC1 and Netflix, ‘The Robert T. Webb Sculpture Park’, Georgia, USA, Stonewater Housing Ltd, BodyCote PLC, AK designs, Best and Lloyd Lighting Design Ltd. and various private clients.

Press includes: BBC coverage of Arthur for Blue Peter Garden 2022, The Times Newspaper May 2022, I Weekend, June 2021, BBC1 Home is where the Art is. Netflix – Drama series Dracula, Flux review Magazine 2021 and London Live 2018.

Inspired by a moral upbringing, I possess an ethical consciousness along with a fascination for the question, “How do Humans Behave?”

Through the medium of sculpture, I explore the tenuous relationship between man and his society.  Isolation, miscommunication, the delicate balance between fragility and strength, and tenacity in the face of adversity, are most attractive.

There is a need for me to express this in ways that invite shared experience. Influenced by Baroque, Abstraction and Modernism, I seek to illustrate through this combination of styles that it is our whole selves that make us fascinating.