Giles Penny is a British artist who divides his time between sculpture, painting, and printmaking. He trained at The Heatherly School of Fine Art, Chelsea, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, and Newport College of Art.
Giles Penny produces work in multiple mediums: sculpture, printmaking and painting. His focus of expression is the human form, which acts as a vehicle to explore the interaction between physical and abstract worlds and often portrays an innocent humorous quality.
Working in the different mediums in parallel helps Giles Penny to develop ideas and how they can be presented. Often he just starts with a piece of paper and scissors!
In the early 90’s Giles Penny was artist in residence at the Body Shop Headquarters, Sussex.
One of his early works is “Flat Man” showing a simple, minimalist ‘bust’ of a figure. This composition has been represented in large and small scale bronzes, prints and paintings. This figure allowed Giles Penny to develop his own vernacular based on simple, expressive forms which would reappear in many forms over the next decades, each time unique, telling its own story.