Michelle Reader

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Michelle Reader is based in London


Michelle Reader is a sculptor and prop maker. She has been working with recycled materials since 1997, making unique figurative recycled sculptures from household waste and found objects. Her sculptures sometimes have mechanical elements, using the working parts of old toys, clocks or other objects.

Qualifications and training

  • 2003 MA Scenography, Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design, London
  • 1997 BA (Hons) Fine Art, De Montfort University, Leicester

Solo exhibitions

  • 2006 Experimental Anatomy, Robert Phillips Gallery, Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames

Group exhibitions

  • 2009 Love London Recycled Sculpture Show, London Wetland Centre, Barnes

Public commissions

  • 2010 Recycled Agapanthus Sculpture, Royal Horticultural Society, touring

Corporate commissions

  • 2011 Recycled Globe Sculpture, Overton Recycling, touring

Educational experience - primary

  • 2011 Sustainable Sculpture project, Creative Partnerships (A New Direction), Lathom Junior School

Artist's website


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