About Hignell Gallery

About

Hignell Gallery Ltd. was established in 2015. The gallery's inaugural exhibition showcased a selection of the twentieth century greats of Modern British sculpture with works by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Lynn Chadwick.

The gallery program gives particular focus to monumental and site-specific sculpture and so outgrew its gallery walls. Now the gallery frequently presents open air exhibitions including Sophie Ryder at The Piece Hall, 'Tree of Life': Helaine Blumenfeld OBE at Ely Cathedral and 'Renaturing Nature' featuring the work of Joana Vasconcelos and Peter Randall-Page RA in St James's Square.

Recent gallery exhibition partnerships include Djanogly Art Gallery, Pilane Sculpture Park (Sweden), Ely Cathedral, Het Depot (The Netherlands), Holland Park, the Venice Architectural Biennale (Italy), Huygens' Hofwijck Museum (The Hague),Chelsea Barracks, and RHS Wisley.

Hignell Gallery has placed its sculptures in important private and public collections including The Sainsbury Centre and The Phoebus Foundation. Hignell Gallery artist Laura Ellen Bacon is exhibiting at Denver Art Museum Summer 2024. Abby Hignell was invited to join the vetting committee for Masterpiece Art Fair 2022 and Treasure House Art Fair 2023/24/25. Hignell Gallery is a member of The Society of London Art Dealers.

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Celebrating 10 Years

Since 2015 we have continued to grow our vision to ensure we maintain the highest level of expertise and service possible. 10 years of presenting artists within this specialist area has given us enviable access to the best in the industry from the foundries to transporters.

Abby Hignell

Born in Scotland Abby grew up in rural Somerset. After gaining her degree in Arts History and Fine Arts Valuation, she moved to London in 2000 first working at Philips Auctioneers then Bonhams before moving into West End galleries where she specialised in sculpture for the final 9 years. During this time Abby headed up projects including returning Eduardo Paolozzi to Smithson (Economist) Plaza, initiating 'The Rodin Gift: a centenary celebration' at the V&A and curating Helaine Blumenfeld - Henry Moore: A Dialogue 1985-2015, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the seminal joint exhibition 'A British Dialogue: From Perry Green to Cambridge' at the Alex Rosenburg Gallery in New York.

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