Simryn Gill

Simryn Gill turns the overlooked details of daily life into a fertile ground for artistic inquiry, weaving sculpture, photography, text, and experimental printmaking into reflections on the poetic and political potential of the ordinary. Her work demonstrates a nuanced awareness of art-making as a deeply personal, intellectual, and socially engaged process. Through her explorations, Gill brings into focus the historical, political, and natural forces that shape and influence people and communities across generations. Gill approaches art-making as both a personal and cerebral process, using juxtaposition and reconfiguration of objects to highlight the poetic and historical resonance embedded in the ordinary. Her method often emphasizes simplicity and restraint, allowing materials to speak through texture, placement, and relational connections. By focusing on the residue of daily life, Gill creates works that reveal the layered forces—historical, political, and natural—that shape human experience and collective memory. She treats her materials as collaborators, allowing form and context to emerge organically through attentive observation and interaction. Through this process, Gill’s practice encourages a quiet yet profound engagement with the world, drawing attention to the overlooked, fostering reflection, and revealing the subtle relationships between people, objects, and their environments. ...

Founded in 2012, Richard Saltoun Gallery specialises in contemporary art, with an emphasis on feminist, conceptual and performance artists from the 1960s onwards. It is guided by a strong focus on rediscovering the work of important yet under-recognised artists through presentations at both its locations, online exhibitions, events and participation in art fairs around the world. Since its inception, Richard Saltoun Gallery has been driven by an interest in serving a wider purpose and is now recognised for its critically and socially-engaged programme. In 2019, the gallery launched a year-long initiative titled 100% Women that aimed to address gender inequality in the art world and encourage wider industry action through debate, dialogue and collaboration. In 2021, it dedicates all exhibitions to the writings of German-born, American political philosopher Hannah Arendt in a 12-month programme On Hannah Arendt to confront some of the most perplexing socio-political issues of our time. The gallery is considered a leader in its representation of female artists, from avant-garde pioneers of the 1960s and ‘70s, such as Eleanor ANTIN, Renate BERTLMANN and Gina PANE, to a younger generation of female artists including Silvia GIAMBRONE and Florence PEAKE. It continues to support female artists through extensive research, partnerships and solo presentations at the gallery and online. Additionally, Richard Saltoun is noted for its support of pioneering artists who have pushed the conceptual and disciplinary boundaries in which they work, from LI Yuan-chia, one of the earliest proponents of abstract and conceptual art in Taiwan, to ULAY, the late photographer and performance artist, as well as British artists Victor BURGIN, Rose ENGLISH, John HILLIARD, Peter KENNARD, Bob LAW, Penny SLINGER and more. The gallery preserves the legacy of artists through its representation of artist estates, including Helen CHADWICK, David HALL, Alexis HUNTER, Bob LAW, Marinella PIRELLI, Jo SPENCE, Barbara LEVITTOUX-ŚWIDERSKA and Shelagh WAKELY, amongst others. The gallery acts as a consultant to major museums and public institutions and advises private and corporate collections. It actively documents the work of its artists through the production of publications and frequently stages talks, screenings and performances. ...