Sophie Lloyd has been chosen as the first recipient of the Anthony Caro Sculpture Prize 2023.
NB - Sophie is currently working on a commission, contact the gallery if you wish to be added to her waiting list to view available work.
Sophie Lloyd graduated in 2023 from her BA at City and Guilds of London. Her primary medium is sculpture, in which she manipulates sugar, particularly fondant icing, to explore how we consume and how we are consumed in turn. Her works resemble stained glass windows, with the lead caming holding the pieces together. Instead of being large and regal, they are small in size and reference fairground caricatures and renaissance sugar sculptures. They represent temporality and the calculated self that is portrayed in entertainment, often fuelled by a great instinctive hunger derived from consumerism. Lloyd creates pieces that are tactile and bodily and seem to be aware of their own deterioration but express a desire for more.