Abi Palmer
Lives and works in London
Abi Palmer is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes.
'I make work that will hold you.
I use film, sculpture, text and installation. My films are sensory and tactile. I want you to feel rooted in the body, aware of your breath, your tendons. When I touch a leaf, I want you to feel touched. I build worlds within tiny confines: a box, a bed, a garden.
My writing is fragmented, jumping between high and low register, bitchy little anecdotes and manifesto. I often address the female mystics: St Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, Margery Kempe and her constant crying.
I think through my hands but my hands hurt often. I am a scruncher, a builder-upper. I take household items, tinfoil, tape and wire, and squeeze shapes that make you feel something. I combine cartoonish, DIY elements with ambitious grandiosity.'
Abi’s copulating slug sculptures were included in the 2023 Frieze Corridor Commission. Her films were included in Crip Arte Spazio at La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the first major international exhibition of the UK Disability Arts Movement. She is a Bloomberg New Contemporary Artist (2023); a recipient of Henry Moore Foundation’s ‘Awards for Sculptors (2025); Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Awards for Artists (2021) and Artangel’s ‘Thinking Time’ award (2020). Sanatorium was shortlisted for the Barbellion Prize.
Exhibition: Sbel
Links :
https://www.abipalmer.com/
