“Johannesburg-born, London-based Jill Berelowitz developed her passion for art at a very young age and studied from the age of twelve under renowned Finnish artist Karen Jarozynska. After graduating from Johannesburg School of Art, she set up her own studio in Durban and worked and taught there until moving to London in 1985, where she still has a teaching and working studio.
In London, Berelowitz has established herself as one of the City’s most innovative and prominent sculptors. Amongst her extensive portfolio of high-profile works are “Core Femme” installed outside Charing Cross Hospital, “Pair Oar” at Henley-on-Thames, The Investec Challenge rugby trophy at Twickenham. Other works are installed at Goldsmith’s Guild, Unilever and Old Mutual.
Jill makes ambitious large scale works that articulate her personal experiences, infused with a positive and often spiritual feel. Many of her sculptures incorporate symbols of a talismanic importance to the artist: an elephant, the tree of life, circles and spherical forms. Other works evoke the human figure formed with qualities of elegance and lyrical movement, often elongated and abstracted in the manner of the traditional tribal sculpture of her homeland.
Jill Berelowitz has exhibited extensively at high profile galleries and exhibitions including Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court, and Heathrow Terminal 5. Other projects include Westminster Council’s ‘City of Sculpture’ programme for the entrance to the London 2012 Olympic Village. She was also one of the Judges for the tenth anniversary edition of Young Masters Art Prize in 2019.”