julieann worrall hood
Mediums Used
Julieann Worrall Hood is a sculptor working across disciplines with a passion for drawing. Her work to public and private commission encompasses sculpture in bronze, laser cut and folded steel, wire, stone, rattan and willow along with mosaic, theatre design, tapestry, film and multi media pieces for international tours.
Recent commissions have included a series of stainless steel, scribbly hares in Salisbury, a sculptural installation made out of over 1000 recycled piano keys at The Piano Shop Bath (2017) and multi media, bespoke finish pianos and set dressings for Coldplay international tours (2019 -2024). Julieann has also created a series of woven rattan and steel sculptural installations for the Chanel 2016 Christmas displays in London, Dublin and Manchester, 50 wire hares, hens and clouds for The Conran Shop, Chelsea, a series of larger than life leaping willow hares for the Marquis of Lansdowne, three landmark, gateway sculptures for the Cotswold Water Park/ Sustrans cycle route 45, a series of cavorting wire hares at RHS garden Hyde Hall, a willow, kinetic scarecrow for the award winning Daylesford Organic Summer Solstice show garden at Chelsea Flower Show and a pair of larger than life boxing hares in wire and willow for Marlborough College, Wiltshire.
Sculptures by julieann worrall hood
Credentials
Qualifications
MFA Bath Spa University
B.A (Hons) Fine Art Edinburgh College of Art
Edinburgh UniversityPGCE (Further and Higher Education) Greenwich University
Awards
2022 ENGAGE Marsh Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement
2014 - 2015 Theo Moorman Award
2006 Southern Arts Individual Artist Award
2000 - 2001 Arts Council Year of the Artist Award (Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and BBC Springwatch)
1993 Southern Arts International Travel Award (International Performing Arts, Kerala, India)
1989 Yorkshire Arts Individual Artist Award
1989 Crafts Council Setting Up Award
1986 Andrew Grant Travel Award, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University
Julieann Worrall Hood an MFA alumna of Bath Spa University and a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh University, where she specialised in Installation Sculpture/Structures and Woven Tapestry. She has worked extensively to public and private commission, receiving several awards for her work from the Arts Council of England.
Lead artist on the William Morris and Raphael Cartoons education projects and conferences at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Julieann particularly enjoys participating in collaborative and interdisciplinary projects and is known for her work in education and theatre.
Numerous public works including:
2017 Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Series of 2.5m tall stainless steel hares for St Peter's Place (Persimmon Homes).
2014 Denver Museum of Childhood, USA. Permanent exhibit of 3 running willow and steel Tooth Mice on a suspended steel ring
1996 Tapestry. V and A
2001 Gateway sculptures in stone, steel and willow.
The National Forest sculpture Trail.
2001 Pair of 3 metre tall Pugilist Hares for the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
2003, 2004. 2006 and 2008 public mosaic paving and plazas for Basingtoke.
2007 Pair of 2 metre tall boxing hares for Marlborough College, Wiltshire.
2008 Pair of 3 metre tall steel Bitterns, gateway sculptures for the Cotswold Water park entrance to Sustrans route 45.
2008 designs for new public square Bristol.
