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BIOGRAPHY

You begin with darkness. You see the shadows first, elegant and fluid, and only then trace the origins back to the jagged abstraction before you. 

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I begin with light. I chase the silhouettes that are yet to emerge, letting the shadow guide my hand to the sculpture’s existence.

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We meet in the middle, questioning how something so raw could birth such grace.

Will Budgett’s sculptural practice is driven by a fascination with the ephemeral beauty of dance and the interplay of light and shadow. His work explores how something as intangible as light can transform rigid, industrial materials into forms that feel unexpectedly fluid and emotive.

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Drawing on years of experience in design and advertising, Budgett brings a refined eye for visual rhythm, composition, and audience engagement. These sensibilities now inform his sculptural process, which begins not with a fixed form, but with a shadow. By working with light from the very start, he allows projected silhouettes to guide the physical construction, responding in real time to the shapes cast on surrounding surfaces.

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Viewers encountering his work are invited into a moment of quiet recognition, where abstract forms reveal hidden dancers frozen in fleeting motion. This visual transformation encourages reflection on perception and presence.

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Budgett sculpts with industrial materials for their raw and unrefined character, a striking counterpoint to the delicacy of the shadows he seeks to conjure. The material is stubborn and heavy, yet when paired with light, it yields surprising grace. Rather than sculpt the figure directly, he allows the shadow to reveal it. In doing so, his work explores themes of duality, transformation, and the invisible choreography between matter and light.

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Each sculpture begins not with a fixed form, but with a shadow. Working with the lights on from the very start, Budgett allows projected silhouettes to guide the creation, sculpting in direct response to the shadows cast on surrounding surfaces.

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This method turns the process into a visual dialogue between light, material, and motion. The final physical sculpture often remains abstract or fragmented when viewed in daylight, but when illuminated correctly, it reveals its hidden choreography in shadow. The sculpture is, in a sense, co-authored by light, with its true form only fully realised at the moment of illumination.

Exhibitions: 

2025

Affordable Art Fair, London

Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

Affordable Art Fair, New York​​​​

Art World Fair, Paris

London Biennale, London

Inferential, Luminoir Gallery London

Light and Shadow, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk 

'Light', Birmingham Open Arts, Birmingham

Monat Gallery, Madrid

'Woman', A Gallerium Exhibition, USA

'Mirage', London Glassblowing, London

'People', Biafarin, Online, USA​

'Glow', RHS Rosemoor, UK

Kirtlington Polo, UK

'Winter'Signet Contemporary Art, Mayfair, London.

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2024

Mall Galleries, Art for Youth, The Mall, London

Signet Contemporary Art, Autumn, Mayfair, London. 

Untitled Artist Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

RHS Glow, RHS Garden Rosemoore, North Devon 

Motayo Gallery, Figures, Digital Experience

Holy Art Gallery, Future Stars, Hackney, London 

LiGHT24, Islington, London

Artbox Expo, Basel, Switzerland

Kirtlington Mirror Houses, Oxford

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2021

Creating Sparks, Auckland, NZ​​​​​

2018

Silks on the Silk Road, Korean Art Cafe, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan​​​​​

2014

Natural History Museum, London. 

Excellence of youth, Suffolk, UK. 

2013

Saatchi Gallery, London. 

Excellence of youth, Suffolk, UK. 

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