About Livia Rolandini

Livia Rolandini graduated as a sculptor from the Royal College of Art in the mid sixties. She then taught at various art colleges before going to New York, where she worked and exhibited her sculpture.

She has worked with many different materials and at present is working mostly with wire mesh. Rolandini manipulates the material so deftly that the finished shapes resemble a three-dimensional drawing. Our perception of the object varies, depending on the cast of the light, shifting between a solid recognisable form and a vanishing outline. In some cases the shadow is integral to the sculpture; in others it is dependent on the light source.

In this installation she interprets dogs sculpted in traditional materials like bronze and wood.

Rolandini’s studio is based in Hammersmith. She has taught community groups for many years in the borough, and is also an art teacher at Wormwood Scrubs Prison.