Tanya Russell MRBS has become well known over the last 35 years for her life-like and vibrant animal sculpture, and her abstract figurative work. For Tanya her practice is not only about capturing the animals she sculpts with marks and movement. It’s about our relationships with those animals and their welfare. Consequently, 10% of Tanya’s sale proceeds are donated to animal rescue charities.

Tanya founded The Art Academy in London Bridge, now a degree-validated and thriving art college situated beside the Tate Modern. She is also the author of ‘Modelling and Sculpting the Figure’ and the primary sculpture contributor to DK’s ‘The Artist’s Manual’. Tanya's artwork is sold and commissioned internationally, and she has multiple large public artworks all over the world.