Georgina Brett Chinnery

“Recreating birds in leather is akin to trying a frankenstein attempt at bringing life back to a beautiful creature.”
English artist Georgina Brett Chinnery creates sculptural forms in leather, which exploit traditional techniques of surface leather decoration. Her artistry is in the seemingly effortless combining of material, process and meaning through a labour-intensive making process - which she presents as a parallel to our continuous striving for clarity and serenity in life.
She studied 3D Design at St. Albans School of Art and subsequently went on to learn the craft of upholstery. Through the knowledge she acquired in these skills, Brett Chinnery started making her own bespoke interior pieces, which sold at Liberty together with private and commercial clients worldwide.
The idea of trying out leather on a popular design led her on a new path, she partook in a short course on decorated leather and showed her first collection ‘Flora and Fauna” at Collect 2011, The international Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design at the Saatchi Gallery.
In 2014 Brett Chinnery received the Cockpit Arts / Leathersellers’ Award for 2 years running where she created ‘Bird Brain’ a series of 10 sculptural forms 2014-2017. ‘Bird Brain’ inv...

St. Albans School of Art and Design
3D Design

2019 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 10 June - 12 August
2018 'Her Story' Manhattan Arts International 28 June - 20 August
2018 Walsall Leather Museum, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, 9 June - 29 September
2018 London Craft Week, Leathersellers' Hall, 8-11 May
2017 Masquerade, Wing Gallery, Wadhurst, 16-30 November
2017 Pure Autumn Art Fair, The Powdermills Hotel, Battle 7-15 October
2017 London Craft Week, 3-6 May
2016 London Design Festival, British Craft Pavilion 22-25 Sept
2015 Lustre, OBS Gallery, Tonbridge, East Sussex 5/6 12/13 Dec
2015 'Garden', Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex 16 May - 21 June
2014 Very Upmarket Designers and Makers Fair, Baker Mamanova Gallery 28/29/30 March
2013 Underdog Gallery, London. 26 Oct - 15 Nov
2012 Le Cuir A Paris, 14 -16 Feb
2011 Collect, The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Saatchi Gallery, London. 6-9 May
2008 Tent London, Truman Brewery, London. Sept 18-21
2006 No More Grey, Redchurch Street, London. 21 Sept – 1 Oct
AWARDS AND SUPPORT
2015 Cockpit Arts / Leathersellers' Award 2015
2014 Cockpit Arts / Leathersellers' Award 2014
2006 Cibas Peer Mentoring Programme, Palmer Hamilton Partnership.