Mandeep Dillon works across disciplines to explore notions of entropy, creating ephemeral sculptures that probe the transient physicality of human and more-than-human beings. The works reflect a conflict about occupying space in a crowded world, making temporality integral to the objects; often photographs and video are the only lasting evidence of their existence.
Made primarily from inflatables, the forms are inherently fragile, their stability dependent on a delicate balance between the inner and outer pressure on their gossamer skins. Responding to subtle environmental changes, their swollen buoyancy suggests imminent collapse.
Orbs that dangle or wobble precariously may appear as parodies of entrails or as comedic characters. When situated in a landscape, they present as alien fruits or topiary. Experiencing something both abstract and visceral, the onlooker’s presence may trigger a kinetic reaction and an awareness of their embodied relationship with the sculpture.
Education
2019 MA Sculpture Royal College of Art (Distinction)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 The London Group Open, Copeland Gallery
2025 The Soho Open, London
2025 Nothing Gold Can Stay, New Art Gallery, Walsall
2024 Latework’s, San Mei Gallery, London
2024 Sussex Contemporary, Newhaven
2024 Introductions and Break-ups SET, London
2024 Situational, Safehouse, Peckham
2024 AA2A Buckinghamshire New University
2023 The London Group Open, Copeland Gallery
2023 Phoenix Art Space, Brighton
2023 Amplify, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
2023 Rawlinson & Hunter, London, Ingram Collection
2022 Unit 1 Gallery, London, Ingram Prize
2022 New Platform Art, Parker Harris
2021 The Last Sunset, St John Church Gallery, Bethnal Green
2021 The Uncanny, Kofferraun Haus Gallery
2021 Let them Eat Cake, Huddersfield
2021 Portrait Within, The House of Tiny Smalls
2020 Is this Normality? Clerkenworks, London
2020 Little Voices, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week
2020 Outside the Form, Fringe Arts Bath
2020 New Moon, Lumen Crypt Gallery, London
2020 Depictions of Living, Art Pavilion, London
2019 October Gallery, London
2019 MA Show, Royal College of Art, London
2019 Petting Zoo, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
2019 Dirty Hands and Revelations, Standpoint Gallery, London
2018 Super-cult, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
2018 WIP, RCA, London
2017 Double Pelican, Dyson Gallery, RCA, London
2017 CGP Open, London
2017 Small is Beautiful, More and Less, Unit 3 Gallery, London
2017 This Year’s Model, The Human Stain, Studio 1:1 Gallery, London
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Actone Cinema, Acton, London
2023 Cefn Garthenor, Wales
2021 25, Berkley Square, W1
2020 Gunnersbury Park Museum, Ealing
2017 BEAT Open Studios, London
Awards and Prizes
2025 London Group Open Prize, Jonathan Armour Studio Award.
2022 Shortlisted Ingram Prize
2021 Recipient of Parker Harris New Platform Mentoring Award
2019 Madame Tussauds Fine Art Prize for final RCA MA show
Residencies
2024 SET, London
2024 AA2A Buckinghamshire New University
2023 Cefn Garthenor, Wales
2022 Orleans House Residency
2019 Standpoint Gallery, London
About
Mandeep Dillon was born in the West Midlands, to immigrant parents. Her upbringing instilled a strong awareness of inequality, and social justice, themes that continue to shape her life and practice. She previously worked as a documentary filmmaker and creative director, producing work on the arts, environmental issues, and conflict across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.