Polly Bennett graduated from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2018 and in 2019 completed The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Decorative Surfaces Fellowship. She is an Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers, and a member of the Wilderness Art Collective, a group of creatives whose work discusses the natural world. 

 

Polly is an environmental artist exploring themes of identity and our relationship with the natural world through tactile, immersive sculptures, installations, and works on paper. Rooted in sustainability, her practice embraces traditional craftsmanship, using locally sourced materials—such as clay, sand, and handmade pigments—that guide her process and shape her narrative.

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By “portraying the land, with the land,” she collaborates with and investigates the surrounding rural environment, incorporating site-specific historical context and a museological approach to materials. Her work acts as a souvenir of explored landscapes, re-visualising her experience within them through material interactions—touch, texture, and colour—that communicate connection and place.

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Her journey into art began with a fascination for nature’s textures, colours, and forms, evolving into a practice that blends sculpture, land art, and material exploration. As a pigment collector and maker, she founded POLBEN’s Pigment in 2020, transforming raw earth materials into sustainable artist’s pigments and inks. These colours carry the histories and geographies of their origins, reinforcing the connection between materiality and meaning in her work.

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Through an intimate engagement with natural elements, she seeks to bridge the personal and environmental, fostering a deeper sense of connection and belonging.