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
2027 Assembled, APT Gallery, London
2026 Carnal Autopoiesis, Great Pulteney Street Gallery, London
2026 Royal Society of Sculptors, Abject Gallery, Sunderland
2026 Resonance, Fabrica, Brighton
2026 Odyssey, Hastings Contemporary
2026 Occupied, Safehouse, Peckham
2025 The London Group Open, Copeland Gallery
2025 The Soho Open, Great Pulteney Street Gallery
2025 Nothing Gold Can Stay, New Art Gallery Walsall
2024 Lateworks, San Mei Gallery, London
2024 Open 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 Newever Phoenix Art Space, Brighton
2023 Amplify, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
2023 Rawlinson & Hunter, Ingram Collection, London
2022 Ingram Prize, Unit 1 Gallery, London
2021 The Last Sunset, St John Church Gallery
2021 The Uncanny, Kofferraum Haus
2021 Portrait Within, The House of Tiny Smalls
2020 Little Voices, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week
2020 Outside the Form, Fringe Arts Bath
2020 New Moon, Lumen Crypt Gallery
2020 Depictions of Living, Art Pavilion, London
2019 Performance, 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
2018 Super-Cult, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
2017 Double Pelican, Dyson Gallery, RCA, London
2017 Open CGP Gallery, London
2017 Small Is Beautiful,Unit 3 Gallery, London
2017 This Year’s Model, Studio 1:1 Gallery, London
Awards and Prizes
2025 London Group Open, Jonathan Armour Studio Award
2022 Ingram Prize, Shortlisted
2019 Madame Tussauds Fine Art Prize (RCA MA Show)
Residencies
2024 SET, London
2024 AA2A, Buckinghamshire New University
2023 Cefn Garthenor, Wales
2022 Orleans House Gallery, London
2019 Standpoint Gallery, London
About
Mandeep Dillon was born in the West Midlands to immigrant parents. Her upbringing instilled an awareness of inequality and social justice that continues to inform her practice. She previously worked as a documentary filmmaker and creative director, producing work about the arts, environmental issues, and conflict across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.