Chris Horner

I am a British artist based in Alton, Hampshire and London. I make contemporary artworks from reclaimed building materials, exploring the stories, memories and possibilities held within materials that have been used and discarded.

My work sits between art and building, making and labour. I grew up around the building trade, working alongside my dad and learning to see materials as more than just objects. Cement, sand, plaster, bricks, timber, tarpaulin, polyethylene plastic and other building remnants all carry a sense of history, purpose and memory.

I am interested in the hands that build, the hands that make, and the unexpected beauty that can come from physical work. For me, materials hold traces of the people, places and labour that came before.

I received the JPES Partnership Art Prize at The London Group Open 2019 and was elected by The London Group Membership Committee to become a member in 2020, and since 2026 I have been represented by Chrissy Moore Art Advisory.

www.chrishornerartist.com

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