Jill Randall

‘Randall’s work focuses on artists residencies in industrial settings as the context for new work, often revealing the sublime and beautiful in extreme and unusual places. She has a history of working with post-industrial sites to harness toxic aftermath or ‘spoiled’ environments , revealing an alternative ‘nature’ and alternative ‘beauty’.

Brison’s Veor is an amazing artists house perched high on the cliffs at wild Cape Cornwall, the most westerly point in Britain. Jill was selected, along with artist Alan Birch to undertake a 2-week residency in 2024. The work produced during the Residency forms part of an ongoing series investigating historic mining sites in Cornwall, and the connections through the Cornish mining diaspora with Australia and Mexico. Jill set up a print workshop, creating a series of new prints based on the St Just Mining area, focussing on the rare plants which grow on contaminated ground. She undertook a series of walks to find, identify and record these plants in the immediate area, and images of these have been incorporated into the prints produced.
Jill is working towards a major solo exhibition, ‘As Above, So Below,’ at The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Nov 24-Feb 25. A selection of the new work produced at Brisons Veor will be included in this exhibition.