Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie

A Good Read

2022

Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie’s contemporary bronze sculptures encapsulate life’s lighthearted pleasures through the forms of people and animals.

The daughter of a fashion designer, Ingleby-Mackenzie grew up in Milan, Italy, where she was surrounded and influenced by color, fabric textures and design. Later, she studied at the Bath Academy of Art (now part of the Bath Spa University), training under Kenneth Hughes, a pupil of Henry Moore. In 1982, she graduated with a first-class honors degree in sculpture and printmaking and was awarded a scholarship from the Henry Moore Foundation.

In the 1980s, Ingleby-Mackenzie participated in several exhibitions and undertook numerous commissions before spending a year in Cyprus painting and taking time to raise a family. In the late 1990s, she became a full-time sculptor.

Ingleby-Mackenzie has cited artists Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso as influences on her figurative sculptures. Characterized by their refined forms, simple lines and vivid representations, they recall Egyptian and Etruscan art. Each conveys a unique narrative, as seen in pieces like Great Expectations, the ultra-slim statue Daiquiri, Still Cool - Man and Woman on Summer Holidays and the graceful, reclining figure Sun Worship. 

Ingleby-Mackenzie has received several notable commissions, including to create sculptures for Volkswagen, the Nordic Swimming Federation and the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, England. She also made the iconic Spirit of Flight for the Overseas Airline Gazette’s Airline of the Year Awards. 

Ingleby-Mackenzie’s sculptures have been exhibited throughout the United Kingdom and are featured in collections worldwide.

On 1stDibs, discover a range of Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie’s sculptures.