Hazel Reeves

Reeves was born in Croydon, Surrey and now lives in Brighton, East Sussex. She attended Imberhorne School in East Grinstead, West Sussex, Kingston Business School{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingston.ac.uk/alumni/our-alumni/graduate-blogs/|title=Graduate Blogs|website=Kingston University London|access-date=5 February 2019}} and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to study international development and gender equality MSc (Econ).{{Cite web|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/gender/assets/documents/research/working-papers/Putting-Gender-on-the-Map-text.pdf|title=Putting Gender on the Map|date=29 July 2005|publisher=London School of Economics|access-date=5 January 2019}} In 2003 she studied sculpture with Sylvia MacRae Brown at the University of Sussex, at Heatherley School of Fine Art (London){{Cite web|url=https://www.heatherleys.org/heatherley-news/hazel-reeves-hilary-daltry-visit-emmeline-pankhursts-grave/|title=Hazel Reeves and Hilary Daltry visit Emmeline Pankhurst's Grave|website=Heatherleys|date=2 November 2018 |access-date=5 February 2019}} and in 2009 at the Florence Academy of Art, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hazelreeves.com/biography/|title=Biography|date=24 January 2016|website=hazelreeves.com}}

File:Statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, King's Cross Station.jpg

Reeves' first quasi-public commission was of Sadako Sasaki for the Hedd Wen Peace Place, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, unveiled on the World Day of Peace, 21 September 2012. It tells the story of Sadako and her 1000 paper cranes, used worldwide in peace education.{{Cite web|last=Magee|first=Tamlin|date=31 December 2021|title=Spaces for pondering, meditating, praying and 'being': 10 of Britain's best small pilgrimage sites|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/31/spaces-for-pondering-meditating-praying-and-being-10-of-britains-best-small-pilgrimage-sites?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other|access-date=8 January 2022|website=The Guardian}}

The statue of Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of steam locomotives Flying Scotsman and Mallard, was Reeves' first major public commission. Her original design had included a mallard duck but it was removed after objections from two relatives who thought it was demeaning. The statue was unveiled at London King's Cross railway station on 6 April 2016, the 75th anniversary of his death.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35960407|title='Demeaning' duck absent from Sir Nigel Gresley statue|date=5 April 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=24 January 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://3rd-dimensionpmsa.org.uk/interviews/2017-03-20-sir-nigel-gresley-at-kings-cross|title=Sir Nigel Gresley at King's Cross|date=20 March 2017|website=3rd Dimension (PMSA)|access-date=5 February 2019}}

File:The bronze Cracker Packers in Carlisle by Hazel Reeves.jpg

On International Women's Day, 8 March 2018, Reeves' Cracker Packers statue was unveiled in Caldewgate, Carlisle, close to the pladis factory, where Carr's Table Water Biscuits are manufactured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.carlisle.gov.uk/news-and-events/cracker-packers-statue-2|title=Cracker Packers statue|date=5 March 2018|website=Carlisle City Council|access-date=24 January 2019}} The statue celebrates the lives of women biscuit factory workers from the Carr's factory in Carlisle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/2018-03-08/cracker-packer-statue-unveiled-in-carlisle/|title=Cracker Packer statue unveiled in Carlisle|date=8 March 2019|work=ITV News|access-date=31 January 2019}} Based on former and current Cracker Packers the statue is of two women factory workers, one from the past and one from the present, standing atop a giant Carr's Table Water Biscuit. The statue was commissioned by Carlisle City Council and was one of hundreds that were nominated for Historic England's "Immortalised" season in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/16739448.carlisles-cracker-packers-statue-to-be-celebrated-in-special-london-exhibition/|title=Carlisle's Cracker Packers statue to be celebrated in special London exhibition|date=2 August 2018|work=News & Star with The Cumberland News|access-date=24 January 2019}}

File:Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst - December 2018 (4).jpg bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst by Reeves, Manchester, 2018]]

In 2017, Reeves' winning design – Rise up, Women – was selected from a shortlist of six designs for a bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, by winning the public vote and being the unanimous choice of the WoManchester Statue Project selection panel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.womanchesterstatue.org/news/hazel-reeves-emmeline-pankhurst-statue/|title=Hazel Reeves wins Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Commission|date=26 April 2017|website=The Womanchester Statue Project|access-date=24 January 2019}} The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst was unveiled in St Peter's Square, Manchester (her hometown) on 14 December 2018.{{Cite news|date=14 December 2018|title=Thousands welcome Emmeline Pankhurst statue in Manchester|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/dec/14/thousands-turn-out-for-unveiling-of-emmeline-pankhurst-statue-in-manchester|access-date=4 November 2021}} In 2021 it won the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.{{Cite web|title=The 2021 PSSA Marsh Awards Winners|url=https://pssauk.org/awards/|access-date=12 December 2021|website=Public Statues and Sculpture Association}}

File: Our Elizabeth bronze statue in Congleton.jpg by Reeves, Congleton, 2022]]

Reeves' statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833-1918), a pioneering activist who fought for equality throughout her life, was unveiled in Congleton by Baroness Hale of Richmond on International Women's Day, 8 March 2022.{{Cite web |title='Our Elizabeth' comes home at last! |url=https://elizabethelmy.com/elizabeth-statue-unveiling-event/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Elizabeth's Group}}{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title='Our Elizabeth' cemented in town's history |work=The Chronicle Series |url=https://www.chronicleseries.com/our-elizabeth-cemented-in-towns-history/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317015146/https://www.chronicleseries.com/our-elizabeth-cemented-in-towns-history/ |archive-date=17 March 2022}}

Reeves seeks to redress the lack of representation of women in some of her public commissions as well as private commissions, such as portrait sculptures of disability rights activists Baroness Jane Campbell and Diane Kingston.{{Cite web |last=Hurst |first=Carmen |date=October 2018 |title=Hazel Reeves and the Representation of Women in Public Art |url=https://www.articulate.nu/hazel-reeves.html |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=ARTICULATE}}{{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Anthony |date=11 December 2018 |title=Deeds Not Words: commemorating the women's suffrage movement through statues |url=https://artuk.org/discover/stories/deeds-not-words-commemorating-the-womens-suffrage-movement-through-statues |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=Art UK}}{{Cite web |last=Grace |first=Deborah |date=January 2019 |title=Making a Stand |url=https://view.publitas.com/open-up-magazines/2019-01-02-open-up-south-manchester/page/8-9 |access-date=5 February 2019 |website=Open Up South Manchester}} Reeves has been appointed to sculpt Ada Nield Chew (1870-1945), the vocal factory worker who became a women's rights campaigner, for installation in Crewe. The 'Statue for Ada' campaign is coordinated by Cheshire Women's Collaboration{{Cite news |last=Watterson |first=Kaleigh |date=30 July 2023 |title=Ada Nield Chew: The factory girl who fought for women's rights |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66302810 |access-date=30 July 2023}}{{Cite web |date=30 July 2023 |title=A statue for Ada |url=https://statueforada.com/ |access-date=30 July 2023 |website=A statue for Ada}} and the sculptor has been engaging with the public to help design the statue.{{Cite web |date=3 February 2025 |title=Community workshop offers chance to join Ada design |url=https://thenantwichnews.co.uk/2025/02/03/community-workshop-offers-chance-to-join-ada-design/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Nantwich News}}

Sir John Manduell CBE, the Founding Principal who brought together two Manchester music schools to establish the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), was honoured in June 2024 with a new bust created by Hazel Reeves.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2024 |title=RNCM Founding Principal to be honoured with sculpture |url=https://www.4barsrest.com/news/60407/rncm-founding-principal-to-be-honoured-with-sculpture |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=4barsrest}}

Reeves is the resident artist at Knepp Wildland, West Sussex, recording bird soundscapes to inspire movement.{{Cite web|date=1 May 2021|title=Reveil 2021 Streams: Hazel Reeves|url=http://streams.soundtent.org/2021/streams/utc1_horsham|access-date=4 November 2021|website=Reveil 2021 Streams}} Her Sculptural Murmurings project at Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, was funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England,{{Cite web|date=1 August 2021|title=Making Space - Sculptural Murmurings - Hazel Reeves|url=https://www.fabrica.org.uk/making-space-sculptural-murmurings|access-date=4 November 2021|website=Fabrica}} who are also funding Reeves' Soundscapes of Hope project, drawing on her field recordings at Knepp and the nature reserves of Svartådalan, Sweden.{{Cite web |date=13 June 2023 |title=Knepp Wildland Podcast - The Soundscape (episode 24) |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-soundscape/id1516007432?i=1000616709127 |access-date=13 June 2023 |website=Apple Podcast}} Two sound events resulted: Layback with Nature (Phoenix Art Space, Brighton) and Sculptural Murmurings (II) (Fabrica Gallery).{{Cite web |date=13 June 2023 |title=Soundscapes of Hope |url=https://www.hazelreeves.com/news/funding-soundscapes-of-hope |access-date=29 February 2024 |website=Hazel Reeves}}

Reeves is currently working with Pallant House Gallery on the project Moving with Nightingales,{{Cite web |date=12 February 2025 |title=Workshop - Moving with Nightingales |url=https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/workshop-moving-with-nightingales/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Pallant House Gallery}} in collaboration with dancers Rosaria Gracia and KJ Mortimer, inspired by Maggi Hambling's exhibition Nightingale Night.{{Cite web |last=Melanie |first=Grant |date=17 November 2024 |title=Female Artists Are Defying Ageism In The Art World – And Maggi Hambling Is Leading The Charge |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/older-women-artists |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=British Vogue}} These feature Reeves' field recordings of nightingales from Knepp Wildland, which are also being acquired by the British Library Sound Archive.{{Cite web |title=British Library: Knepp Nightingales |url=https://www.hazelreeves.com/news/british-library-knepp-nightingales |url-status=live |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Hazel Reeves}}

In 2024, Reeves' collaborated with pianist and composer Damian Montagu on the track Knepp Dawn, released on 5 May 2024 to mark International Dawn Chorus Day. The track celebrates the dawn chorus in the Knepp scrubland that features bird species facing cataclysmic declines elsewhere, like the nightingale, turtle dove, cuckoo, white stork.{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Tanya |date=5 May 2024 |title=Rewilded park's birdsong inspires artists |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cne90pxk70yo |access-date=5 May 2024 |website=BBC News}}

Reeves is an elected member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS). She teaches portrait sculpture workshops at Art Junction in Billingshurst, Phoenix Brighton, Morley College (London) and Masterclasses at the Art Academy (London).{{Cite web|url=https://artacademy.org.uk/page/hazel-reeves-in-conversation-with-the-art-academy/|title=Artist Hazel Reeves talks to The Art Academy ahead of her Portrait Sculpture Masterclass that starts in less than one month's time.|date=11 March 2013|website=Art Academy London|access-date=31 January 2019}}

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• {{official website|https://www.hazelreeves.com}}
• [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-soundscape/id1516007432?i=1000616709127 Knepp Wildland Podcast - The Soundscape, with Hazel Reeves, Episode 24]
• {{Cite web|publisher=Bronze Age|title= Our Emmeline: The Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Project by Hazel Reeves|url=https://www.bronzeage.co.uk/single-post/2019/01/10/Our-Emmeline-The-Emmeline-Pankhurst-Statue-Project-by-Hazel-Reeves|accessdate =31 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|publisher=Gallery Different|title=Hazel Reeves|url=https://www.gallerydifferent.co.uk/artists/hazel-reeves|accessdate=23 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|title=Keeping an eye on the bigger Picture|publisher=CBM|url=https://www.cbm.org/Gender-Equality-Hazel-Reeves-443594.php|accessdate=22 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|publisher=Royal Society of Sculptors|title=Hazel Reeves MRSS |url=https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/hazel-reeves|accessdate= 24 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|publisher=Society News, SWA|title=Hazel Reeves wins Pankhurst commission |url=https://www.society-women-artists.org.uk/society-news/news/850-hazel-reeves-wins-pankhurst-commission.html|accessdate=22 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|title=Our Emmeline – my statue by Hazel Reeves|publisher=Peoples History Museum|url=https://phm.org.uk/blogposts/our-emmeline-my-statue-by-hazel-reeves/|accessdate=31 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|author= McIntosh, Anthony|title= Deeds Not Words: commemorating the women's suffrage movement through statues|publisher=Art UK|url=https://artuk.org/discover/stories/deeds-not-words-commemorating-the-womens-suffrage-movement-through-statues|accessdate=31 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web| title=Making a Stand|url=https://view.publitas.com/open-up-magazines/2019-01-02-open-up-south-manchester/page/8-9|website=publitas.com|accessdate=31 January 2019}}
• {{Cite web|publisher= Articulate| title=Hazel Reeves and the Representation of Women in Public Art|url=https://www.articulate.nu/hazel-reeves.html|accessdate=31 January 2019}}

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