Sheila Vollmer

Canadian born, Sheila Vollmer is London based after post graduate studies in Sculpture at St. Martin's School of Art, London 1987 and BA Honors Art, University of Guelph, Canada. She is Sculpture Program Manager and Tutor at Morley College London for over 20 years and has been an APT member since its inception 1995.

Sheila Vollmer’s oeuvre is primarily focused on geometric and organic abstract sculpture and installations using materials such as wood, steel, Perspex, rope and sometimes castings to investigate formal concepts of line, form, space, rhythm and mood. Her sculptures explore and draw inspiration from primarily the materials she works with but also architectural structures and natural systems of growth, reflecting on the physical and emotional interactions with the resulting constructions and spaces. Her sculptures exhibit a geometric intricacy that eschews traditional Euclidean geometry, instead creating a seamless totality that draws viewers into the central hollow of each piece. Additionally, Sheila integrates colour to enhance the visual rhythm, viewpoints and mood of the work. Her sculptures vary widely in size, encompassing hand-sized items to room-filling installations and larger outdoor works. Vollmer has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, with solo exhibitions and commissions in London and Canada including: ‘Sine Line’, Public Sculpture Commission, Milton Keynes 2020; Chelsea Flower Show 2018 - VTB Garden; Artist of the Day (solo show), Flowers Gallery Central, London 2016; and Sheila Vollmer, (solo show) The Atrium Gallery, Cooper’s & Lybrand, London. Noteworthy group exhibitions include: Royal Academy Summer exhibition(s), RA London; London Bridge City Sculpture (Hay’s Galleria London) 2011-12; International Exhibition of Wood Sculpture, Wood Sculpture Museum Taiwan 2012; Thinking Big: 21st Cent. British Sculpture', Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy, 2003.

Since 2019 Vollmer has been part of Talking Sculpture Making (TSM), an exhibiting and discussion forum organized with two other women sculptors Gillian Brent and Alexandra Harley showcasing abstract sculpture inviting intergenerational women and non-binary contemporary artists to show with them opening up dialogues about women’s practices in Sheffield, London and York (2019 – 2025) https://talking-sculpture-making.co.uk/. Upcoming news includes 2-person exhibits Two Singers, One Song @two_singers_one_song with Jackie Askew paintings & Sheila Vollmer sculpture at Lido Stores, Margate April/May 2025 and Linen Hall Gallery, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland 2026.