As an artist, Johnathan Bell creates light and sound installations, sculpture, land art and assemblages: Work he has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 3 decades.
In the 1990s he established artists’ studio spaces, and an arts organisation in Sheffield, produced commissions for Channel 4 films and music videos, and worked on community projects to bring contemporary art practice to deprived schools. He also took part in an Inner-city regeneration scheme in Stoke on Trent where all creative industries worked together.
Since moving to the island, to connect with – and show respect for – the place he now lives, he has been clearing-up, collecting, beachcombing detritus from sea and land, which he has recycled and repurposed to create a unique gallery environment comprising assemblages and sculpture.
He says, ‘By combining man made and natural materials I hope to evoke thoughts and feelings around our impact upon, interaction with and spiritual connection to our home… our planet.’