2023
Bronze and marble base
h53 x w60 x d27cm

Zoë Carmichael ASEA (b. 1989) is an award-winning sculptor who specialises in bronze sculptures of animals, especially horses. She is inspired by a lifetime spent in the saddle at local and international level, enabling her to capture the spirit and soul of each animal.

Born in Cheltenham in 1989, Carmichael trained at the renowned Studio Galleria Romanelli in Florence, under the tutelage of Raffaello Romanelli, learning the Old Master techniques of bronze sculpture. Romanelli placed Carmichael in the top 1% of students he has taught in 15 years. Discussing Carmichael’s Hunt Horse bronze, the Curator of the British Sporting Arts Trust said, ‘Zoë Carmichael has a sympathy and understanding of her subjects so rarely found in the history of equine sculpture; it is akin to that displayed by Munnings in his bronze of the racehorse Brown Jack’.

Carmichael has become the first ever Sculptor-in-Residence to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and her work won the prize for ‘Best Sculpture’ at the ‘Horses in Art Exhibition 2023′ at Tennant Auctioneers, Yorkshire. Carmichael’s commissions range from Grade One racehorses, namely the record breaking ‘Kitty’s Light’, to the shire horse Mascot to the Worshipful Company of Coopers.

Beyond artistic contributions, Carmichael’s work aims to have a broader social impact, as she has done for charities Waterberg Rhino UK and the Household Cavalry Foundation through sculptures of Tyson the baby rhino and three HCMR horses. Carmichael engages in projects that not only deliver high-quality sculptures but also support educational initiatives, bring communities together, and raise funds for wider causes; she uses her sculpture to drive positive change. Carmichael’s sculptures are created from working from life in her studio in Gloucestershire, and are cast in Basingstoke.