Sheila Hicks
Awarded Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur for service to the arts
6 January 2023
Sheila Hicks at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, London, UK, 2022: photo: John Sturrock
Alison Jacques congratulates Sheila Hicks who has been awarded the highest honour by the French government and named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur for her 62 years of committed service within the visual arts sector.
Hicks has established herself as one of the most distinctive artists of her generation. Working to manoeuvre colour, texture and form, the Paris-based artist has produced a rich and complex body of large-scale bas-reliefs, sculptures and installations that indulge in material tactility and the collective experience of space.