Christy Symington

Christy Symington, Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, is a prominent

sculptor based in London. A senior tutor and Head of Sculpture at the Art Academy, London, she studied art and sculpture in Paris and London. In 2001, she graduated from the New York Studio School and left the USA just before the 9/11 attacks. She created ‘Remembrance 911’ a 7 feet tall sculpture in 2002. It was included in the Permanent Collection of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York in 2024.

After leaving the US, she went on to do her Masters in Fine Art at the University of the Arts, London.

Christy’s sculptures are entered as permanent collections in museums in USA and UK. They are also part of private collections in UK, USA and France.

The relief sculpture of black abolitionist, writer and composer, Ignatius Sancho made by

Christy in 2024 is a permanent sculpture in the wall of one of the Royal parks of London.

Her bronze sculpture of the African slave, author and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano is

permanently sited in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Editions of the

sculpture are in the permanent collections of Royal Museums Greenwich on display in the

Queen’s House, and International Slavery Museum.

Christy teaches and mentors students in various art colleges and schools in the UK.