I am a sculptor working primarily with stone, and secondarily with plaster and bronze. In an art world that often priorities industrial or ephemeral materials, my practice reclaims stone as a vital contemporary medium. By working with marble, alabaster and limestone—materials used since the dawn of sculpture—I invite viewers to reconnect with the deep history of making, while simultaneously challenging stone’s conventional associations of permanence, weight and rigidity.
Through skilled carving and surface transformation, I alter the material until its origins become almost unrecognizable. My focus is not to present stone as an object of display, but to reshape it into a vehicle for narrative, emotion and myth. I draw on classical mythology and paintings of masters such as Titian, Rubens and Leighton, using transcription as a means of reinterpreting the representation of women in art history. These mythological figures help me explore themes of resilience, power, identity and the often-overlooked strength of women.
Working in an abstract visual language, I use folds, rhythm, texture and movement to translate the emotional charge of painted imagery into sculptural form. Abstraction allow me to represent gesture, tension and vulnerability into a physical form that can be touch and experience in a spatial encounter.
By shifting attention away from stone’s perceived hardness toward its capacity for softness, fluidity and intimacy, I reposition the material as something sensuous and responsive—capable of carrying both ancient narratives and contemporary emotional experience.
Je suis sculptrice et travaille principalement la pierre, et secondairement le plâtre et le bronze. Dans un monde de l'art qui privilégie souvent les matériaux industriels ou éphémères, ma pratique réhabilite la pierre comme un médium contemporain essentiel. En travaillant le marbre, l'albâtre et le calcaire – matériaux utilisés depuis les origines de la sculpture – j'invite les spectateurs à renouer avec la longue histoire de la création, tout en remettant en question les connotations conventionnelles de permanence, de poids et de rigidité associées à la pierre.
Par une technique de taille experte et une transformation de surface, j'altère la matière jusqu'à ce que ses origines deviennent presque méconnaissables. Mon objectif n'est pas de présenter la pierre comme un objet d'exposition, mais de la métamorphoser en un véhicule de récit, d'émotion et de mythe. Je m'inspire de la mythologie classique et des peintures de maîtres tels que Titien, Rubens et Leighton, utilisant la transcription comme moyen de réinterpréter la représentation des femmes dans l'histoire de l'art. Ces figures mythologiques m'aident à explorer les thèmes de la résilience, pouvoir, identité et force des femmes souvent négligés.
Travaillant dans un langage visuel abstrait, j'utilise les plis, le rythme, la texture et le mouvement pour traduire la charge émotionnelle des images peintes en formes sculpturales. L'abstraction me permet de représenter le geste, la tension et la vulnérabilité dans une forme physique que l'on peut toucher et expérimenter lors d'une rencontre spatiale.
En déplaçant l'attention de la dureté de la pierre vers sa capacité à la douceur, à la fluidité et à l'intimité, je repositionne le matériau comme quelque chose de sensuel et réactif, capable de porter à la fois des récits anciens et des expériences émotionnelles contemporaines.
Artistic Discipline
Primary Medium: Stone sculpture.
Secondary Medium: Bronze and plaster/jesmonite sculpture.
Solo Shows
2025 “Caroline Wiliams”, Crème Fraiche Program, London.
2014 Charity Gala "Stop Human trafficking", Hong Kong.
2014 Kee club, Hong Kong.
Group Shows
2025 Wimbledon Arts Fair, London.
2024 Graduate group show, Bowman Sculpture Gallery, London.
2024 Graduate group show, Crème Fraiche program, London.
2024 Degree show at CGLAS, London.
2023 Foundation show at CGLAS, London.
2015 Bank art fair, Hong Kong.
2013 Asia Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong.
2012 "Trio", Hong Kong.
Residencies
2009 & 2012 Pottery Workshop, Jingdenzhen, China.
Awards/Grants
2024 Distinction Graduate diploma, City and Guilds of London Arts School, London.
2023 Distinction Foundation Year at CGLAS, London.
2022 Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition, London.
2021 Special recognition award by Light Space and Time online Gallery, London.
2024 Shortlisted for the final interview to QEST grant.
Education
2023 –2024 Graduate diploma at CGLAS. Specializing in bronze and stone carving.
2022 – 2023 Foundation Year at CGLAS, with distinction. Specializing in installation and sculpture in bronze and plaster.
1999 – 2001 French BTS (HND) in Product Design.
1997 – 1999 Foundation year in Graphic and Design.
Work Experience
2024 Creation of my own company Caro, sculptor in stone, plaster and bronze, London.
2007 – 2018 Ceramicist, Hong Kong.
1999 – 2007 Toy Designer in Paris for Apache Ltd and in Hong Kong for Kaloo Ltd.
Articles
2024
- Article by Robert Merry in Stone specialist winter 2024 publication, p16-17, titled "Future Stars"
- https://artplugged.co.uk/lee-sharrock-talks-with-artists-bowman-sculptures-graduate-show/
- https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Caroline-Berthelot-Williams-/49628301DC9AE44D
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBwB2hdISB8/
- https://www.meer.com/en/84209-bowman-sculpture-gallery-graduate-exhibition
- https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/caroline-berthelot-williams-attends-a-private-view-of-news-photo/2181801290
2023
- Teen World of Arts, https://teenworldarts.com/magazine/guest-artist-caroline-williams
- UAL awarding body, https://www.arts.ac.uk/partnerships/ual-awarding-body/stories/a-foundation-diploma-in-art-and-design-q-and-a-with-city-and-guilds-of-london-art-school