Abi Palmer

Abi Palmer is an artist and writer. She uses sculpture, text, film and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes. Artworks include mixed-media solo exhibition ‘Slime Mother,' (Chapter, Cardiff; Site, Sheffield); film series Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel) and interactive gambling arcade 'Crip Casino' (Tate Modern, Somerset House, Wellcome Collection; Collective, Edinburgh). She is the author of ‘Slugs: A Manifesto’ and ‘Sanatorium.' 
 
Group shows include the Frieze Corridor Commission (2023), where her copulating slug sculptures were suspended from the ceiling, and ‘Crip Arte Spazio’ at Venice Biennale (2024). She is a Bloomberg New Contemporary Artist (2023) and received Henry Moore Foundation's 'Award for Sculptors' (2025) and Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s ‘Award For Artists’ (2022).