Lewis Prosser

Lewis Prosser is an artist and basketmaker based in Wales, UK, whose practice expands traditional basketry through sculpture, performance, and collective ritual. Drawing on heritage craft techniques, regional folklore, and material culture, Prosser creates speculative and often absurd forms that explore the relationships between people, place, ceremony, and storytelling.

Working primarily with willow and other natural materials, Prosser combines meticulous craftsmanship with improvisation and humor. Basketmaking becomes both a sculptural language and a social act: objects may function as vessels, masks, costumes, or props within performances and communal gatherings, blurring distinctions between craft object, sculpture, and event.

Prosser has exhibited across the UK at institutions including MOSTYN, Mission Gallery, V&A Dundee, and Bluecoat, and has developed major public projects including Making Merrie and Carreg Ateb: Vision or Dream for the National Gallery’s Bicentenary. In 2026, his work is included in Homo Faber in Venice. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and is Curator of The Turner House Gallery in Penarth, Wales.