Scarlett’s work often weaves together her interests in still life, story-telling and historical fashions, engaging with contemporary politics of sex, power and violence with regards to women’s bodies. Sculptural processes of casting and assembling mixed media including latex, fabric, ceramics, painting and woodwork take place in the fabrication of her pieces; these materials often protrude or encase various bodily forms within.
Her own identity and dual nationality of French & English has started to weave itself into her practice, inspired by the trinkets found during childhood trips to ‘les brocantes’ (carboot sales) in France; she is also influenced by the symbolisms within French historical fashions and objects. Scarlett’s practice is currently focused on the absence, both historically and presently, of garment extensions such as pockets. Sensual and secretive vessels which protect, hide and can be likened to bodily spaces, her research leads her to the political and gender dynamics
Scarlett Pochet (b.2001) lives and works between Essex and London. She graduated in May 202 with a First Class Fine Art and History Of Art degree from The Slade School Of Fine Art, UCL. She recently co-curated and displayed work in a group show, titled ‘A Pocket Full Of Plenty’ in January 2025 in Netil House, Hackney, in collaboration with Hypha Studios and supporting the charity Women For Refugee Women. She has also taken part in other group shows, including Art On A Postcard’s ‘Paradise Lost Auction’ (2025), ‘Antigone Revisited’, curated by Marcelle Joseph a Hypha HQ (2024), ‘The Art On A Postcard International Women’s Day Auction’ (2024) and ‘Bedrock’ at the Crypt Gallery, curated by the collective, Era Journal (2023).
