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Schoony

British sculptor Schoony brings decades of film-industry special-effects expertise into contemporary art, creating technically precise lifecast works that explore innocence, conflict, vulnerability and modern society.

British contemporarySculptureLifecastingBoy Soldier
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Schoony Boy Soldier

Biography

Artist background

Schoony built his technical language through a long career in special effects and prosthetics for film. Beginning in the industry as a teenager, he developed specialist skills in mould-making, lifecasting, sculpting and model making before bringing those techniques into his independent art practice.

His transition into contemporary art brought the extraordinary realism of film effects into a gallery context. Rather than using technical precision simply for spectacle, Schoony uses the human figure to address war, mortality, consumer culture and the contradictions of contemporary Western society.

His best-known motif, Boy Soldier, places the vulnerability of childhood directly against the imagery of conflict. The work has become central to his practice and has appeared in public interventions, exhibitions and film.

At a glance
BasedLondon, UK
PracticeSculpture & lifecasting
BackgroundFilm special effects
Known forBoy Soldier
ThemesWar, innocence & society

Available works

Current Indelible selection
Schoony - Panel Bruiser (White)

Panel Bruiser (White)

Fibreglass lifecast • 68 × 140 cm • £4,000
Schoony - Boy Soldier

Boy Soldier

2017 • Fibreglass lifecast • Edition of 10 • 118 × 57 × 49 cm • £6,000
Schoony - Panel Boy Soldier

Panel Boy Soldier

Fibreglass lifecast • 68 × 140 cm • £5,000
Schoony - Butterfly Kiss

Butterfly Kiss

2017 • Fibreglass lifecast & wood • Edition of 25 • 61 × 123 cm • £2,500
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Highlights

Career & collector context
  • More than three decades of experience in film special effects and prosthetics informs the exceptional realism of his sculpture.
  • Boy Soldier became his defining motif, using the image of a child soldier to confront the distance between Western audiences and warfare.
  • The work was unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament as an anti-war intervention.
  • His practice combines traditional lifecasting with 3D scanning, digital modelling and 3D printing.
  • His sculptures have moved between gallery exhibitions, public interventions and film culture.

Press & References

Editorial context
SuperRare — Interview with Schoony2025 interview covering his film-effects background, 3D technology and themes of violence, commercialism and warfare.FAULT MagazineIn-depth interview on Boy Soldier, lifecasting, war and Schoony's transition from film effects into art.ArtlystCoverage of Schoony's London exhibition and the history of Boy Soldier, including its Houses of Parliament intervention.LondonistExhibition coverage highlighting Schoony and the political impact of Boy Soldier.

At Indelible

Current collection

Indelible currently holds five Schoony works, including both Bruiser colourways, Boy Soldier, Panel Boy Soldier and Butterfly Kiss. The selection ranges from freestanding lifecast sculpture to wall-based relief works.

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