Tanya Russell

She founded The Art Academy in London in the year 2000 and served as its principal until 2017.^[3] The academy was based on Union Street and moved to Southwark Street in 2007.^[4]

In 2012, A & C Black published Russell's Modelling and Sculpting the Figure.^[5]

In 2007, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple commissioned Russell to create a bronze sculpture of hands. The sculpture is called Hands of Justice.^[1]

Russell sculpted a leopard that the London Stock Exchange displayed in Paternoster Square.^[6] She also created the Stag for Stag Lodge in Wimbledon, London.^[2]

She created the Swooping House Martins in Fulham in 2023.^[7][8]

Russell's sculpture of Streetcat Bob from A Street Cat Named Bob, based on The World According to Bob by the author James Bowen, is located on Islington Green in London.^[9]

In 2025, Aston Villa F.C. commissioned Russell to create a bronze lion statue to celebrate the club's 150-year anniversary. Brian Little and Dennis Mortimer unveiled the statue, which sits behind Villa Park's North Stand.^[10]