Kendra Haste MRSS grew up in Putney and graduated from Wimbledon College
of Art (1990), achieved a B.A. Honours in Illustration from Camberwell College of
Arts (1993) before studying for her Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art where
she became interested in wire mesh sculpture. In 1999, she won the BBC Wildlife
Art Award with her sculpture of a baboon. She has since established a considerable
reputation in her field with work included in collections worldwide. She is an elected
member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, the Society of Wildlife Artists (UK) and a
signature member of the Society of Animal Artists (USA). Public sculptures in the UK
include an elephant at Waterloo Station, London, 13 works at the Tower of London,
commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces in 2010 and a rhinoceros at Cannon Hall
Museum, Barnsley. Her work is also in the collection of the National Museum of
Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming.