At the Arts to Hearts Project, we believe sculpture is more than just form; it’s the embodiment of thought, memory, and feeling. With every carved edge, cast line, or layered texture, sculptors give presence to ideas that can’t be captured in words alone. Their work doesn’t just exist in space it transforms it, challenges perception, and leaves a lasting impact.

Having spotlighted over 30,000 artists across the globe, Arts to Hearts remains committed to honouring those who shape culture through raw expression and bold creativity. With a dynamic community of over 100,000 artists and supporters, we continue to amplify the voices that are changing the landscape of contemporary art.

This week, we’re turning our attention to sculptors who are reshaping how we experience colour, texture, and narrative through three-dimensional form. These artists don’t just make objects, they build emotional landmarks, using material as a tool for storytelling, transformation, and truth.

Athar Jaber (@athar_jaber)

Athar Jaber isn’t just a sculptor he’s a force chiselling empathy, memory, and power into stone. Born in Rome in 1982 to Iraqi artists, and raised between Florence, the Netherlands, and Belgium, Athar’s life has always existed between cultures. That cross-cultural lens echoes through every piece he creates timeless forms that carry the weight of history, violence, and beauty in equal measure. Working primarily with stone, especially Carrara marble, Athar’s sculptures are raw yet refined, traditional yet disruptive. He doesn’t just carve he confronts. Each fracture, mark, and void in his work speaks to a deeper rupture in society. Whether he’s exploring the human cost of conflict or the fragility of the body, Athar’s practice turns permanence into vulnerability and form into emotion.

He is one of the most powerful sculptors working today not just because of technique, but because he brings soul to stone. Athar’s sculptures have been exhibited globally, from 100 Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art in Paris to the Bruges Triennale and beyond. His solo exhibitions like Where Pain Becomes Beauty and Offerings stand as monumental testaments to how sculpture can carry both grief and grace without ever needing words. Now based in Abu Dhabi, Athar continues to shape the future of sculpture not just through his own practice, but by mentoring a new generation of artists. His works are held in world-renowned collections like SMAK Ghent, the Palestinian Museum, and the Barjeel Art Foundation. In a world obsessed with speed, Athar Jaber’s sculptures ask us to slow down, to feel the weight of what has been endured and to see the quiet, persistent strength that still remains.

Amelia Rowcroft (@ameliarowcroftsculpture)

Amelia Rowcroft has dedicated more than two decades to the craft of sculpture, specializing in fine art portraiture and classical figurative work. Based in the UK, Amelia’s journey began with intensive training at some of the most respected art institutions in the world Central Saint Martins, Wimbledon School of Art, and the Florence Academy where she refined her eye for structure, proportion, and anatomical precision. Her work spans across film, museum displays, and private commissions. From sculpting hyper-realistic wax figures for world-renowned institutions to creating deeply personal portraits, Amelia’s practice reflects a rare combination of traditional technique and emotional intelligence. She approaches every piece with a deep respect for the human form, capturing not just likeness, but essence.

She is one of the best sculptors because she bridges technical mastery with emotional clarity, shaping not only exquisite forms, but also guiding others to see and sculpt with greater sensitivity. This dedication to teaching led her to build Sculpting Masterclass, an online platform offering high-quality, in-depth sculpting instruction designed to replicate the studio experience. With courses like Strong Foundations, Standing Strong, and Useful Anatomy, Amelia has demystified classical sculpting for thousands of students around the world from beginners to professionals. Her lessons go beyond technique. They foster observation, discipline, and a deeper connection to the creative process. With clear demonstrations, beautifully filmed videos, and thoughtfully crafted resources, Amelia is reshaping how sculpture is taught in the modern era. Amelia Rowcroft’s work doesn’t just preserve classical traditions, it evolves them. Through every portrait, every tutorial, and every gesture of clay, she continues to prove that true mastery lies in the balance of precision and presence.

Maria Zherdeva (@zherdeva.art)

Maria Zherdeva is a Moscow-born sculptor known for her deeply personal and poetic approach to figurative art. Working primarily in high-relief, Maria creates sculptural portraits that feel like quiet windows into other worlds layered with history, tenderness, and emotion. As a child, she exhibited in youth art exhibitions and was accepted into a prestigious art school at the age of 12. She later trained in monumental graphics and icon painting two disciplines that continue to influence her focus on structure, harmony, and symbolism. But Maria’s voice as an artist truly came into its own when she began experimenting with her own mixed-media technique, blending materials like clay, wood, papier-mâché, and tempera into textured, dimensional works that live somewhere between sculpture and painting.

The use of earthy colours and natural textures gives her work an organic quality, while her subtle compositions draw viewers in without demanding attention. These are pieces you return to not just to look at, but to feel through. Though her style is rooted in tradition, her practice is uniquely personal. She works in solitude, often without assistants or molds, shaping each piece from start to finish with intention and care. Her figures, typically women, are not literal portraits; they are emotional beings, reflecting archetypes, memories, or quiet states of being. There’s a timelessness to them, yet they feel unmistakably contemporary in their restraint and sensitivity. Maria’s high reliefs have found homes in private collections and galleries across Russia, the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Despite her international following, her practice remains intimate and grounded, a reflection of her belief that art should feel both universal and deeply personal. Her brilliance as a sculptor lies in her emotional sensitivity, she doesn’t just mold form, she gives it presence, turning every piece into a quiet conversation.

Lina Kay (@linakay_art)

Lina Kay is a Sydney-based sculptor and mixed-media artist whose work turns softness into strength. Over the past 14 years, she’s built a practice centered on calm, texture-rich sculptures that explore emotion, stillness, and the beauty of minimalism. Working primarily with textiles, fabric, and raw materials, Lina’s pieces are known for their quiet presence. She often works in shades of white, cream, and soft neutrals not out of restraint, but as a way to process and express emotion. As someone who lives with synaesthesia, Lina experiences the world in heightened sensory layers. For her, using the absence of colour isn’t a limitation, it’s a form of clarity. “While some artists use colour to express their emotions, I use the absence of colour to express mine,” she explains.

This connection between material and emotion runs through all her work. Whether she’s folding fabric into sculptural reliefs or layering textures into soft panels, Lina builds each piece slowly, often by hand and over time. Her practice is solitary and intuitive. She doesn’t use assistants or molds; every surface is shaped and reshaped by her own hands. This gives her work a deeply personal quality, one that can be felt even in its most minimal forms. One of her most celebrated bodies of work, the Naked Collection, has been exhibited at Art2Muse Gallery in Sydney and praised for its simplicity, vulnerability, and emotional impact. These pieces appear soft and delicate, but they hold strength in their restraint echoing feelings of inner quiet, healing, and acceptance. Her approach to sculpture is unlike anyone else’s minimal, quiet, and deeply emotional. Lina Kay is one of the best sculptors working today because she lets simplicity carry truth. Lina’s work has resonated with collectors both in Australia and internationally. She’s exhibited widely and continues to gain recognition for her fresh approach to sculpture one that focuses less on volume or monumentality, and more on intimacy, process, and presence.

These sculptors don’t just work with their hands, they work with insight, intuition, and intention. Through clay, stone, resin, and mixed media, they give weight to emotion and form to thought. Their works aren’t just objects to be viewed; they’re experiences to be felt. Whether delicate or bold, abstract or figurative, each sculpture carries its own quiet power, challenging how we see space, presence, and ourselves.

At the Arts to Hearts Project, we believe that behind every piece of art is a story worth hearing. We honour the vulnerability it takes to turn raw material into something meaningful, something that speaks without words. If you’re drawn to work that holds depth and invites contemplation, these sculptors are voices you’ll want to follow. Because at its core, art isn’t just about what’s created it’s about what it awakens in us.