About the Artist
Portrait of the artist CJ Munn with her work, by Barbara Neill-Bottle 2004.
CJ Munn is a lifecaster, artist and writer from Kent, England. The younger daughter of artist Diane Brazier and TV cameraman David Brazier, CJ initially resisted her artistic urges and instead trained to be a television journalist at Goldsmiths College, The University of London.

For many years, she worked as a researcher, writer and producer for television companies such as the BBC, Channel4, and independents such as Clarke Television and Illuminations Television. It was while working at Illuminations that CJ branched out into New Media, working as conceptual designer of a number of Virtual Reality communities projects for television and the internet, including the multi-award winning 'The Mirror' project in association with BT, Illuminations TV, the BBC and Sony; and the ground-breaking 'Heaven and Hell' for Channel 4.

As a child, CJ had already established herself as a successful artist, winning several national competitions and having her work featured regularly in the media, including half a page dedicated to her sculpture in The Guardian newspaper and shown on BBC1's Breakfast Television and being voted one of the nations top young artists out of thousands of entries for a competition sponsored by Cadbury.

It was only after taking a career break from New Media and Television to become a mum that CJ returned to her two early passions:- art and writing. CJ now works from her studio creating unique, beautiful and deeply personal works of art which have been featured in several national and international magazines and on ITV's 'This Morning' show, BBC News & Meridian News. CJ's work has been exhibited at The Barbican, The National Theatre, The Metropole Centre and Four Blank Walls.

In 2005 CJ became one of the first artists to get an International Lifecasting Award, from the Association of Lifecasters International, coming 3rd Runner Up in this world wide event. She has also been chosen twice as 'Artist of the Month' on Joseph Canger's website, alongside such revered names as George Segal and Philip Hitchcock.

As well as making her lifecasts, CJ works as a mosaic artist, painter, bodypainter, jewellery designer, and graphic designer. She also writes and illustrates children's stories with her mother Diane Brazier. CJ is currently training in ceramic sculpture and one-off ceramic pieces will soon be for sale via this website.
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