Biography

Born 1964 and lives in Somerset.

Public Commissions

2010

Angel Fields, Garden, Hope University, Liverpool, UK by BCA landscape, Hope University.

2009

The Wave, Saint Johns Square, Blackpool, UK.
Anne, Saint Anne’s Square, Saint Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, UK. Art and Business Trust.

2007

Jennett’s Park, Bracknell, UK for Persimmon and Redrow Homes.

2006

Riding a wave, Drakes Circus, Plymouth, UK, for P&O Estates.
Flight, Waterside square Portishead, UK, for Persimmons Homes.

2005

Discovery, a memorials to Francis Crick, Northampton, UK. Northampton Borough Council and the Wilson foundation.

2003

Memorial to John Smith in Wincanton, UK for South Somerset District Council.

2001

Wincanton Sports centre, Wincanton UK, for South Somerset District Council.

1999

Memorial to Sophie Hook in Llandudno, Wales, Llandudno Borough Council, & Mr & Mrs Hook Wells bridge, Glastonbury to Wells traffic-free route for Sustrans, UK.

1998

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, funded Quantum Potential collaboration with theoretical physicists.
Cardiff Bay Arts Trust and Partnership Arts Ltd, workshops as part of community project.

1997

Albright & Wilson, entrance sculpture, Workington, Cumbria, UK.
Devon County Council viewing platform for, Teignmouth, Devon, UK.

1993

Teeside Development Corporation, for new pier, Hartlepool, UK.

1992

Eccles borough council, feasibility study for public sculpture for Eccles, Manchester, UK.
Partnership Art Ltd & Thwaites Brewery.
Chase Manhattan Bank, sculpture for the Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, UK.

Selected Exhibitions mixed and Solo

2012

Solo exhibition Andersson Sandström Galleri, Umea, Sweden.

2012

Solo exhibition Andersson Sandström Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden.

2009-12

Touring mixed exhibition: Art at the Edge, Olympic sculpture.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.

2007

Notting Hill Gate, London.

2005

Mc Hardy Sculpture Company, London.
Newby Hall Sculpture Park.

2004

Cannes Art fair, France.
Artlondon, Mark Jason Fine Art.

2003

Millfield Open - commended prize.
Artlondon, Mark Jason Fine Art.
Mc Hardy Sculpture Company.

2002

Art 2002, Islington, London.
Olympia 2002, London.
Artlondon 2002.

2001

Three Generations of Sculptors, Beaux Arts, Bath.
Diverse, Mark Jason Fine Art, London.

2000

McHardy Sculpture Company, London.

1999

Young British Sculptors, Beaux Art, Bath.
Mc Hardy Sculpture Company, London.

1998

Young British Sculptors, Beaux Art, Bath.
McHardy Sculpture Company, London.
Sculptors of Fame & Promise, Beaux Art, Bath.
Mc Hardy Sculpture Company.

1997

Art 97, Islington, London.
Sculptors of Fame & Promise, Beaux Art, Bath.
McHardy Sculpture Company, London.
Millfield Open, Autumn Exhibition.
McHardy Sculpture Company, London.
The British Work House, Dallas, U.S.A.

1996

Art 96, Islington, London.
Cambridge Contemporary Art.
Beaux Art, Bath.

1995

Art 95 Islington, London.
Sculptors of Fame & Promise Beaux Arts, Bath.
Lineart 95, Design Centre, London.
Ghent Art Fair, Ghent, Belgium.

1994

Beaux Arts, Bath.
Ghent Art Fair, Ghent, Belgium.
Stansell Gallery, Taunton.

1993

Young Artists of Fame & Promise, Beaux Arts, Bath.

1992

British American Arts Association, New York.
Touring ‘Parts of a whole’ Hartlepool, Newcastle and Durham.

Awards and Grants

2011

Landscape Institute award for Angel Fields project, Liverpool.

2011

Civic Trust Award for Angel Fields, Liverpool.

2010

Landscape Institute award for The Wave, Blackpool.

2009

Best in Public Realm Civic Trust Award, for The Wave, Blackpool.

2003

Millfield Open exhibition prize, Somerset, UK.

1998

Grant from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, funded Art science collaboration Quantum Potential project.

1993

Residency in Hartlepool as member of the visual arts team, for dockland development.
Tee-side Development Corporation and Partnership Arts Ltd, Arts Council North East.

Commissioned Proposal

2009

Public commission for West Auckland.
Public commission for Fountain street, central Belfast.

2008

Public commission for Bedford Town Centre, Bedford Borough Council and Commissions East.

2006

Proposal for BOAC, Heathrow, landmark sculpture for BOAC.

1998

Landmark sculpture for Bristol international Airport.

Education and Work Experience

1983-86

University of the West of England BA hons fine art, sculpture.

1995-97

Visiting lecturer at the University of the West of England, BA, site specific sculpture course.

1987-89

Worked as a mould maker for sculptor Elizabeth Frink.

Works are held in several private collections and museums.
References for specific project or general references are available on request.