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Rick Kirby Born 1952, UK Lives and works near Ware, Herts, UK Education 1969-70
Somerset College of Art, UK
1970-73
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newport College of Art , UK
1973-74
Art Teacher’s Diploma, Birmingham University, UK
Selected Solo Exhibitions 2000
Guildhall Art Centre, Grantham, UK
2000
Stamford Art Centre, Lincolnshire, UK
2000
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions 2012
2011
Sculpture al Fresco II at Great Fosters, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Egham, UK At Home Salon, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, UK Art Parks, Guernsey,UK Palmyre Sculpt. Centre, Mallorca, Spain Bath Contemporary, Bath, Somerset, UK Ingoldisthorpe Hall, Norfolk, UK Grove Hotel, Watford, UK Marshall Murrey Gallery, UK Robert Fogell Gallery, Stamford, UK Lynn Strover Gallery, Cambridge, UK Martins Gallery, Cheltenham, UK Lilford Gallery, Canterbury, UK Gallery 1066, Baldock, Herts, UK Geist Galleries, Knightsbridge, London, UK Bath Fine Art , Bath, UK Sculpture Al Fresco at Great Fosters, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Egham, UK Leicester University, Leicester, UK Art de Jardin, Rutland, UK
2010 2003
2002
2000
1998- 2011
Palmyra Sculpture Centre, Mallorca, Spain Birtley House, Surrey, UK Marle Place, Tonbridge, Kent, UK Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, UK Garden Gallery, Hants, UK Gravelly Barn, Braughing, Herts, UK Art Parks, Guernsey, UK Jonathan Poole, Compton Cassey Gallery, UK Art London 2010, London, UK Kent Institute, Canterbury, UK Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, UK Gloucester Road Tube Station, London, UK Druidstone Park, Kent, UK Port Marine, Portishead, UK Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire, UK Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, Langham Fine Art, Suffolk, UK Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire, UK Business Link, St. Albans, UK Hannah Peschar Sculpture Gardens, Surrey, UK
Residencies 1992 1993
Grindelwald, Switzerland. Canadian High Commission, Native Canadian Sculptors, Nisga’a people, Richmond Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia
Awards 2007
Judging Panel Member of Rouse Kent Public Art Award
Public Commissions 2009 2008
2007
2005
2004
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Silver Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK The Atrium, Camberley, Surrey, UK Grand Arcade, Wigan, Lancashire, UK Innovation Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK Northern Entrance, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK Alexandra Park, Hastings, East Sussex, UK Upper Quays, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK Portishead Quays, Port Marine, North Somerset, UK Endeavour Park, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK Ravenswood, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK Central Spine, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK Rouse Kent Memorial, Kings Hill, Kent, UK (unveiled by H.R.H. Duke of Kent)
2003 2002
2001
2000
William de Ferrers Centre, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, UK Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, UK Central Park, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK Calne Town Centre, North Wiltshire, UK (unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK (unveiled by Shamus Heaney Castlemilk, Gateway to Glasgow, UK The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK St. Thomas’ Hospital, South Bank, London, UK (unveiled by H.R.H. Princess Margaret) Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK