Sulpture Al Fresco at Great Fosters

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7 June – 28 August 2011 Great Fosters Hotel

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ENQUIRIES All works in this catalogue are available for private sale and have been consigned from the respective artists by Marcelle Joseph Projects.

Prices available upon request.

Marcelle Joseph Founder/Director +44 (0)7971 580 572 marcelle@marcellejoseph.com

www.marcellejoseph.com www.greatfosters.co.uk

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7 June – 28 August 2011 10am – 6pm Great Fosters Hotel Egham, Surrey TW20 9UR

CAROLE ANDREWS ALEXANDER HODA RICHARD HUDSON RICHARD JACKSON GILES KENT RICK KIRBY RICHARD TRUPP NIKOLAI WINTER E M I LY Y O U N G

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FOREWORD This is the first contemporary sculpture show to be held in the gardens of Great Fosters and we are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase the work of nine talented contemporary sculptors. We believe that the gardens provide an ideal setting for their exciting, innovative sculptures.

Great Fosters’ gardens, originally designed in the 1920s by WH Romaine Walker and Gilbert Jenkins, are considered to be amongst the finest Arts and Crafts gardens in Europe. Over the past 20 years, they have been extensively restored by our Head Gardener, Russell Dixon and his team. The addition of a grass amphitheatre, lake and ‘secret’ gardens, created by the renowned landscape architect Kim Wilkie, have further enhanced the original design.

We very much look forward to welcoming you at Great Fosters to experience the diverse works on display, and hope that you derive as much enjoyment from them as we do.

Andrew Sutcliffe Chairman, Great Fosters

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SCULPTURE AL FRESCO ‘Al fresco’ an Italian expression meaning literally ‘in the fresh’ or ‘in the open air’...

This meaning has been used in English since at least the late 18th century. For example, in Mrs. Eliza Haywood's History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, 1753: "It was good for her ladyship's health to be thus alfresco." The French equivalent is en plein air, describing an activity done outside, usually painting. The exhibition Sculpture Al Fresco is incorporating the English use of the Italian expression – ‘in the open air’ - and applying it to the activity of sculpture, the act, process or art of carving or molding material. In this exhibition, materials range from bronze, onyx, steel and stone to glass, wood, roofing felt, fibreglass and polystyrene.

Sculpture Al Fresco examines British sculpture of the twenty-first century against the backdrop of the house and gardens of Great Fosters, a former royal hunting lodge dating back to 1550 AD. This juxtaposition of old and new encourages the public to engage with these works in new and different ways, allowing them to make new connections and highlighting what is best about British sculpture today. This show focusing on fourteen sculptural works made over the last two years by nine emerging to established contemporary artists represents a unique view of the development of British sculpture right now and includes some of the most original sculptors working today. Each of the artists is British in their own right, either having been born in the UK or chosen to exhibit here.

Carole Andrews is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and her work is shown widely across the UK and USA. Carole Andrew’s work reflects her interest in the natural world. The characteristics of wild and cultivated plants are often starting points for her work. Her body of work is a ‘personal creative journey, uninfluenced by others’. Carole is exhibiting two groups of sculptures at Great Fosters, Red Sentinels and Franchetti Blue, each made of roofing felt, resin and paint and crying out to be touched due to the tactile texture of the materials she uses. The inspiration for Red Sentinels comes from a group of large conifers at the entrance to her home that, according to Andrews, ‘stand guarding her house’ but are close enough to be ‘always in conversation with each other’.

Alexander Hoda’s work has gone from strength to strength since graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 2008. Hoda’s work has been widely exhibited since graduation, having solo exhibitions in New York, London, Berlin and Melbourne, Australia. Earlier this year, Hoda was part of the Newspeak: British Art Now exhibition of current British artists at the Saatchi Gallery. At Great Fosters, Hoda is exhibiting The Dancers, which is based on Ralph Brown's Meat Porters, a piece of monumental public sculpture commissioned in 1962 by Harlow Town Council, Essex. Hoda's interpretation of the bronze original strives to revitalise the work, exposing new and surprising readings. An exact copy of the original was made in wax and heated to a point where the sculpture’s figuration began to dissolve. The figures were thereby melted into a near-abstract blob, which Hoda compares to the limbs of a group of young adults at a rave. Through this process of formal and ideological deconstruction, the artist comments on the failure of the original to achieve its aim to 'enlighten the masses'. The ‘unmaking’ of the sculpture breaks down the implicit function and meaning of Brown’s original, replicating and reanimating it simultaneously.

Since the turn of the new millennia, Richard Hudson has built up an international reputation as one of the major artists working in sculpture today, being exhibited across Europe, Asia and America. Hudson’s work is featured in some of the biggest private collections in the world.

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Hudson’s bronze Marilyn Monroe, his work being shown at Sculpture Al Fresco, uses Great Fosters as a backdrop to this eloquent, curvaceous, beautiful form.

Many great artists have used Marilyn Monroe’s celebrity status as a source of inspiration before but none have produced work quite like Hudson’s distinctive abstract figurative style, focussing on the female nude figure, enlarged, truncated and simplified. When interviewed at the Tate’s The Human Figure in British Art from Moore to Gormley, Hudson described the importance of line within his work. “Line is the most important thing to me. The continuity of it. I want people to be able to look at a piece and follow a smooth, graceful line all the way around and back to the beginning again, without any break. I like sculpture that flows.”

The success of Giles Kent’s work has been acknowledged through residencies and sculpture commissions for gardens and woodlands in many English counties and also in Sweden and the Czech Republic. Kent is widely considered to be the modern day David Nash, continuing to push the boundaries of working with wood as a sculptural material. He has made sculptures out of beech, sycamore, larch, lime, sallow, maple, oak, pine, cypress, Lebanese cedar, spruce, alder, yew and chestnut, preferring the directness of using the whole tree as a starting point. The beauty and precision of natural forms are qualities Kent’s sculptures strongly evoke. Kent has produced an untitled site-specific work for the summer exhibition at Great Fosters, using a ten foot oak trunk, carving it into a three-piece sculptural work and placing it in a natural setting – a wooded forest next to a lake – surprising the viewer, stopping him in his tracks and forcing him to engage with the ‘great outdoors’ in his own personal way.

Rick Kirby is an internationally renowned sculptor completing residencies across Europe and receiving a vast number of public commissions across the entire country from Glasgow in the north to London, Kent and Suffolk in the south. Kirby’s mainly figurative work is made from small pieces of steel welded together or ‘pixels’ that give his work feeling and depth. His two pieces on show at Great Fosters are Soaring Figure, a magical female figure made of unusually shaped-pieces of shiny stainless steel welded together to amazing effect and arching her back toward the moat dating back to 500 AD behind her, and Figure Head, a patrician head made of mild steel and steel wire set on a steel plinth with a contemporary feel as you look through the spaces between the pixellated mild steel pieces and wire to the 50 acres of stunning gardens and parklands behind. Figure Head appears to be part of the landscape and a firm fixture at Great Fosters although only sited there in May. Richard Jackson has been working with cast glass for over two decades and has widely exhibited across the UK and Europe, being invited to exhibit at the British Glass Biennale 2010 and at the MAVA Museum in Madrid in 2008. One of Jackson's works at Great Fosters, Exchanged Glances III, is situated at the top of a spiralling grass jetty, catching the light, as it appears to be eloquently blowing in the wind. The prominent markmaking and carvings into this work appear bold and raw but have been done with thought, careful planning and attention to detail. Jackson’s style is unique in that he cuts into the essential shape of the cast glass, further sculpting its basic cast form. Richard talks about his carvings; “My carving is not chopping. You have to be incredibly controlled and gentle. You have to be on exactly the right plane emotionally and physically.”

Richard Trupp has been a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors for over a decade and has received much recognition as a successful and promising artist, being awarded the Picker Fellowship and selected a finalist in the Jerwood Sculpture Prize. Trupp is exhibiting two large steel works at Great Fosters, FXBLK2000 (The Atomic Structure Of Humanity), two slabs of steel seemingly fixed together by cast iron bolts but with a void of space between the 6

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two masses of steel, and The Juggernaut Of Nought, a wedge of steel buried into the earth as if aliens from outer space dropped this 400 kilogram mass from the sky onto the beach at the lake at Great Fosters. These sculptures are two very different pieces but achieving the same affect of manipulating a space or environment. For example, one need only look between the slabs of steel of the nuts and bolts piece - as if looking through a viewfinder of a camera - to find an idyllic island in the middle of a serene lake. Trupp talks about his work in an interview with Jotta. “With the nuts and bolts piece I am fixing space together and using sculpture as a mechanism to attach the space.” Trupp spent time working as Sir Antony Caro’s assistant gaining experience, guidance and inspiration for new works. For his wedge work on display, Trupp said, “I found a steel wedge in Caro’s sculpture workshop on the floor and I remember thinking ‘That’s so sculptural’. You use them all the time, for making things, propping things up. They are actually integral to the making of sculpture, so that’s where some of the inspiration came from.”

Although Nikolai Winter, a Swiss artist, is the youngest sculptor exhibiting at Great Fosters, his work is equally developed and as professionally finished as any. Nikolai had his first exhibition in London earlier in 2011 and has had solo exhibitions in Berlin, Zurich and St Moritz. Nikolai’s work is inspired by his experiences when travelling and Asian cultures. He is fascinated with hands and the way they can be shown in various postures that embody a symbolic character. At Great Fosters, Nikolai is showing an Asian hand sculpture from his Abhaya series inspired by an ancient Tibetan mudra with a Volkswagen Sirocco green car paint finish. Nikolai produces work with a reflective or metallic finish, similar to Anish Kapoor’s work. Nikolai like Kapoor was born outside the UK but has now adopted the country as his own, where he continues to visit and exhibit.

Emily Young is another Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and is internationally renowned for her stone carving, creating large and complex pieces carved by hand, or when required fabricated with the aid of high technology. Emily has been described as “Britain's greatest living female stone sculptor” (Telegraph). Some of her permanent installations can be seen in St. Paul’s churchyard, Kew Gardens and Salisbury Cathedral. At Great Fosters, Emily is exhibiting two pieces, an onyx work entitled Arco Iris Head and a stone work entitled Purbeck Freestone Head. Emily describes her work as “a kind of temple activity now, devotional; when I work a piece of stone, the mineral occlusions of the past are revealed, the layers of sediment unpeeled; I may open in one knock something that took millions of years to form: dusts settling, water dripping, forces pushing, minerals growing - material and geological revelations: the story of time on Earth shows here, sometimes startling, always beautiful.”

Sculpture Al Fresco marks a significant departure for modern British sculpture and each of these exhibiting artists. A departure out from under the canvas of past teachings, honoured masters and old works and into a new dawn of contemporary British sculpture, where each of these artists will carve their own paths and take the responsibility of teaching and influencing the next generation of British sculptors. The exhibiting sculptors have taken influence from or even assisted British masters and now in their own right are starting to etch the future of contemporary British sculpture.

Marcelle Joseph Founder and Director of Marcelle Joseph Projects

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RICHARD HUDSON b. 1957

MARILYN MONROE

Inscribed Hudson, numbered 2/3 and stamped with the foundry mark Magisa, Espaùa Bronze, patina 250 x 94 x 66 cm Conceived in 2002 and executed in 2011, edition of three plus two artist’s proofs

Richard Hudson's chosen subject matter here is very reflective of much of his work. Taking this iconic woman, whose voluptuousness is sublime in its purity, the simplicity of which Hudson has captured in his obsession for material perfection and for the spectator to engage in an erotic fantasy of endless smooth curves. This sculpture does not come into the category of "Please Do Not Touch". It is asking the viewer to engage in a tactile response, which Hudson believes sculpture is about.

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ALEXANDER HODA b. 1980

THE DANCERS

Polystyrene, jesmonite, polyester resin, paint 280 x 130 x 105 cm 2010, unique

Alex Hoda’s sculptures, as seen recently at the Saatchi Gallery’s Newspeak: British Art Now show, combine classical precedent with kitsch, throwaway materiality. Challenging the authority of the sculptor to pass comment upon, judge or change society, Hoda’s work breaks down the figuration of the original to imbue it with a new vitality and a less didactic (and more democratic) presence. Playing with sculptural precedents, for example Renaissance and nineteenth-century masters, Hoda’s sculpture remixes the canonical with the grotesque and the uncanny.

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EMILY YOUNG b. 1951

ARCO IRIS HEAD

Arco-Iris Onyx 60 x 50 x 20 cm (without plinth); steel plinth 120 x 48 x 48 cm 2010, unique

Emily Young is an internationally renowned stone carver, creating large and complex pieces carved by hand, or when required fabricated with the aid of high technology. The presiding value is to show the natural beauty, constructed in its physical history, of each piece of stone. This approach allows the viewer to participate in a profound way with the planet we all share. Allied with traditional carving skills, a rare and poetic presence, both contemporary and ancient, is created.

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RICHARD TRUPP b. 1973

THE JUGGERNAUT OF NOUGHT

Inscribed RT 2011, numbered 1/5 Welded mild steel 225 x 150 x 75 cm 2011, edition of 5 with one artist’s proof

Richard Trupp is a protégée of Sir Anthony Caro. He spent a year under Caro’s tutelage before further honing his craft on the works of Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marc Quinn, Eduardo Paolozzi and Rebecca Warren. Trupp’s own art is grounded in a deep respect for the history of sculpture though he is anything but a traditionalist as his sharply crafted pieces and emotive titles demonstrate.

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RICK KIRBY b. 1952

SOARING FIGURE

Stainless steel 200 x 40 x 50 cm 2011, unique

Rick Kirby has a prodigious body of work, with an impressive 90% of it being in the public domain. His work has been unveiled by the Queen, Princess Margaret, the Duke of Kent and, amongst other notables in politics and culture, the Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney. Rick’s sculptures remain in permanent display throughout the length and breadth of the country – from Glasgow in the north to London, Kent and Suffolk in the south. The advantage of this, he says, is that not only can thousands of people see them, but he himself can return to see them again and again. Each piece he creates carries a part of him and marks a particular period in his development as an artist.

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GILES KENT b. 1967

UNTITLED

Three sections of Oak trunk Group of three: 90 x 140 x 115 cm, 72 x 100 x 80 cm and 60 x 90 x 95 cm 2011, unique

www.gileskent.co.uk

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RICHARD JACKSON b. 1959

EXCHANGED GLANCES III

Kiln formed, carved glass, stainless steel 210 x 42 x 25 cm 2008, unique piece in a series

Richard Jackson’s engagement with glass spans 25 years studying technique, sculpture, art and design, and working in glass studios in USA, Denmark and UK. Jackson’s body of work consolidates concept and technical skill, using forms that are provocative yet harmonious, animated with gestural markmaking and carving. A fleeting moment of recognition, passing then gone, is evoked in this piece.

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NIKOLAI WINTER b. 1987

ABHAYA – V03

Polyester, colour coating 115 x 60 x 55 cm 2010, numbered 19/24, edition of 24 with one artist’s proof

Hands are a constant area of fascination for Nikolai. He is interested in their various postures and symbolic character, communicating their aura and expressiveness through his sculptures. Nikolai’s use of hand gesture imagery can be traced to his travels throughout Asia. The design of this hand is based on an ancient Tibetan Buddha hand modelled after the Abhaya mudra, a symbol of fearlessness and the displacement of anxiety. Nikolai’s work situates the beauty and aura of ancient cultures within the speed and flash of the contemporary rat race, drawing our attention to the distinctions between the two.

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CAROLE ANDREWS b. 1947

RED SENTINELS

Roofing felt, steel and resin Group of three: 180 x 45 cm, 170 x 35 cm and 150 x 35 cm 2010, unique

Carole’s work reflects her interest in the natural world. She expands the minutiae of plant and sea life to challenge and dominate the viewer on a human scale.

Inspiration comes from snorkelling and scuba diving over coral reefs. The rich patchwork of texture and form seen in the reef, together with the diversity of sea life inform her sculpture.

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EMILY YOUNG b. 1951

PURBECK FREESTONE HEAD

Purbeck freestone 35 x 50 x 40 cm (without plinth); bronze plinth 130 x 50 x 50 cm 2010, unique

“The stones whisper to us about things older than we can conceive, gloriously mysterious, yet they are hard, and real; I can touch them with my hands, look into them with a microscope. Here, now, I make my marks on them, and then they carry on with their journey. Some of these stones are over 3 billion years old, and it is just possible that they could last for another 3 billion, becoming then messengers from us.� - Emily Young

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RICHARD TRUPP b. 1973

FXBLK2000 (THE ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF HUMANITY)

Inscribed RT 2011, numbered 1/5 Welded mild steel and cast iron 245 x 175 x 156 cm 2011, edition of 5 with one artist’s proof

“Richard is talented, “ notes Sir Anthony Caro of his former charge. “His work is ambitious.” Eager to find fresh angles and embrace new technologies, Trupp continues in the Caro vein, pushing the art of sculpture forward. His work is rarely self contained or limited to its own physical boundaries, but frequently seeks to reference aspects of the broader architectural context surrounding it.

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RICK KIRBY b. 1952

FIGURE HEAD

Mild steel 250 x 73 x 50 cm 2010, unique

Steel has what Kirby calls “a whoom-factor!” Rick’s sculptures are made of small pieces of steel welded together – he compares them to pixels. It enables him to give nuance and feeling even to large scale sculptures. He cites the architect Frank Gehry as being “the most influential artist” to have inspired him and Rick’s stunning work is now almost as recognisable in his own chosen field.

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CAROLE ANDREWS b. 1947

FRANCHETTI BLUE

Roofing felt, steel and resin Group of two: 230 x 55 cm and 205 x 55 cm 2009, unique

Carole Andrews, a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, takes techniques from origami and embroidery and applies them to materials such as roofing felt to recreate fluid organic form. The resulting sculptures with strange textures and multifaceted form dominate the space and demand a second look.

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RICHARD JACKSON b. 1959

FROM PAST MEMORY IV

Kiln formed, carved glass, stainless steel 190 x 25 x 9 cm 2007, unique piece in a series

Richard’s path from concept to realisation begins with a thought about the human predicament. More often than not a title or a few words wrap themselves around something going through his mind and that starts him off on his artistic journey.

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Carole Andrews Born 1947, UK Lives and works in Maidstone, UK Education BA (Hons) Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent University Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (FRBS) Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010

The Medicine Garden, Cobham, Surrey, UK

2006

Sevenoaks Gallery, Sevenoaks, UK

2003

Gallery by the Lake, Southwark Park, London, UK Maidstone Gallery, Maidstone Kent, UK

2001

Worthing Museum, Sussex, UK Fountains at Cabbages and Kings, Hadlow Down, Sussex, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions 2010

Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, UK Sculpture in Paradise, Chichester Festival, Hampshire, UK

2009

Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK The Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey, UK Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, UK

2007

Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK Summer Exhibition, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London, UK

2006

Art and the Senses, Oxford University, Oxford, UK Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Newby Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, UK Paperworks, Bury Art Gallery, Bury, UK

2005

Radio 4 and the Artist, Bankside Gallery, London, UK Pulp Fantasy, Visual Arts Institute, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK Royal British Society of Sculptors, Centenary Exhibition, Leicester University, UK Fresh Air Quenington, Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, UK

2004

Fiberart International 2004, Pittsburgh, New York and Seattle, USA Fantastic Plastics, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK

2003 2001

Material Spaces, Tullie House, Carlisle, Cumbria, UK Fiberart International 2001, Pittsburgh, USA On Paper, Crafts Council Gallery, London, UK External Works 2001, Excel, London, UK Covent Garden Festival, London, UK Royal Society of British Sculptors Summer Exhibition, London, UK

Selected Public Commissions 2009

Marie Curie Cancer Hospice, Belsize Park, London, UK The Glass House, Kent, UK

2008

Marie Curie Cancer Hospice Belsize Park, London, UK

2006

Sensing Art, Wolverhampton Art Gallery Permanent Collection, UK

2005

Conquest Hospital, Sussex, UK

2001

Cabbages and Kings Garden, East Sussex, UK

2000

Whitstable Festival, Kent, UK InterBuild NEC Birmingham, UK

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Alexander Hoda Born 1980, Canterbury, UK Lives and works in London, UK Education 2005-2008

Royal Academy Schools, London, UK

2000-2003

Goldsmiths College, London, UK

1999-2000

Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts, London UK

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2009

‘Pipedreams’, Dickinson Gallery, New York, USA ‘Pileup’, curated by Ken McGregor, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia ‘Alexander Hoda’, Allsopp Contemporary, London, UK

2008

‘Alexander Hoda’, curated by Nick Aikens, University of the Arts, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions 2011 2010

‘Type 1 Errors’, @ 20 Hoxton Square Projects, Berlin, Germany ‘Newspeak: British Art Now’, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK ‘Artist Launch’, 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London, UK

2009

Art Foundation Mallorca, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain ‘Beyond Process’, Renwick Gallery, New York City, USA ‘Milk Plus (Special ‘Don’t Worry’ Chemical)’, Fold Gallery, London, UK

2008

‘FEAR”, Wedel Fine Art, London, UK ‘M25: Around London’, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain ‘Anticipation’, curated by Kay Saatchi & Catriona Warren, Selfridges, London, UK The Future Can Wait, Trumen Brewery, London, UK

2007

‘Who’s on Second?’, curated by Michael Pettey, Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK

2006

‘Premiums’, Royal Academy Schools, London, UK

2004

‘Material’, curated by Nick Aikens and Alexander Hoda, Next New Artists, London, UK

Collections The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Larry Gagosian, New York, USA Henry Allsopp, London, UK John Richardson, London, UK

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Richard Hudson Born 1957, Yorkshire, UK Lives and works in Madrid, Spain Selected Solo Exhibitions 2007

F2 Gallery, Beijing, China

2006

City of Leeds, Public Exhibition, Leeds, UK

2005

Hamilton Gallery, London, UK Goss Gallery, Dallas, USA Sculpture Nominated for 2012 Olympics, Madrid, Spain

2004

Exhibition Monumental Sculptures, Malaga, Spain Fabien Fryns Fine Art, Malaga, Spain Museum Palau de la Musica de Valencia, Public Exhibition, Spain

2000

Espai Galeria d’art Mallorca, Spain

Selected Group Exhibitions 2010

Sotheby’s “Beyond Limits”, Chatsworth House, UK

2009

Sotheby’s “Beyond Limits”, Chatsworth House, UK

2008

Sotheby’s “Beyond Limits”, Chatsworth House, UK

2007

F2 Gallery, Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong

2006

Fabien Fryns Gallery, Malaga, Spain

2005

Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain

2004

Palm Beach Art Fair (Fabien Fryns Fine Art), Florida, USA

2003

Estampa (Galeria di Arte Kreisler), Madrid, Spain Milan, Fiera di Arte Contemporaniea (Fabien Fryns Fine Art), Milan Italy

2002

Aire, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain

2001

ARTEXPO, Galeria Joan Oliver Maneu, Barcelona, Spain

2000

“Art Obert”, Festival Hibritart, Mallorca, Spain

Private Collections Esbaluard, Museum of Modern Art, Mallorca

Michael and Betty Kadoorie

Dona Pilar de Borbon

Graham y Sylvia Bourne

Dr Beltran

Jean-Pierre Martel

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones

Sir Elton John

Cristina Macaya

Kevin Linfoot

Manolo March

Terry Fisher

Don Pedro Serra

Stephanie Hoener

Fabien Fryns, Fabien Fryns Gallery

Lady Rothermere

Claudia Schiffer

Gisep Biert

Espirito Santo

George Michael and Kenny Goss

Helmut y Dana Swarovski

Tamara Mellon

Baron y Baroness Bentinck-Thyssen

Nigel and Lucy Doughty

Dino Goulandris

Edward and Maryam Eisler

Tim Jefferies, Hamiltons Gallery

Lily Safra

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Richard Jackson Born 1959, London, UK Lives and works in Gloucestershire, UK Education 1991

Sculpture with Found Objects, San Francisco State University, USA

1986–89

BA (Hons) 3D Design – Glass, West Surrey College of Art and Design, UK

1985-86

Diploma in Techniques and Technology of Hand Glassmaking and Decoration, Dudley College of Technology

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010

Solo Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

2003

Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Gloucestershire, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions 2010

2009

2008

2007

The Lightbox, Woking, UK The Glass Art Gallery, London, UK ‘British Glass Biennale 2010’, Invited Established Artist, Stourbridge, UK ‘International Glass Art Exhibition’, Zwiesel, Germany Quest Gallery, Bath, UK La Galeria Internationale de Verre, Biot, France Rabley Contemporary Drawing Centre, Wiltshire, UK Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, UK The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Hampshire, UK Museum in the Park, Stroud, UK New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK Quest Gallery, Bath, UK The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK Martins Gallery, Cheltenham, UK Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, UK The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, UK Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Hampshire, St. Joseph Galerie, Netherlands M.A.V.A. Museum, Madrid, Spain Royal College of Art, London, UK Brewery Arts, Gloucestershire, UK Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, UK The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Hampshire, International Glass Sculpture, St Ives, Cornwall, Delamore Arts, Delamore, Devon, UK Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK Royal College of Art, London, UK London Glassblowing Gallery, London, UK Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, UK Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Hampshire, Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK

2006

2005

2004

2003 2002 2001 2000

Royal College of Art, London, UK National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, USA Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK Newby Hall and Garden, Ripon, UK Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, UK The Hub, Lincolnshire, UK Royal College of Art, London, UK Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Gloucestershire, UK Newby Hall and Garden, Ripon, UK Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, Thompson’s Gallery, Aldborough, UK Ebeltoft Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark Thompson’s Gallery, London, UK Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, UK Glass Inspiration, Burgdorf, Switzerland M.A.V.A. Museum, Madrid, Spain Leon Salet-Maastricht, Netherlands Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, UK Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire, Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Ropestore Studio Gallery, Gloucestershire, UK Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Gloucestershire, UK International Glass Museum, Kanazawa, Japan Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Gloucestershire, UK The Ashbourne Gallery, Derbyshire, UK National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK

Public Commissions 2010

The Lightbox, Woking, UK.

2006

Cotswold Leisure Centre, Cotswold, UK. Collaboration with Sally Fawkes.

Collections The Cowdy Collection, UK

The Ruskin Glass Collection, UK

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

National Museums of Scoptland, UK

M.A.V.A. Museum, Madrid, Spain

Mastercard Worldwide, London

Himalayan Garden, Ripon, UK

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Giles Kent Born 1967, UK Lives and works in London, UK Education 1993 – 1996 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of East London Selected Solo Exhibitions 2009

Giles Kent Open Studio Exhibition, London, UK

2007

Giles Kent Open Studio Exhibition, London, UK

2006

Giles Kent Open Studio Exhibition, London, UK

2005

Giles Kent Open Studio Exhibition, London, UK

2003

Standpoint Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

2002

Royal Society of British Sculptors, London, UK

Selected Exhibitions 2010

Newby Hall, Yorkshire, UK Burghley Sculpture Gardens, Lincolnshire, UK

2009

Newby Hall, Yorkshire, UK

2007

Newby Hall, Yorkshire, UK

2006

Additions to Broomhill Art Hotel Sculpture Garden Additions to Burghley Sculpture Gardens

2005

Royal Society of British Sculptors Centenary Exhibition, Harold Martin Botanic Gardens, Leicester, UK Mixed Exhibition, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset, UK

2004

Additions to Broomhill Art Hotel Sculpture Garden, Devon, UK International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Wales Mixed Exhibition, Newby Hall, Yorkshire

2003

Pride of the Valley Sculpture Park, Surrey Mixed Exhibition, The Gallery Cork Street, London

2001

Addition to Burghley Sculpture Gardens, Lincolnshire, UK Addition to Sculpture trail in private woodland, Lincolnshire Harold Hilliers Arboretum, Hampshire, UK Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh, UK Royal Society of British Sculptors, London, UK

2000

Additions to Sculpture trail in private woodland, Lincolnshire, UK

1999

Additions to Sculpture trail in private woodland, Lincolnshire

1997

Sculpture trail in private woodland, Lincolnshire International Wood Sculpture Symposium, Czech Republic

Residencies / Awards 2002 1999

Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Residency, Broomhill Art Hotel Sculpture Garden, Devon, UK Residency, Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey, UK

1998 1997

Residency, Akerby Sculpture Park, Sweden Residency, The Gardens of Gaia, Kent, UK Royal Society of British Sculptors Membership Bursary

1996

Residency, Grizedale Forest, Cumbria, UK Residency, Eye Town Moors Woodland, Suffolk, UK

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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 2011

Bath Fine Art , Bath, UK

2010

Sculpture Al Fresco at Great Fosters, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Surrey, UK

2003

Art London 2010, London, UK

Leicester University, Leicester, UK

Kent Institute, Canterbury, UK Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK

Art de Jardin, Rutland, UK Palmyra Sculpture Centre, Mallorca, Spain

Jonathan Poole, Compton Cassey Gallery, UK

Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, UK 2002

Gloucester Road Tube Station, London, UK

Birtley House, Surrey, UK

Druidstone Park, Kent, UK

Marle Place, Tonbridge, Kent, UK

Port Marine, Portishead, UK

Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, UK

Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire, UK

Garden Gallery, Hants, UK

2000

Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire, Langham Fine Art, Suffolk, UK

Gravelly Barn, Braughing, Herts, UK

Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire, UK

Art Parks, Guernsey, UK

Business Link, St. Albans, UK 1998 - 2011 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

Silver Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK

2003

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, UK

2008

The Atrium, Camberley, Surrey, UK

2002

Central Park, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK

2001

Calne Town Centre, North Wiltshire, UK (unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK

Grand Arcade, Wigan, Lancashire, UK Innovation Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK 2007

Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK

The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK (unveiled by Shamus Heaney

Northern Entrance, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK 2005

Alexandra Park, Hastings, East Sussex, UK Upper Quays, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK Portishead Quays, Port Marine, North Somerset, UK

2004

2000

Castlemilk, Gateway to Glasgow, UK The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK

Endeavour Park, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK

St. Thomas’ Hospital, South Bank, London, UK (unveiled by H.R.H. Princess Margaret)

Ravenswood, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK

Central Spine, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset, UK Rouse Kent Memorial, Kings Hill, Kent, UK (unveiled by H.R.H. Duke of Kent) William de Ferrers Centre, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, UK

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Richard Trupp Born Birmingham, UK Lives and works in London, UK Education 1998-2000

MA Site Specific Sculpture, Wimbledon School of Art, London, UK

BA Fine Arts/Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK Solo Exhibitions 2009

Arts Depot, London, UK

2007

Eyestorm South Bank, London, UK

2004

‘Metal’, West Hampstead, London, UK

2000

MA Show, Royal Society of British Sculptors, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions 2009

Group show, Stanley Picker Collection, Rose Theatre, London, UK

2007

‘Celebrations’ Group Show, Stanley Picker Gallery London, UK

2006

‘Eyestorm’ Group Show, London, UK

2003

Sculpture Garden, Pond Gallery, London, UK Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2001

Jerwood Space, London, UK Members Show at the Royal Society of British Sculptors, London, UK

2000

Stanley Picker Gallery, London, UK

Awards 2009

Nominated Sculptor for BFI London Film Festival Awards

2008

Awarded Solo Exhibition in Montreal, Canada

2007

Kingston University Enterprise Awards, Bronze Casting

2005

Research award to the British School Rome

2001

Jerwood Sculpture Prize Finalist

2000

Picker Fellowship for Sculpture, Stanley Picker Gallery

1998

Awarded membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Commissions / Residencies 2006

Shortlisted commission for Arts Depot, North London

2003

Completed residency at ‘Metal’ West Hampstead

2001

Commission for Wingfield Arts, near Eye, Suffolk

2000

Commission for Sculpture at Goodwood

1999

Residency Workshop completed at Skoki Academy of Fine Art, Poland

1998

Commissioned Artist for National Lottery-Funded ‘School Transform’ Project in Nottingham

1998

Commission completed for Derby Dance Centre, contracted by Derby City Council

1997

Commissioned Artist for Aids Awareness

1996

Artist in Residency, completing 'Ghostchain'

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Nikolai Winter Born 1986, Basel, Switzerland Lives and works in Basel Education 2007–2011

Bachelor in Business Administration, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Solo Exhibitions 2011

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Kulm Country Club, St Moritz, Switzerland Mondejar Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

2010

“Abhaya”, Appel Design Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2009

Permanent Installation of “Tungsten”, Saint Germain, Zürich, Switzerland “Platinum”, City Beach, Basel, Switzerland

2008

“Saint Germain”, Zürich, Switzerland

2007

“Asian Hands”, Oberwil, Switzerland

2006

ART Atelier, Forum Alpinum, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions 2011

“Fast and Steady”, Marcelle Joseph Projects, London, UK

Collections Dr B Curti, Switzerland O. Wolfensberger, Switzerland

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Emily Young Born 1951, London, UK Lives and works in London and Italy Education Stony Brook University, New York, USA Saint Martin’s School of Art, London, UK Chelsea School of Art, London, UK Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011

From Dust to Lust, FAS Contemporary, The Fine Art Society, London, UK The Grange, Berkshire, UK

2010

Microcosms, Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh

2009

Installation at Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, UK

2007

The Fine Art Society, London, UK

2006

The Crypt, St Pancras Church, London, UK

2005

The Fine Art Society, London, UK

2004

The Crypt, St Pancras Church, London, UK

2003

Kew Gardens, Kew, UK

2002

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

2001

Leighton House, London, UK

1999

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

1997

The Fine Art Society, London, UK

Selected Permanent Installations, Public and Private Collections Anglo American, London, UK Artemis, London, UK The Imperial War Museums, London, UK La Defense, Paris, France National Bank of Luxembourg (Head Office), Luxembourg Paternoster Square, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, UK Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, UK Standard Life, Edinburgh St Pancras Church, London, UK University of Notre Dame, Chicago, USA

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Carole Andrews

24-25, 32-33, 36

Alexander Hoda

10-11, 37

Richard Hudson

8-9, 38

Richard Jackson

20-21, 34-35, 39

Giles Kent

18-19, 40

Rick Kirby

16-17, 30-31, 41

Richard Trupp

14-15, 28-29, 42

Nikolai Winter

22-23, 43

Emily Young

12-13, 26-27, 44

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