Learning Head. 1986

Biography and Exhibitions

Biography

1939 Born in Shropshire

1955-61 Wolverhampton College of Art

1961 Awarded Rome Scholarship in Sculpture

1961-63 Lived and worked in the British School in Rome

1989 Awarded Honorary Fellowship at Wolverhampton Polytechnic (University)

1991 Fellow of the Royal College of Art

1991 Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

1995 Fellow of the RSA - at present living and working in London & Wiltshire

Woman with Arms Raised. 1989

One Person Exhibitions

1967 ICA Gallery, London

1972 Serpentine Gallery, London

1974 Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

Sheffield Polytechnic Gallery

  Park Square Gallery, Leeds

1977 Wakefield Festival

1978 Oriel - Welsh Arts Council Gallery, Cardiff

1982 Blond Fine Art Gallery, London

1985 Piccadilly Festival, St. Jame's Church Gardens, Piccadilly

  Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1986 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1987 Artsite Gallery, Bath

1988 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1991 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1991 Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland

1992 Margam Country Park, West Glamorgan

1994 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1994 Woodlands Art Gallery, London

1994/5 Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

1997 Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset

1998 Penny School Gallery, Kingston

1998 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

2000 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (with catalogue)

2004 Kells Priory, Kells, Ireland

Head and Arms. 1988

Group Exhibitions Include

1962 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

1964 Welsh Arts Council Exhibition, Cardiff (Sculpture Prize)

1965 Welsh Arts Council Exhibition, Cardiff

1967 Welsh Arts Council Exhibition, Cardiff (Sculpture Prize)

1968 Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham

  Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh

1969 Park Square Gallery, Leeds

  British Contemporary Art, ICA London, then touring New York and Toronto

  "Play Orbit", ICA London

1970 "Towards Sculpture", Welsh Arts Council Exhibition, Cardiff

1972 Scottish Arts Council Exhibition, Edinburgh and Glasgow

  "11 Sculptors One Decade", touring Arts Council Exhibition

  International Print Biennale, Bradford

1973 International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough

1975 "Envelopes" Exhibition, JPL Fine Art Gallery, London

  Bradford City Art Gallery

1976 Welsh Arts Council Exhibition, Cardiff

  Serpentine Gallery, London, (Previous Exhibitors Exhibitions)

1977 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Opening Exhibition

1978 "New Sculpture", Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

1979 "Wood", Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  "British Sculpture in the 20th Century" Part II,

  Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

  Contemporary British Sculpture Exhibition,

  Hounslow Civic Centre

  "Attitudes", 4 person Exhibition, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  Blond Fine Art Winter Exhibition, London

1983 Margam Park, Welsh Sculpture Trust Opening Exhibition

  "Drawing in Air", Sunderland Arts Centre then touring

  International Sculpture Symposium, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Leinster Fine Art Gallery, London

1984 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

  "Figures in a Garden", Yorkshire Sculpture Park

  British Council representative in 3rd Kotara Takamura Grand Prize Exhibition, Japan

  "Contemporary Carving", Plymouth Arts Centre then touring

  "Sculptors Drawing", Scottish Arts Council touring Exhibition

  "Sculpture in a Cathedral", Canterbury Festival

  Blond Fine Art Summer Exhibition

1985 "British Artists in Italy",ex-Rome Scholars Exhibition touring

  "Hands" exhibition Anne Berthoud Gallery, London

  "Rocks" and Flesh", touring exhibition of drawings

  "British Drawing" Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York

  "Visual Aid" 100 Artists for Ethiopia, Royal Academy, London

  Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, Opening Exhibition

1986 "Feeling through Form" 8 Sculptors' Exhibitions

  Barbican Sculpture Court then touring

Bath Festival "Sculpture in a City", Artsite Gallery, Bath

  "Contemporary Figurative Sculpture" Castlefields Gallery Manchester

1987 "Self Portraits" Artsite Gallery, Bath then touring

  7th International Small Sculpture, Budapest, Hungary

1988 "Mother and Child" Exhibition, Lefevre Gallery, London

  "Stone Works" Powys Castle Grounds, Wales

  "Recent Acquisitions", Tate Gallery,London

  Auction Exhibition for charity "Birthright" Artsite, Bath

  "Libesc 88" International Sculpture Exhibition Lisbon, Portugal

1989 "Cutting Edge" Manchester City Art Gallery

  Roche Court Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire

1989 "Modern Masters" Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

  "Art Since the War", Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

  "Drawing the Line", Artists Against Aparteid, Merz Gallery, London

1990 ICA Benefit Auction, Sotheby's, London

  "Tribute to Peter Fuller", Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

  Chicago Art Fair, Bernard Jacobson Stand

  "Heads, Hands, Feet", Margam Park, S. Wales, (then touring)

  Worcester Cathedral Appeal Auction, Sotheby's, London

  Tribute to Peter Fuller, Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath

  Sculptors' Drawings, Cleveland Bridge Gallery, Bath

1991 Critics Choice, Tribute to Peter Fuller, Manchester Art Gallery

  Chichester Festival

  Summer Exhibition, Beaux Art Gallery, Bath

  "The Painted Nude", Tate Gallery, London

1993 Chelsea Harbour Sculpture Exhibition, London

  "Images of Christ", St Matthews Church, Northampton & St.Pauls Cathedral, London

  "Small Sculptures" exhibition, Lamont Gallery, London

  Artists from the RCA, VIP Lounge, Virgin Airways, Heathrow

  "Portrait Now", National Portrait Gallery, London

1994 Sculptors Drawings, Sladmore Gallery, London

  Modern Masters, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

  ‘Post Decadence', a decade on at the Cafe Gallery, London

  Bernard Jacobson Gallery at Basle & Chicago Art Fair

  Sarina Tang Fine Art Gallery, Singapore

  “Sculpture at Goodwood”, mixed British Sculpture exhibition in open air

  Animated film “Echo” shown at Welsh animated Film Festival, Cardiff

1995 Henley Festival

  Sculpture in Tower Bridge Piazza

  Chicago Arts Fair

1996 Modern Masters, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Londonv

  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

  "Flowers in May" - Kings of Hearts Gallery, Norwich

  Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago

  Contemporary Sculpture II at Arundel Great Court, London

  "Masks" Prince’s Trust Auction Royal Festival Hall

1997 "Under 8" Small Works Exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

1998 Manchester Academy of Art

  Figurative Sculpture - Flowers East Gallery, London

1999 "Baby 2000" Christies charity exhibition &auction

2000 "Bronze" Holland Park Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture

  Millennium Exhibition, Gloucester Cathedral and Malmesbury Abbey

  Milton Keynes Sculpture Exhibition

  Contemporary Art Fair, Islington

2001 Summer Show, Royal Academy, London

  "Small is beautiful", Flowers East, LondonFinlot Art gallery, London

2002 "Solid State" Burghley Grounds, British Stone Carving Exhibition

  "Sterling Stuff" - Pangolin Gallery, Stroud

2004 "War and Peace" Flowers Central

  "Bird House" Gallery 39, London

  International Sculpture Exhibition, Delhi, India

Seated Woman. 1990