Biography

2022

Appointed member of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England
Curated ‘Artful Craft’ exhibition at MAKE Southwest, Devon

2020

Collaboration with architect Thomas Randall-Page to build the barn, a sculpture and archive store, Dartmoor, Devon

2017

RIBA London Award 2017 and RIBA National Award 2017 for The Laboratory Dulwich College. Facades designed by Peter Randall-Page in collaboration with Grimshaw Architects.

2015

Elected as a Royal Academician in the category of sculpture

2013

Invited contributor Interdisciplinary Science Reviews on D’Arcy Thompson
Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Bath Spa University

2012-13

Invited artist, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

2012

Judge, Threadneedle Prize
Judge, John Ruskin Prize

2011

Invited participant in Eskisehir Ceramic Symposium, Turkey
Judge, International Print Biennale, Newcastle
Judge, First 108 Public Art Commission, RBS, London
Chelsea Flower Show in collaboration with Luciano Giubbilei and Kengo Kuma

2010

Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Exeter University
Invited speaker, Noguchi Museum, Long Island USA

2009

Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Letters, York St John University

2007

Residency on Lolui Island, Uganda

2006

Winner of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture (‘Give and Take’)
Invited plenary speaker, Bridges Maths/Art Conference, London

2005-2006

External assessor for the new Sculpture MA, Cork Inst of Technology, Eire

2004

Invited Artist, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
Selector for the ‘Discerning Eye’ exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Participant in the Taurenne Dialogues, France.

2003-2005

Member of the design team for the new education building, Eden Project

2003

Jerwood Sculpture Prize Judge, RWA Sculpture Open Judge
‘Give and Take’ large boulder work enabled by Sculpture at Goodwood

2000

Participated in Sculpture Symposium in Oggleshausen, Germany
‘Womb Tomb’ large boulder work enabled by Sculpture at Goodwood

1999-2005

Associate Research Fellow at Dartington College of Arts

1999

Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Plymouth
Participant architectural ceramics symposium, ‘Creating the Yellow Brick Road’

1989-1996

‘Local Distinctiveness’ project with assistance of Common Ground

1994

Artist-in-residence at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania and Australian lecture tour; aided by British Council travel award

1993

Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture at Royal College of Art, London

1992

Participated in Stone Sculpture Symposium in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

1982-1989

Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture at Brighton Polytechnic

1986-1987

‘New Milestones’ project with the assistance of Common Ground

1980

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship, marble carving, Italy

1979

Worked on conservation of 13th-century sculpture at Wells Cathedral

1973-1977

Studied at Bath Academy of Art

1954

Born Essex