Rick Kirby

Price range: £3300 - £10,500

Rick Kirby was born in 1952 in Gillingham, Kent into a naval family and after a somewhat peripatetic lifestyle his art education began in Somerset at the College of Art, followed by his BA from Newport School of Art and then teaching art for 16 years.It was whilst teaching that Rick’s leaning towards sculpture evolved, initially working in stone. Whilst sharing a studio with someone who worked in steel, he was inspired to explore this medium which was the start of a remarkable journey.

His mainly figurative work, predominately made from small welded steel plates varying in height from 2m to around 10m and can be found in both public and private collections from Hastings to Glasgow.

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.

 

EXHIBITIONS include

Gill Gallery, Newham; Whitechapel Open Studios; The Mall Gallery, London. (solo); RIBA Sculpture Court, London(solo); Waltham Forest Sculpture Festival; Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham; Waltham Abbey Museum; William Morris Sculpture in the Park; Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston; Langham Fine Art, Suffolk; Trinity Studios Gallery, Colchester (solo); Berg Apton, Norfolk; Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire; Commonswood, Welwyn Garden City; Wallfields, Hertford (solo); Quenington Sculpture Trust, Gloucestershire; Guildhall Art Centre, Grantham (solo); Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire; Stamford Art Centre, Lincolnshire (solo); Business Link, St. Albans; Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.(solo); Gloucester Rd. Tube Station, London; Port Marine, Portishead; Hanbury Manor; Kent Institute, Canterbury; Burghley House, Lincolnshire; Westonbirt, Gloucestershire; Hannah Peschar Sculpture Gardens, Surrey; Art London 2010.

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2009. Silver Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire.

2008. The Atrium, Camberley, Surrey.

2008. Grand Arcade, Wigan, Lancashire.

2008. Innovation Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

2007. Lincoln Drill Hall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

2007. Northern Entrance, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

2005. Alexandra Park, Hastings, East Sussex.

2005. Upper Quays, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset.

2005. Portishead Quays, Port Marine, North Somerset.

2005. Endeavour Park, Boston, Lincolnshire.

2004. Ravenswood, Ipswich, Suffolk.

2004. Central Spine, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset.

2004. Rouse Kent Memorial, Kings Hill, Kent (unveiled by H.R.H. Duke of Kent)

2004. William de Ferrers Centre, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex.

2003. Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent.

2002. The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. (unveiled by Shamus Heaney) 2002. Central Park, Port Marine, Portishead, North Somerset. 2002. Burghley House, Lincolnshire.

2001. Burghley House, Lincolnshire. 2001. Calne Town Centre, North Wiltshire. (unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)

2000. Castlemilk, Gateway to Glasgow. 2000. The National Trust, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. 2000. St. Thomas’ Hospital, South Bank, London. (unveiled by H.R.H. Princess Margaret)

1999. Brixworth Country Park, Northamptonshire.

1998. London Symphony Orchestra, The Barbican, London.

1997. Chad Sculpture Park, Kent. 1997. Friary Court, Boston, Lincolnshire. 1997. The Gardens of Gaia, Kent. 1997. Prudhoe Arts Complex, Northumberland. (unveiled by Chris Smith, Minister of Culture)