Jane Ackroyd

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Jane Ackroyd
Born1957 (age 67–68)
London
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forSculpture

Jane Ackroyd (born 1957) is a British artist best known for her public sculptures. [1] She is based in London. [2]

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Biography

Three Rings (2018), Ocean Village, by Jane Ackroyd Three rings ocean village 2018.JPG
Three Rings (2018), Ocean Village, by Jane Ackroyd
Three Rings (2018), Ocean Village, by Jane Ackroyd Three rings ocean village.JPG
Three Rings (2018), Ocean Village, by Jane Ackroyd

Ackroyd was born in London and attended St Martin's School of Art from 1979 to 1982. [3] She then studied for her master's degree at the Royal College of Art between 1982 and 1983. [4] In 1984 she held an artist-in-residence post in Leicestershire and had her first solo exhibition at the Kingsgate Workshops Gallery. [4] [5] From 1988 she has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy summer exhibitions in London and has had a series of solo exhibitions at the Anderson O'Day gallery. [6] Ackroyd participated in the first Royal West of England Academy Open Sculpture Exhibition held in 1993. [6]

Ackroyd's public commissions often feature birds and animals, for example Cat at the Old Library in Harlow. [5] [3] Other public commissions include Well at the Museum of Harlow, at the site of the former Royal Free Hospital in Islington and the Haymarket in London. [3] [6] The Arts Council England, the Contemporary Arts Society, the Leicestershire Education Authority and the Goodwood Sculpture Park hold works by Ackroyd. [3] [6]

Awards

Works in collections

TitleYearMediumGallery no.GalleryLocation
Cat 1983welded mild steel14 Harlow Art Trust Harlow, England
Chicken-metal0589 Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection Leicestershire, England
Dog-metal0922 Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection Leicestershire, England
Everything but the Kitchen Sink2011copperS.2011.686.CC Central Saint Martins London, England
Queen Victoria1987welded steel3774 West Middlesex University Hospital London, England
Well Head -mild steelCM20_TJ_S034Harlow Museum Harlow, England

References

  1. ↑ Turnbull, Alison (9 September 2015). "Artist Profile: Jane Ackroyd". Alison Turnbull Associates. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Wildebeest | Sculptures | CASS Sculpture Foundation". www.sculpture.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Terry Wyke with Harry Cocks (2004). Public Sculpture of Britain Volume 8: Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press / Manchester Metropolitan University. ISBN   0-85323-567-8.
  4. 1 2 Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN   1-85149-106-6.
  5. 1 2 Alan Windsor (2003). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. Ashgate. ISBN   1-85928-4566.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN   0-953260-95-X.
  7. 1 2 "Jane Ackroyd". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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