Jane Ackroyd
Jane Ackroyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Jane Ackroyd (born 1957) is a British artist best known for her public sculptures.[1] She is based in London.[2]
Biography[edit]
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 during 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 at 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[edit]
- In 1983 Ackroyd won the Special Melchett Award for work in steel and a travel scholarship to Carrara in Italy.[6]
- During her time at the Royal College of Art, Ackroyd was awarded the Fulham Pottery Award.[2]
- Ackroyd was awarded the Europa Nostra Award for the 1993 redevelopment of The Old Royal Free Hospital, Islington, in collaboration with Levitt Bernstein Architects.[7]
- In 1995 Ackroyd received the Jackson Pollock-Lee Krasner Foundation Award in New York.[7]
Works in collections[edit]
| Title | Year | Medium | Gallery no. | Gallery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat | 1983 | welded mild steel | 14 | Harlow Art Trust | Harlow, England |
| Chicken | - | metal | 0589 | Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection | Leicestershire, England |
| Dog | - | metal | 0922 | Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection | Leicestershire, England |
| Everything but the Kitchen Sink | 2011 | copper | S.2011.686.CC | Central Saint Martins | London, England |
| Queen Victoria | 1987 | welded steel | 3774 | West Middlesex University Hospital | London, England |
| Well Head | - | mild steel | CM20_TJ_S034 | Harlow Museum | Harlow, England |
References[edit]
- ^ Turnbull, Alison (9 September 2015). "Artist Profile: Jane Ackroyd". Alison Turnbull Associates. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Wildebeest | Sculptures | CASS Sculpture Foundation". www.sculpture.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
- ^ a b Alan Windsor (2003). British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century. Ashgate. ISBN 1-85928-4566.
- ^ a b c d e David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 1, A to L. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
- ^ a b "Jane Ackroyd". Saatchi Art. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links[edit]
- Artworks by or after Jane Ackroyd at the Art UK site
- Ackroyd's profile on the Royal Society of Sculptors website
- 1957 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English sculptors
- 20th-century English women artists
- 21st-century English sculptors
- 21st-century English women artists
- Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
- Alumni of the Royal College of Art
- Artists from London
- English women sculptors
- British modern sculptors
- 20th-century women sculptors
- 21st-century women sculptors