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PETER WALKER f.r.s.a m.r.b.s a.r.b.s.a sculptor 07968 277610 www.sculptorandartist.com pwalkersculptor@ msn.com 7 The Close / Lichfield / Staffs / WS13 7LD Current ongoing public art / commissions St Chad Commission for a 9ft Bronze Statue / Lichfield Cathedral (completion 2021) Pity of War 7ft bronze sculpture commemorating those who have lost their lives as a consequence of war - National Memorial Arboretum (circa 2021) Shirebrook Mining Memorial 15ft artwork / memorial to the Shirebrook miners and families - in development 2020-2022 ‘The Spirit of Tamworth’ 9ft bronze sculpture of Mercian King - to celebrate the towns history – exp completion 2022 Lichfield Cathedral 5 year placement as sculptor and artist in residence (2016-21) Lichfield Cathedral Artistic Director - ongoing - overseeing the Thematic and Cathedral annual vision and developing annual programming and implantation of visual arts and extended arts practice Sheffield Cathedral Artistic Director (consultant role) (2020-2023) Liverpool Cathedral Artistic and Creative Advisor - 2021-2023 Current and future installation artworks Solo Exhibition Liverpool Cathedral - major sculpture and fine art exhibition 2022 PEACE DOVES Major 25m installation artwork at Liverpool Cathedral 2021 PEACE DOVES Installation at Derby Cathedral Sept 2021 The Leaves of the TreesA touring reflective memorial to the Cornovirus Pandemic - touring to - Exeter Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, Lichfield Cathedral, Carlisle Cathedral, Rochester Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, Southwell Minster, Winchester Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral The Foundry Curator - Sheffield Cathedral 2021 Space Rochester Cathedral - major interior light and sound show with Luxmuralis team 2021 Space Worcester Cathedral - major interior light and sound show with Luxmuralis team 2021 HOPES and FEARS Carlisle Cathedral and Castle - 2021 THE SEA St Andrews Voices Festival, with The Sixteen, Trinity Church St Andrews Oct 2021 Space Liverpool Cathedral feb 2022 The Angels are Coming Peterborough Cathedral Nov 2021 The Beginning Sheffield Cathedral Dec 2021 The Beginning Cathedral of St Paul, Minnesota The Manger Lichfield Cathedral 2021 The Laboratory Major interior light and sound installation at Lichfield Cathedral - summer 2021 Public Sculpture (complete) Portrait of King William 1st Berkhamstead Commemorating the 950th Anniversary of the Battle of Hasting and the ascension of William to the Crown Time Flows By 10ft Bronze sculpture commissioned for Colshill / West Midlands, marking the towns heritage “Industrial Symphony” 3.5m bronze artwork depicting the development of Tin industry - East gate Sculpture, Llanelli 2015 Burntwood Miner Statue Chase Terrace - 1.25 Life-sized sculpture of Miner and Pony – Bronze – 8.6.13 Erasmus Darwin Monument Beacon Park, Museum Gardens, 1.25 Life-sized statue – unveiled 12.12.12 Kathleen Dayus Project Feb 2012 - Bronze public artwork in Days Square Birmingham Contemplating Flight St Stephens School – Fradley, 6ft abstract sculpture 2012 Cobridge street scene Cobridge NHS Public Art – Commissioned By One Ltd 2011 - Bronze street scene sculpture Three Sculptures BMW / Munich , installation of 3 large scale corten sculptures 2011 (3 year installation) The Formation Of Poetry Lichfield, 3.5m bronze sculpture relating to the poetic content of Johnsons Dictionary 2010 Moravian Woman and Child Life sized bronze artwork of mother and child - Droylsden 2009 Eric Evans Monument Over life size statue of former England Rugby Captain / Tameside 2008 Old Town Project Ashton under Lyne / Sculpture Trail sculpture - series of bronze artworks around the towns streets / 2008 Sheldon Way Commission series of 8 aluminium 8ft sculptures Ashton under Lyne 2008 The Reader 9ft Sculpture / Tameside Library 2007 Penryn Heritage Plaques Series of bronze plaque artworks - 2006 Isis - Cameron Mews 13ft bronze artwork - Burton upon Trent 2005 Izaak Walton Memorial 9ft Bronze statue of the Writer of the Compleat Angler / Victoria Park Stafford 2000 Selected exhibitions RBSA Open Exhibition St Pauls, Birmingham 2020 Moon Tour Display of One Small Step (small version) at St Peters Church, Wolverhampton, St Mary’s Church Stafford Nurturing Sptual Life Lichfield Cathedral 2020 National Museum Royal Navy National Museum of the Royal Navy / Historic Dockyards / June 2019 Imagining the Crucifixion Lichfield Cathedral 2018/19 Journey to the Cross Second year exhibition detailing the stations of the cross with fine art and moving image Consequence of War Curator of Lichfield Cathedrals major Armistice exhibition featuring Moore, Sutherland and Nash Pity of War Tour Cathedrals in : Salisbury, Sheffield, Wakefield, Lichfield, St Albans, Guildford, Chester, Christ Church Oxford and Coventry 2017 /18 Composition Featured artist at the inaugural art exhibition 2018 Palette Multimedia installation exhibition at the National Memorial Arboretum 2017 Equestrian Centre Sculpture Exhibitions Solo Exhibition Major solo retrospective - Kunstsammlungen der Stadt / Germany 2016 Metallic 2016 3 large scale sculptures – Burghley House – March – October 2016 Solo Exhibition Large Scale interior and exterior exhibition at Lichfield Cathedral 2015 Exterior Exhibition Installation of 6 large artworks - British Ironworks Centre / October 2015 – April 2016 Echoes of War Potteries Museum Stoke on Trent Art in the Garden Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire The Granary Gallery, Weston under Lizard, Shropshire, 2013 ‘Evolution’ Sotherbys Summers Place Exhibition/ RBSA 2013 RBSA Portrait Exhibition 2013 Lichfield Festival, Lichfield Cathedra 2013 KMPG Offices London Mixed Exhibition 2013 Emporium Gallery Lichfield – Mixed Exhibition 2013 Sculpture Display The Sculpture Park, Surrey 2013 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Mixed exhibition 2012 Victoria Art Gallery Bath 2012 Bloomsbury Art Fair London 2012 Oxo Tower Gallery, London 2012 Granary Square, Kings Cross Central, London, 2012 Installation Starry Starry Night Installation at Chester Cathedral as centrepiece to the cathedral nave - 9m suspended and illumineted sculpture 2020 Angel Wings Projected interactive installation at Liverpool Cathedral December 2020 Light of Hope - The Star 5m illuminated sculptural star suspended in Lichfield Cathedral 2020 Peace Trees Living artwork installation at Limburg Dom - as a dedication to Peace and Friendship (2020) Hope Garden Living Artwork - Coronavirus memorial garden / Lichfield Cathedral 2020 Light of Hope Light art installation around the UK - at Salisbury Cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral, Lichfield Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Chelmsford Cathedral Exeter Cathedral, Portsmouth Cathedral, Carlisle Cathedral Nov 2020 “Cross” Light art installation at Lichfield Cathedral Nov 2020 Hope Garden Installation at Lichfield Cathedral comprising 50000 spring bulbs to create an annual memorial to Cover-19 Light From Light Lichfield Cathedral, Light artworks on the interior and exterior of the cathedral - 2019 In the Image and Likeness Large scale 10m suspended sculpture and light installation at Lichfield Cathedral 2019 One Small Step 35m x 7.75m lunar floor installation touring artwork relating to the first moon landing. First installation at Lichfield Cathedral 2019 Subsequent installation in 4 Churchs in the West Midlands / Saint Albans Cathedral Rocket 4.5m Rocket sculpture developed to celebrate 50 years since the Apollo Moon Landing - Multiple venues display - 2019 Peace Woodland Creation of a living artwork in the form of 1918 trees displayed around Lichfield Cathedral then transplanted to Beacon Park 2019. The first Peace woodland outside of Jerusalem, living artwork and memorial has been created as a contemporary memorial to Peace. Constellation (image/likeness) Large scale engagement project across 100 churches and schools and leading to major installation in Lichfield Cathedral 2019 Peace Trees Living Artwork installation at Burntwood Staffordshire - as a dedication to Peace and Friendship Talking Maps Exhibition Visual artworks created for The Bodleian Library, Weston Gallery exhibition June 2020. 3 screen installation The Peace Doves 22000 dove artworks suspended in the nave of lichfield cathedral The Maker of Middle Earth Projection art installations in the Bodliean Libraries major Tolkien retrospective - 2018 Yarn Bomb Sculpture, light and projection installation - Lichfield Cathedral 2018 - tribute the role of women in WW1 Buttons Moving tribute to Children whose lives have been lost or affected by war and conflict Lichfield Cathedral 2018 Patches Tribute to the home front - creation of around 2000 knitted patches which draped the interior or Lichfield Cathedral 2018 Starry Starry Night Installation of 5000 sculpture stars with illumination - Chapter House Lichfield Cathedral 2017 The Garden Jane Austins Garden, interior installation at the Boathouse 2017 Selected Light and Sound The Observatory Sheffield Cathedral - major interior light and sound show 2020 Space, God the Universe Carlisle Cathedral - major interior light and sound show 2020 Space Exeter Cathedral - major interior sound and light show 2020 Star of Wonder Guildford Cathedral interior light show 2020 Space, the Universe and Everything Major installation throughout Lichfield Cathedral - multi projection installation and artwork creation 2019 Voices at the end of the Universe St Andrews Voices Festival - working across 4 venues creating interactive installation October 2019 Space Voyage St Albans Cathedral - projection event on west front facade and interior exhibition of light and sound October 2019 Imagine Peace Major Large scale interior
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