MICHAEL SANDLE b. 1936 in Weymouth, Dorset

2016 Patron of Isle of Man Arts Council 1993 Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors 1990 Elected Royal Academician 1989 Major award (Korn Ferry) at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1987 Major Prize, 7th International Small Sculpture Exhibition, Budapest,Hungary 1982 Associate member of the Royal Academy 1971 Visiting Associate Professor, Fine Art Department, University of Victoria, British Columbia 1970 Moved to Canada as Visiting Associate Professor, Fine Art Department, University of Calgary, Alberta. 1960 Worked as lithographer in Paris in the printmaking Atelier Patris 1959 Awarded Abbey Minor travelling scholarship and French State scholarship. Toured Northern Europe, then spent time in Italy. 1956-9 Studied painting and printmaking at Slade School of Fine Art. Diploma in Fine Art. 1954-6 National Service in Royal Artillery Chester 1942 Moved with family to Douglas, Isle of Man

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Michael Sandle, Sculptor, Cragg Foundation, Walfrieden Sculpture Park, Wuppertal, Germany 2018 Monumental Rage, Grosvenor Museum, Chester 2016 Michael Sandle: Now and Then, Dadiani Fine Art, London 2016 Time, Transition, and Dissent, Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road 2012 Michael Sandle, A Celebration, Landsatsamt Enzkreis, Pforzheim, Germany 2011 Michael Sandle, Works on Paper, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street 2009 Twentieth Century Memorial, Dean Clough, Halifax 2008 Twentieth Century Memorial, Duveen Gallery, Tate Britain 2007 Centenary Art Gallery, Leeds University Retrospective, Inner Bailey Ludlow Castle, Frost & Reed, London 2005 Drawing Retrospective, DLI Gallery, Durham 1998 Sculpture & Drawing, Manx Museum, Isle of Man 1996 De Montfort University, Lincoln 1995 Drawings & Sculpture, Jason & Rhodes, London, Memorials for the Twentieth Century, Tate Liverpool 1991 Kryzstofery Galerie, Krakow, Poland 1990 British Council Exhibition, Ernst Museum and the Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary, British Council Exhibition, OPS Park Sienkiewicza, Lodz, Poland 1989 Retrospective, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. Malta Siege Memorial, Diploma Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Malta Siege Memorial, Imperial War Museum, London 1988 Retrospective, The Whitechapel Gallery, London 1984 Wilhelm, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany 1983 Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 50 X 50 Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road 2017- 2018 Like honey from a weed, CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood Skulpturen aus der Sammlung, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Germany 2015 Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale, Mdina, Malta 2015 Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Mead Arts Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, City Art Centre, Edinburgh 2015 Post Pop, Saatchi Gallery, London The Print Show, Flowers Gallery, Cork Street 2015- 2023 Walk Through British Art, Tate Britain, London 2014 Reflections of War, Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road 2014 Selected Works by Gallery Artists, Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road 2014 Small is Beautiful XXXI, Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road 2012 100 Prints, Flowers East 2012 British Sculpture, Flowers Central 2000 Bronze: British Contemporary Sculpture, Holland Park, London 1999 Fifty Years of British Sculpture, The Hague, Holland 1991 Kolekja Stuzki XXw, Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland 1987 Which Side of the Fence, Imperial War Museum, London 1987 Current Affairs, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Mucasrnok, Budapest, Hungary, Narodnie Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic, Galeria Zachetta, Warsaw, Poland 1986 1st Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan 1981 British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Gallery, London 1969 6 at the Hayward Gallery, Hayward Gallery, London 1967 Cinqueme Biennale de Paris, Musèe d’ Art Moderne, Paris, France 1958 First International Triennial of Coloured Graphics, Kunstverein Grenchen, Switzerland PUBLIC COMMISIONS

2002 “Memorial to Lifeboatmen”, Marine Gardens, Douglas, Isle of Man 2001 “International Maritime Organization Seafarers’ Memorial”, Albert Embankment, London 1997 "The Viking", Port Erin Arts Centre, Isle of Man 1992 "St Margaret", The Pearl Assurance Head Offices, Peterborough 1988-92 Malta Siege Memorial, Grand Harbour, Valletta 1988 "St. George & the Dragon", Blackfriars, London 1987 "Woman for Heidelberg", Kopf Klinik, Heidelberg, Germany 1986 "Belgrano Medal - a Medal of Dishonour", British Art Medallic Society 1985 "Memorial to the Victims of a Helicopter Disaster", Mannheim,Germany 1981 "Sculpture for a Trades School", Muhlacker, Germany

AWARDS

2007 Hugh Casson Drawing Prize, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2004-6 Kenneth Armitage Fellowship 1995 Henry Hering Memorial Medal (for Malta Siege Memorial) National Sculpture Society of America 1989 Korn/Ferry Award, Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 1987 Prize-winner in 7th International Small Sculpture Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary 1986 Nobutaka Shikanai prize, 1st Rodin Grand Prize Exhibition, Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol Arts Council of Great Britain Atkinson Gallery, Southport Australian National Gallery, Canberra British Council, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London British Museum Bundesmimisterium des Innern, Bonn, Germany Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood Contemporary Art Society Government Art Collection Dallas Museum of Art, USA Hakone Open Air Museum, Japan Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Imperial War Museum, London Ingram Collection Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre, Calgary, Canada Leeds City Art Gallery Leicestershire Collection for Schools Leicester Museum & Art Gallery Manx Heritage Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man Mercer Gallery, Harrogate Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk, Poland Neueberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, USA Oldham Art Gallery Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter Seattle Art Museum, USA Sydney Bestoff Sculpture Gardens, New Orleans, USA Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany Städtische Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany Staatsgallerie Stuttgart, Germany Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany Tate Britain, London Victoria & Albert Museum, London