graham high

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A remarkable man whose work is better known than he is, having produced the models and animatronics for practically every film. from 101 Dalmatians, Babe, Aliens and The English Patient, to the latest Harry Potter film. His work is in museums in London, Swindon, Riga, Halifax, Ohio, and Taiwan, and private collections in Britain, USA, Switzerland, France, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Russia, Australia and Kenya.
Sculptures by graham high
Credentials
Qualifications
1969-73 Leeds University BA Hons Fine Art
1973-74 Leeds University M. Phil (uncompleted),1969-73 Leeds University BA Hons Fine Art
1973-74 Leeds University M. Phil (uncompleted)Exhibitions
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Awards
Publications
POETRY- Ravens of Unresting Thought 1975
Attempts of Love 1977
No Turning Back 1986Art - RAG-USSR Catalogue for Riverside Artists Group
Tape - RAG-USSR U-matic videotape, filmed and edited G. High,POETRY- Ravens of Unresting Thought 1975
Attempts of Love 1977
No Turning Back 1986Art - RAG-USSR Catalogue for Riverside Artists Group
Tape - RAG-USSR U-matic videotape, filmed and edited G. High
Born in 1948 in West London.
Education : 1969 - 73 Leeds University
1973 - 74 Leeds University
Occupations : 1966 - 69 Executive Officer in Board of Trade - various posts. During this time painting and sculpting in free time up to university.
1974 - 75 Free lance painter. Various small exhibitions up to 1977
1975 - 83 Employed at Madel-making and Taxidermy Department of the Natural History Museum, rising to Chief Model-Maker in 1980
During this period also working of TV and Film projects, sometimes on sabbatical leave. Painting and sculpture continue but no solo exhibitions after 1977 up to 1985. 1983-present. Full time work as director of own company serving the feature film industry as animatronic model-maker. Alongside film work exhibiting regularly in group and one person shows of painting and sculpture. In 1994 elected as member of the Roayl Society of British Sculptors.
Leed University, Swindon Urban Council, British Museum of Natural History, Museum of Modern Art, Riga, Latvia, Museum of Childhood, Halifax, Museuam of Ohio USA, Museum of Natural Sciences
