guy portelli

Mediums Used

Rising head and shoulders above his contemporaries Guy Portelli`s work is found all over Britain, the US and Europe, in private, public and corporate collections. Somehow with all his commissions and own inspirations he manages to find time to work on the committee of the RBS and write books on the sculptors of the 20th Century with equal skill and panache, as well as organizing art shows and events.
Sculpture is a fine art form. Simply because it serves nothing by itself and has little asked of it, but that it exists.
If it gives pleasure, provokes a response, challenges preconceptions, embraces the past, present and future. Lives happily in lots surroundings and gives us a different perspective on our world, has a strong concept and is technically well executed. Then the artist has succeeded.
Sculptures by guy portelli
Credentials
Qualifications
Diploma in Interior Design, Medway College of Art
Diploma 3-D Sculpture and Design, Medway College of Art,Diploma in Interior Design, Medway College of Art
Diploma 3-D Sculpture and Design, Medway College of ArtExhibitions
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Awards
Elected as member Royal Society of British Sculptors - 1998
Elected as Council member for The Royal Society of British Sculptors – 2000
Elected as a member of the Royal Society of British Artists – 2002
Elizabeth Frink School Award - 2002
Scott Goodman Harris Award - 2003
Elected as a Council member for The Royal Society of British Artists – 2003
UBS Sculpture Award - 2005
NADFAS London Sculpture Award May 2008 for "Excess"
A and K Wilson Award for Sculpture - Modrock/The Who 2009.Publications
Modern British Sculpture
"A comprehensive study of modern sculpture developments in Great Britain."
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, distributed by Bushwood Books Ltd - contact +44 (0) 20 83928585 or info@bushwoodbooks.co.uk
ISBN: 978-0-7643-2111-0 £69.95Also available from local booksellers and Sausmarez Manor Sculpture Park.,Modern British Sculpture
"A comprehensive study of modern sculpture developments in Great Britain."
Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, distributed by Bushwood Books Ltd - contact +44 (0) 20 83928585 or info@bushwoodbooks.co.uk
ISBN: 978-0-7643-2111-0 £69.95Also available from local booksellers and Sausmarez Manor Sculpture Park.
Born in Durban on the 13.6.1957 and moved to England in 1969. Went to Hugh Christie Secondary Modern School, Tonbridge Medway College of Design.
The Courier 1986
Country Magazine 1987
The Times 1987
Daily Telegraph 1987
The Times 1987
Daily Telegraph 1987
The Evening Standard 1987
Design Magazine 1988
The Times 1991
Country Life Magazine 1991
Guardian 1999
IDFX Magazine 2000 and 2003
Evening Standard May 2008
Uk Press coverage August 2008 following appearance on Dragon`s Den pitching for A Pop Icons Exbition to be held in June 2009 and succeeding!
Art in England, Artists and Illustrators June 2009
Courier and Local papers in Kent JUne/July 2009.
Fountain at Opera Terrace, Covent Garden, London - 1987
Sculptures for the Trafford Centre, Manchester -1998
Sainsbury`s Lavender Plant, 6 mts, Bronze and Mosaic, London -1999
Palio Horses for Sienna Building, Hatton Garden, London -1999.
