ian campbell briggs
Mediums Used
Ian Campbell-Briggs has exhibited in London, Bristol, Leicester, South Wales, Italy and France.
In his work he uses a number of materials, generally the starting point is clay, which is then cast into resin and occasionally bronze. His use of welded steel is becoming more prevalent, both with other materials and in its own right.
The work sometimes combines the figure with the abstract. The purely abstract explores enclosing space through planar construction or taking a line for a walk through space. All the sculptures are thematic investigating topics such as the mandorla, the passage through liminal spaces and the systematisation of knowledge.
In 2010 he was elected Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors MRBS.
As a sculptor working in series, my work is thematic, investigated through metaphor, combining the figure with the abstract. Often the starting point for the work is the figure by way of analytical drawing in clay, which then inspires the complimentary formalised components.
The purely abstract work although dispensing with the figure is formally linked with the above described sculptures. Generally these are architectonic forms of welded steel. Linear in construction, and either taking a line for a walk through space or enclosing a space using planar construction.
Sculptures by ian campbell briggs
Credentials
Qualifications
BA (Hons) MRBS UA,BA (Hons) MRBS UA
Exhibitions
yes
Awards
1992 Gillingham Open
2011 Declared overall winner and “Artist of The Dockyard 2011” for the “Art in the Dockyard” exhibition, Chatham Historic Dockyard. The title and prize is sponsored by Winsor and Newton and GreatArt.
2011 Public Choice Winner The Menier GalleryPublications
To Be Confirmed forward by Dr Dorothy Rowe Bristol University
A Decade of Sculpture forward by Professor Robert Burgess and Dr John Sydney Carter FRBS University of Leicester
Surface, Burghley Sculpture Garden forward by Michael Shaw PhD
Elemental, Burghley Sculpture Garden forward by Michael Shaw PhD
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015, featured in Celebrate the Show
Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal by Peter Parkinson, Crowood Press, Lacoonic Labyrinth, Eumenides II Medusa and Volundarhus featured,To Be Confirmed forward by Dr Dorothy Rowe Bristol University
A Decade of Sculpture forward by Professor Robert Burgess and Dr John Sydney Carter FRBS University of Leicester
Surface, Burghley Sculpture Garden forward by Michael Shaw PhD
Elemental, Burghley Sculpture Garden forward by Michael Shaw PhD
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015, featured in Celebrate the Show
Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal by Peter Parkinson, Crowood Press, Lacoonic Labyrinth, Eumenides II Medusa and Volundarhus featured
1984 BA (Hons) Degree West Surrey College of Art and Design
1991 Elected to membership of the Society of Graphic Fine
Art (SGFA) Retired
2010 Elected to Full Membership of the United Society of Artists
(UA)
2010 Elected to Associate of the Royal British Society of
Sculptors (MRBS)
2011 Elected Committee Member of the United Society of
Artists
There are many influences on my work from architectural forms, engineering, Classical Greek sculpture, the human figure to horses and flight.
Many artists inspire including the sculptors; Donatello, David Smith, Anthony Caro, Alberto Giacometti, Nuam Gabo, Lynn Chadwick Eduardo Chillida, Elizabeth Frink, Anish Kapoor, Richard Deacon and David Mach.
Also painters such as; John Piper, Graham Sutherland, David Bomberg, Willem de Kooning and Anselm Kiefer.
2012 Installed Triangulum, commissioned by the National Trust for Mottisfont Abbey.
2014 Installed Juno, the commissioned sculpture for Guildford Borough Council at G Live on 25 June.
2015 Installed Xylem, commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society for the Fresh Gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show.
2015 Installed Wife-Mother-Carer, commissioned by Barchester Healthcare PLC for Friston House.
