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Michael Lyons

In 1998 Michael Lyons held a 20 year Survey Show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, of which he was a Founding Member. Since then he has worked extensively in China, Mexico and Argentina extending his use of mild steel to encompass stainless steel and copper. In 2003 he won the Premio Fondo Nacional at the Guilin Yuzxi Paradise International Sculpture Awards. In 2006 he won the Premio Fondo Nacional de las Artes in the Chaco Biennale of Sculpture, Argentina. In 2007 he represented Britain in “Open” – an International Exhibition of Sculpture and Installations in Venice. In 2008 he exhibited in “Steel Sculpture” organized by the Fundacion Villacero at the Rami Koc Museum, Istanbul and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Monterrey, Mexico. In 2011/12 he is exhibiting in the London Bridge City Sculpture Exhibition, Hays Galleria, London. Three sculptures and ten drawings entitled “The Lady Zhen`s Well” have just been acquired by The Yale Centre for British Art, Yale University, USA.

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Biography

Michael was born in 19943 and lives and works in Yorkshire, England. From 1994 to 1997 he was Vice President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. He is a Trustee of the Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture and the UK Director of the Association of Monumental Sculpture (Tultepec Mexico). In 2001 he was an Advisor to Tsinghua University`s Art and Science Exhibition and Global Symposium.

Fellowships
1992 Associate, Royal British Society of Sculptors
1993 Council, Royal British Society of Sculptors
1994 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts; Fellow, Royal British Society of Sculptors
1994–97 Vice-President, Royal Society of British Sculptors

Public Works

The Arts Council of England
Changchuyn Government (China)
Hangzhou Government (China)
Urunday Foundation and City of Resistencia (Argentina)
University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
Yale Centre for British Art (USA)
Withworth Art Gallery - University of Manchester
Leeds City Arts Galleries
The Jerwood Foundation.

Teaching Experience
1989/93 Head of Sculpture- Manchester Metropolitan Uni 1993 Guest Professor - National Institute of Fine Arts 2002 Guest Professor - Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Visiting Teaching includes Emily Carr College - Canada Royal Academy Schools - London School of the Art Institute of Chicago - USA.
Public Acquisitions
Commissions 1985/86 - Doves of Peace commissioned by Manchester City Council 1990 - Argonaut commissioned by the Hampshire Sculpture Trust of Portmouth University 2001 - Dawn of Time commissioned by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 2002 - Primal Energy Earth/Air Continuum commissioned by Wingfield Arts 2007 - "Scorpio" permantly installed in Technologica de Monterrey (University of San Luis Potosi) Mexico 2008 - Argonaut owned by Portmouth University re-sited as focal point in refurbished campus 2010 - Gateway: New Beginnings and Fleeting Sun: Serpents Rising permantly sited at Parque Bicentenario, Metepec, Mexico 2011 - Voice of the Mountain: Sudden Storm permanently sited at Shanghai Sculpture Park "Unity of Opposites: Vortex on loan to Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2012 - Eartrise renamed Trade Wind (Formerly owned by the Jerwood Foundation) sited in Jakarta, Indonesia 2014 - Fènix Balears, for private collection in Palma, Mallorca Collections Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London; Birmingham Museums; Bradford City Art Galleries; Municipality of Büyükçekmece, Istanbul; Caroline Wiseman Modern and Contemporary; Government of Changchun, China; Government of Comitan, Chiapas, Mexico; Dudley MBC; East Suffolk Council; Ferens Art Gallery: Hull Museums; University of Guadalajara, Mexico; Government of Hangzhou, China; Hepworth Wakefield; Jerwood Foundation; Leeds Museums and Galleries (Art Gallery) ; University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Manchester City Galleries; Northern Arts Association; Norwich Union, York; Government of Penglai City, China; University of Portsmouth; PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London; Provident Financial Collection, Bradford; Qiang Giang New City Development, Hangzhou, China; Sentul City Park, Bogor, Indonesia; Shanghai Sculpture Park, China; Museums Sheffield; Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico; TEDA College, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; Urunday Foundation and City of Resistencia, Argentina; Villacero Foundation Monterrey, Mexico; Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester; Yale Center for British Art; Yanqing Government, China; Yorkshire Arts Association Private Collections in the UK, USA, China, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Germany and Mallorca
Symposiums
Residencies and Symposia 1987 - Kleinwefers Symposium of Steel Sculpture 1998 - Guilin Yuzi Paradise International Sculpture 1999 - Chanchun International Sculpture Symposium 2000 - TEDA International Urban Sculpture Symposium 2000 - Hangzhou International Symposium and Invitational Exhibition 2001 - Yanqing International Sculpture Symposium 2001 - Residency at Vermont Studio Centre 2002 - Redgate Residency - China 2004 - XIII Symposia International De Excultura en Acreo Inoxidable Tultepec 2006 - 2nd International Symposium of Sculpture in Stainless Steel, Comitan Mexico 2009 - Residency at Shanghai Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China 2014 - Aldeburgh Beach Lookout (Caroline Wiseman Modern and Contemporary)

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