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Born: 16 September, 1946, Bristol
Elected RA: 9 December, 2010
Category of Membership: Sculptor
Stephen Cox, 'Chrysalis', 1989-91. Imperial Porphyry, 92 x 285 x 100 cm. Collection Tate Gallery.
Stephen Cox trained at the West of England College of Art, Bristol (1964-65), Loughborough College of Art (1965-1966), and the Central School of Art and Design, London (1966-1968) and has since lectured at colleges throughout the United Kingdom.
He is perhaps best known for his monolithic sculptures and has created site specific pieces in Italy, India and Egypt, drawing on the indigenous materials to create contemporary works that resonate with historical and cultural connotations.
Using traditional techniques, he has carved marble, alabaster and porphyry, and was the first artist to gain access to the Imperial Porphyry Quarries in the Eastern Mountains of Egypt for many centuries.
Awards include: The Arts Council of Great Britain Award (1978, 1980), British Council Bursary (1979,1980), Hakone Open Air Museum Prize (1985), Indian Triennale Gold Medal (1986), Royal Academy Goldhill Sculpture Prize (1988), Capital and Counties Art and Work Award (1991), ACE Award for Art in a Religious Context (2007/8).
Read an interview with Stephen Cox in RA Magazine Summer 2011
Recent solo exhibitions
2011 Ludlow Castle, Ludlow
2011 Drawing Gallery, Walford, Shropshire
2009 Lincoln College, Oxford
2006 Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
2005 San Francesco Della Scarpa, Bari
2005 Shrewsbury Museum, Shropshire
2004 Eyestorm Gallery, London
2001 Culture Gallery, New York
2000 Museo Archeologico, Aosta
1999 Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala, Pzza del Duomo, Siena
1999 Jesus College, Cambridge
1997 Anthony Slayter Ralph Gallery, Santa Barbara
1997 Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
1996 Art Today Gallery, New Delhi
1996 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London
1996 Ajanta Gallery, New Delhi
1996 Jamali Kamali Gardens, New Delhi
1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London
1995 Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1994 Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, Cairo
1994 University Art Gallery, Nottingham
1992 Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury
1991 Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg
1991 DEGW Architects / Smith Jariwala Gallery, London
1989 Galleria Carini, Florence
1988 Bath International Festival, Artsite Gallery, Bath
1988 University Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester
1987 Galleria Littman, Basle
1987, 1989 Galleria Carini, Florence
1986 FIAC, Paris
1986 Tate Gallery, London
1986 6th Indian Triennale, New Delhi
1985 Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1985 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1985 International Contemporary Art Fair, London
1985 Tamarisk Gallery, Gibraltar
1984, 1985 Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva
1984 Casa di Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno, near Arezzo
1983, 1984 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1983 Salone Villa Romana, Florence
1982 25th Festivale dei Due Mondi, Spoleto
1982 Galleria La Salita, Rome
1981 Artra Studio, Milan
1981 Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari
1978 Galerie Swart, Amsterdam
1976, 1977, 1980 Lisson Gallery, London
Commissioned projects
2011 'Holy Water Stoup' Canterbury Cathedral
2009 Virgin Mary and Saint Midred – Tower Gateway of Lincoln College Oxford, Oxford
2005 Altar to St. Anselm – St. Anselm’s Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
2000-2001 ‘Proslogion: to St. Anselm’ – Aosta Cathedral, Italy
1999 ‘Tribute to Beato Surore’ – Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
1999 Faceted Column, Finsbury Pavement, London
1997 ‘Vessels: Adam and Eve’ – St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London
1996-1997 ‘Eucharist’ – Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1996 'Tribute Sculpture' (War Memorial) British High Commission, Canberra
1995-1998 ‘Rajiv Gandhi Samadhi’ – Vir Bhumi, Raj Ghat, New Delhi
1992-1993 ‘Echo’ – Broadgate Properties Plc: Fleet Place, Ludgate, London
1991-1992 ‘Mantra’ – The British High Commission, British Council Division, New Delhi
1991 ‘Osirisisis’ – Stockley Park, Heathrow, London
1990-1991 ‘Hymn’ – University of Kent, Canterbury
1989-1993 Altar, Font, Reredos, Stations of the Cross and Consecration Crosses, Parish Church of St. Paul, Harringay, London
1988-1989 ‘Song’ – Foreign and Commonwealth Office, New Opera House, Cairo
1988 'Ganapathi and Devi', Broadgate, London
1985-1987 ‘Atyeo’ – Public Art Development Trust, Baltic Wharf, Bristol
1984 ‘Palanzana’ – Merseyside Development Corporation and Merseyside
County Council, International Garden Festival, Liverpool
1983 ‘Tondo: Ascension’ – Royal Festival Hall, London
Contact details for further information
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