GILES PENNY
GILES PENNY
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1978-79 Studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, London.
1980 Studied at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art.
1981-84 Studied at Newport College of Art, South Wales.
Giles has developed his sculptural work from a two dimensional background having been trained in formal painting. It is interesting to see that most of his ideas usually translate into an abstracted version of the human form. He conveys emotions and feelings through the visual use of the figure, and often portrays an innocent humorous quality. Ideas initiated as drawings are often developed at a later stage into sculpture, or vice versa. His fondest way of working is in relief, which he believes is half way between sculpture and drawing.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
• 2009 'Rise and Shine' for BBC White City.
• 2007 'Man in the Wind' for P&O cruisliner; Ventura.
• 2007 ‘Signalman’ at Bluebrick development, Wolverhampton
For Whitbread Group plc.
• 2004 ‘Man And Animal’, Portishead Quays, Bristol,
For Crest Nicholson.
• 2004 ‘Flying Woman’ steel, Waitrose supermarket, Newbury,
For Discovery Properties Ltd.
• 2001 ‘Man and Globe’, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth
Waterfront Development, For Berkeley Festival Company.
• 2000 ‘Man and Ball’, Centrepiece for Housing development,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, for Crest Homes Ltd.
• 1999 Six large bronze relief panels ‘Past and Present’ –
Golden Square, London, - For Norwich Union Insurance Company
Ltd.
• 1999 ‘Two Men on a Bench’ and ‘Man With Arms Open’
Cabot Square, Canary Wharf London, For Canary Wharf Group PLC.
• 1995 ‘Noah in Boat’, Centrepiece for a lake at Co-operative
Headquarters, Rochdale, Lancashire- for Co-operative Retail Services Ltd.
• 1990 A Collection of 23 large sculptures for the Body Shop Headquarters,
West Sussex.
EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE
The Bristol Drawing School• Limehouse Gallery. • Thompsons Gallery, London.
• ‘Spectrum’, Royal British Society of Sculptors, Malmesbury.• Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.• Sotheby’s, London.• Beaux Arts, Bath.• Zimmer Stewart Gallery, Sussex.• ‘Fresh Air’ Sculpture Exhibition, Glos.• Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Yorkshire.• Bruton Street Gallery, London.• Broomhill Art Hotel, Devon.• Sladmore Gallery, London.• Lancaster Arts Centre, High Wycombe, Bucks.• Chichester Cathedral, Sussex.• ‘Shape of the Century’, Canary Wharf, London.• Arundel Arts Festival, Sussex.• Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, Sussex.• ‘Art 90’, Business Design Centre, London.
"To the habitual gallery-goer the sculpture of Giles Penny is like a breath of fresh air. After the morbid trends of recent years, it is something of a relief to find an artist who does not rely on shock, obscuration to gain effect. Here is an original mind with some very interesting ideas and the ability to present them with clarity."
MICHAEL CHARLTON