Each sculpture exists for a reason and belongs in its environment
Film
Click here to see a short film which starts with a glimpse of some of his early work and ends with the Bhopal Enigma
Film
Click here to see a short film which starts with a glimpse of some of his early work and ends with the Bhopal Enigma
Stephen Vince created a Touring Exhibition that visited many venues in England during the Olympics 2012.
'Olympics Art' was a take on the Olympic Games London 2012 - with more than one hundred artworks.
Below are some pictures taken during this touring exhibition. To see the complete tour and all about it --- Click here
'Olympics Art' was a take on the Olympic Games London 2012 - with more than one hundred artworks.
Below are some pictures taken during this touring exhibition. To see the complete tour and all about it --- Click here
Teapot at the Wallingford Food Festival 260512
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Running Man with teapot at Church Farm Ardeley 090612
5 Spades A-leaning at Church Farm Ardeley 090612
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Olympic Teapot with Runner at 'Farm the City' 160912
Edward Lucie-Smith with 'Olympic Teapot' at the Bermondsey Open 2012
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Teapot with children at Todmorden Incredible Edible Harvest Festival 300912
Sheep at Paddington Farm Glastonbury 140712
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Red Pear at the Cork Street opening of 'Race Into Time' 10th April 2012
Olympic Teapot with Swimmers at Acton
Open Day 020912
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Below are some of the small bronze moquettes from the Olympics Art Exhibitions. Because the Olympics Committees forbade artworks of the actual athletes or anything relating to the olympics, Vince created another olympics. In this Olympics these bronze maquettes of elephants, hares and others joined the olympics in their own way.
As the exhibition travelled from place to place it changed. As a rolling stone gathers moss. Later creations dealt with the official and political declaration that this was to be the Greenest of Green Olympics.
As the exhibition travelled from place to place it changed. As a rolling stone gathers moss. Later creations dealt with the official and political declaration that this was to be the Greenest of Green Olympics.
Hare Acrobat
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Lion in sheep's clothing
Ring of spades entwined
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Zonked
Boxing Elephants
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Wolf in sheep's clothing
Hare Hurdling
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Elephant Walking
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The Bhopal Enigma explores London 2012 The Sculpture Safari reaches Scotland
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Viking Ship
line-out Stainless Steel Largs, Scotland |
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Stephen Vince Resume
Born and educated in England. Specialised in the Sciences at school, winning first the Music Prize and later the Science Prize. First degree in the Agricultural Sciences. Studied History of Art then left England to paint and sculpt in Australia during 1988 where Nature took over as his mentor. He then lived and worked in Thailand and subsequently Hongkong. He was then granted a green card by the American Government. He developed the concept of the 'Sculpture Safari'. The first group included twenty line-out sculptures of endangered species, shown as a complete exhibition within their natural surroundings. (The line-out is an often almost invisible metal drawing in the sky and so is a parallel to the near extinction of these species in reality). The concept follows his need and desire to take his art to people and at the same time to involve Nature. He attempts to work in all dimensions possible, from one to four or more. A recent development and intent in his Art has been to take it to the public. The sculpture 'The Bhopal Enigma' physically joining in a March along Mile End road to Bow, London in July 2012. And in 2013 other sculptures have joined processions in the streets of London. |
The Sculpture Safaris
began in the Mai Po marshes on the Hongkong/China border. This was filmed by Michael Pitts with poems by the late Martin Booth - producing the book and film 'Life Confronted'. The next major exhibition was in and around Gstaad, Switzerland and high into its Alpine peaks, as high as the Eagle Club at the top of the Wassengraat. This was followed by the Sculpture Safari at Lowestoft, Britain’s Most Easterly Point and at The University of East Anglia in Norwich. From there in 1997 the Safari went to the mountainside estates of Lord Glasgow, reaching down to the banks of the Clyde,and held simultaneously with a retrospective exhibition put on by the North Ayrshire Museums, Scotland. The Sculpture Safari was last seen amidst important gardens on the approach to the United Nations in New York, USA; an exhibition organised by New York Art Dealer Odile Gorse. Sadly Odile Gorse never returned the sculptures so they have disappeared along with the creatures they represent, never seen again since that exhibition by the United Nations. There were unconfirmed reports that the Safari was later seen in a gallery on Nantucket island, USA. In 1997, the line-out sculpture Running Tigers with Stripes was selected for the Monte Carlo Sculpture Biennale, Monaco. The Line-out sculptures developed from two projects in the Far East; the one of a 40 foot suspended whale, developed for the Atrium of a major shopping centre in Ap Lei Chau, and the other, a 60 foot water buffalo for Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. In 1996,he completed the line sculpture, The Scorpion Figures for the major property company Shaftesbury PLC in London. (This work contains several symbols and references). The Reflective Sculptures The Bhopal Enigma is one of a group of sculptures made from reflective stainless steel which also contains a number of evaluations. |
Marikana Man crossing Trafalgar Square to the rally 16th Aug 2013
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Marikana Man at South Africa House London Aug 16th 2013
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On a Protest March along Mile End Road 28th July 2012
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'Melting Man' at Stop Vedanta Rally Grosvenor Square London Aug 2013
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The Plight of the Bees and World Food Supply 2013 onwards
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Commissions include:
Eagle and Trout by a small housing complex in Colorado,USA,
Eagle and Hares for Le Rosey, Gstaad and Geneva, Switzerland.
Standing Leaf for Le Rosey, Gstaad and Geneva, Switzerland.
Charging Rhino made for the George Adamson Trust, is placed at the gates of their Mkomazi Rhino Project in the Tsavo National Park of Tanzania, Africa.
Tusk Force of London commissioned Charging Tiger, the sister piece to the above to help raise funds for their charity.
The Scorpion Figures for the major property company Shaftesbury PLC in London.
The Hongkong Bank in Hongkong commissioned Seated Tiger Looking Back, for their customers symbolizing the final plight of the Siberian Tiger.
20ft Ozone Stones, and 10 ft Swimming Elephant are in Taipei,
Stephen Vince has developed an important form of Public Participation Sculpture, which involves the public both physically and cerebrally in each sculpture. The first such piece was the Ogham Log, the trunk of a rain-forest tree found washed up on a Hongkong beach. He stood it up, and asked the Hongkong Public to bring leaves , write on the leaves their feelings for the plight of the world’s forests, and place the leaves around the sculpture. Later some leaves would be cast into bronze, with these inscriptions. 10,000 people came in the ten days to write on the leaves.
The Paper Tiger is another important Public Participation sculpture, the public creating a savanna of tall grass around the tiger, with their opinions inscribed on the blades of grass. The public displays of the sculpture have included The World Bank in Washington, USA, The VAC of the Hongkong Museum of Art and Whitehall Palace, Westminster, London.
Publications.
Books and booklets
The Spirits of the Yellow Leaves
Life Confronted with poems by Martin Booth
Stones, Sounds and Silence with forward by Edward Lucie-Smith
On the Edge with poems by Martin Booth
Front Covers and feature articles include
Asia Pacific Sculpture News
Lobby Art,
The World Bank, Washington
The Medical Journal (Cover, no article)
Feature articles not including front covers
The Mandarin Oriental Magazine
Cathay Pacific Magazine
Thai Air Magazine
Sunday Morning Post Colour Supplement
Pace Interior Architecture
Many articles in a large number of newspapers
in Hongkong,(incl. The Morning Post, The Standard , and Chinese language titles),
the UK (incl. The Times and The Guardian)
and the USA (Nantucket).
Also short TV appearances and a number of radio talks in both Hongkong and the UK.
One-Man Exhibitions include
The Visual Arts Centre of The Hongkong Museum of Art in 1992 and 1994.
Represented and exhibited by Mandarin Oriental Fine Art, Hongkong,
Everard Read Gallery, South Africa,
The Albemarle Gallery (previously by The Osborne Gallery and The Boundary Gallery) London
The Mall Galleries, London.
Taipei Metro Building, Taipei, Taiwan.
Waddington-Tribby Fine Art, USA
Stephen Vince Solo and Special Exhibitions
2013 'Marikana Man' off Trafalgar Square, London
2013 'Melting Man' off Grosvenor Square, London
2012 'Race Into Time' The Gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair, London
2012 'Race Into Time' the Touring Exhibition and its journey round England
1998 'Sculpture Safari' Hammarskjöld Gardens, United Nations Plaza, New York
1998 Blowing in the Wind, Nature Concervancy, Central Park, New York, USA
1998 NPC, New York Expo, New York, USA
1998 Savanna Fine Art, Palm Beach Art Expo, Florida, USA
1997 Vikingar, Largs, nr Glasgow, Scotland
1997 Sculpture Safari, Kelburn Castle, nr Glasgow, Scotland
1997 Glasgow Vennel Museum, Irvine, Glasgow, Scotland
1997 Savanna Fine Art, Palm Beach Art Expo, Florida, USA
1997 The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York, USA
1997 The Museum Annexe, Central, Hong Kong
1996 Osborne Gallery, Belgravia, London, UK
1996 Endangered Species Chess Match, Mandarin Oriental, Central, Hong Kong
1996 The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York, USA
1996 The Boundary Gallery, Art 96, London, UK
1996 NPC, Art Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
1996 NPC, Art Expo, New York, USA
1995 - 96 Sculpture Safari, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
1996 - 96 The Boundary Gallery, London, UK
1995 NPC, Barbican Fine Arts Fair, London, UK
1995 Sculpture Safari, Lowestoft and East Point, UK
1995 Mandarin Oriental Fine Arts, Central, Hong Kong
1995 The UBS Bank Exhibition, Gstaad, Switzerland
1995 Sculpture Safari, Wassengrat and Gstaad, Switzerland
1995 The Tiger Trust UK, Old Poet’s Room, London, UK
1994 Life Endangered, The VAC, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1994 The Tiger Trust Exhibition, Whitehall Palace, London, UK
1994 The HO Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
1994 Taipei Metro/ Shangri-La Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
1994 The Ho Gallery, Art Miami, Florida, USA
1994 Galerie Nouvel Esprit, Tampa, Florida, USA
1993 The HO Gallery, Art Asia, Hong Kong
1993 The HO Gallery/ Pace Wildenstein, Bandar Daressalaam, Sultanate of Brunei
1993 The American Club, Central, Hong Kong
1993 The Square Gallery, London, UK
1993 ARRTRA Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1992 The Spirit of Ozumo, Club 97 Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
1992 The Y Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
1992 Discoveries Gallery, Art Asia, Hong Kong
1992 Life Confronted, The VAC, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1992 Museum Society Garden Exhibition, Hong Kong
1992 Charles Orchard Art, The Hilton, Hong Kong
1992 A Gala Preview, Post 97 Gallery, Hong Kong
1992 Images from the East, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Central, Hong Kong
1991 The Royal Cliff Gallery, Pattaya, Bangkok, Thailand
1991 Hong Kong Parkview Gallery, The Peak, Hong Kong
1991 The Museum Society, Hong Kong
1991 Smiths Galleries, Covent Garden, London
1991 The RBSA Galleries, Birmingham, UK
1990 The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK
Stephen Vince Group Exhibitions
2013 'Art Alive' Assembly House, Norwich
2012 Cork Street Open, Mayfair, London
2012 'Celebration of Sport' Bermondsey, London
1998 The Sailors Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, USA
1997 Albermarle Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK
1997 VI Biennale de Sculpture de Monte Carlo, Monaco
1997 The World Bank, Endangered Species, Washington, USA
1997 Las Olas Fine Arts, Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1996 The World Bank Flora and Fauna ,World Bank, Washington, USA
1996 The Haus Wittgenstein Gallery, Vienna, Austria
1996 The Sailors Valentine Gallery, Nantucket, USA
1996 Galerie Les Hirondelles, Geneva, Switzerland
1996 English Garden Design, Wales, UK
1996 The Hannah Peschar Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Surrey, UK
1995 Borrowed from Nature, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
1995 Natural History Paintings and Sculpture, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg,SA
1994 The Castle Museum Gallery, Norwich, UK
1994 The Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough, UK
1993 The Castle Museum Gallery, Norwich, UK
1993 The Wildlife Exhibition, The Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
1993 The Boundary Gallery, ART 93, London, UK
1992 One Hundred Years The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
1991 London Contemporary Art, Art 91, London, UK
1991 The Royal Society of British Artists The Mall Galleries, London, UK
1991 Six Birmingham Artists, The RBSA Galleries, Birmingham, UK
1991 100 Years of Portraiture, The RBSA Galleries, Birmingham, UK
1991 Artists of East Anglia, Art 90, London, UK
1990 Brtish Art in the Nineties, The RBSA Galleries, Birmingham, UK
1989 Art For Aids, Fawley Court, Henley on Thames, UK
1989 Images of Italy, Academmia Italiana, London, UK
1988 Sculptors of East Anglia, The Corn Exchange, Ipswich, UK
1988 Norfolk Art Now, The Castle Museum, Norwich, UK
Links
Some of the early reflective sculptures can be seen in this beautiful garden in Rickmansworth near London, which is open to the public on certain days.
http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?id=9132
