Bridget McCrum

About the artist

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Bridget McCrum

Dartmouth
Devon
United Kingdom

Current Exhibitions

25/06/2010		Messum's The Studio, Lords Wood, Marlow Common, Bucks SL7 2QS
13/06/2010		on form, Asthall Manor, Asthall, Burford, OX18 4WH
28/05/2010		Coombe Gallery. Foss Street, Dartmouth, TQ6 9DR
22/05/2010		Lockbund Sculpture, Oxfordshire Art Week. Appletree Lane, Cropredy, 0X17 1PZ

Galleries

messums fine art, london, W1

New Art Centre, Salisbury

Statement

Artist's Statement

I am primarily a stone- carver but work in plaster for many bronze pieces. Since childhood I have been excited by ancient remains, fragments of carving and standing stones in lonely landscapes. My travels have taken me to many sites from different cultures around the Mediterranean, and the chance to work on archaeological surveys in Somalia during the early eighties increased my interest in small objects from the past. The landscape around my two homes has inevitably worked itself into my head. The gentle curves of the hills of South Devon and the stark limestone cliffs carved by wind and sea on Gozo, have all subconsciously influenced my carving. I look down on birds circling and gliding above their prey from my home high above the Dart estuary. They make marvellously abstracted subjects and I have carved them ever since I have been here. Some have been cast into bronze which I patinate myself.

Biography

1934

Born

Education. Priorsfield School, Farnham College of Art.

1980

Started carving - Materials, stone and bronze

Collections Include:

University of Surrey. Priors Court School, Newbury. Lismore Castle, Co Cork. HSBC, Malta. Spencer Stuart, London. Charter Bank, London. Golden Door Foundation, San Diego. Bryher, Isles of Scilly. The Knightsbridge. Private collections in USA , Far East, Middle East, Europe.

National Trust Gardens:

The Homewood, Esher. Greenway House, Devon. Coleton Fishacre, Devon.

Books:

Touch and Time. The Sculpture and Drawings of Bridget McCrum. The Art of Priors Court School. Modern British Sculpture.

2007

Elected member of The Royal West of England Academy

2007

Commission from Rolls Royce for a public sculpture outside their Bristol factory

Collections include:

University of Surrey.

Priors Court School, Newbury.

Lismore Castle, Co Cork.

HSBC, Malta.

Spencer Stuart, London.

Charter Bank, London.

Golden Door Foundation, San Diego.

Bryher, Isles of Scilly. National Trust Gardens:

The Homewood, Esher.

Greenway House, Devon.

Coleton Fishacre, Devon.

Private collections in USA , Far East, Middle East, Europe.

Articles reviewing my work have been published in, inter alia:

Books . The Art of Priors Court School.

Articles. Arts Review x 4, Country Life x 2, English Gardens, Western Morning News, Times of Malta.

Exhibition History

2008		On Form Sculpture, Asthall Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire 08/06/08 - 06/07/08
2008		Messum's Fine Art,Lords Wood, Marlow. Buckinghamshire 20, 21 & 22 06 08 then by appointment
2003-2006		Concepts Gallery, Sculpture at Goodwood
2000- 2006		Sculpture in the Garden, Bohun Gallery.
1997-2008		Messums Fine Art
1989-2008		New Art Centre at Roche Court, Salisbury.
2005		RBS Cetenery: sculpture in the garden, University of Leicester.
2005		Chichester Festival
1999- 2004		Art London
2003		Tooth and Claw, Royal West of England Academy.
2003		Drawn Conclusions, Plymouth City Museum
1998		University of Surrey
1998		RWA Open Sculpture Exhibition.
1997 & 1995		Sculpture in the Garden, Deans Court, Wimborne.
1996		Chelsea Harbour
1991, 1989 & 1983		Royal Academy

One Man Shows
2008		Through January and February, with Kurt Jackson then Micchael Andrews. Her own paintings will be on show early February
2002		St James Cavalier Art Centre, Malta.
1998 & 1997		Messums Fine Art, London.
1995		Wattis Gallery, Hong Kong.
1994		Dartington Hall.
1992		Melitensia Gallery, Malta.
1991		Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London.
1990		School of Architecture, Plymouth.
1988		Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham.
1986		Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London.
1984		Drawing Schools, Eton.