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Tony Birks-Hay DFA, MA (Oxon), ARBS, MSc
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AboutTony Birks-Hay was trained in painting and sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, and gained a Commended Diploma and Sculpture Prize.He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1960s and regularly at the Royal West of England Academy since 1990, where he has been an invited artist. Since the 1960s he has had one-man exhibitions in Oxford, London and recently (1992, 1996, 2000, 2003 and 2006) at Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset, and his work is chosen for the Millfield Open each year. As a sculptor he has won a Westward Television prize and was included in the International Millfield Sculpture Exhibition 2001. His seven-foot high outdoor sculpture Two Heads Together was exhibited at the Sherborne Millenium exhibition. |
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Exhibition HistoryFirst exhibited at the Manchester Academy at the age of 15, Tony Birks-Hay's first one-man show was in Oxford when he was 22. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 26, and many times at the Royal West of England Academy, where he has been an invited artist. In the main he avoids group exhibitions, but still shows his work at the Millfield Open each summer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography / CVTrained at the Slade School of Art (and a Slade prize-winner) Tony Birks-Hay is influenced by Cezanne, Matisse, Bomberg and the Scottish Colourists, and as a sculptor by his teacher and mentor Henry Moore. He has a reputation as a portrait painter in oils and for portrait sculpture in bronze and marble, and also paints expressionist landscapes, with inspiration from Wales, Ireland and Portugal.Tony Birks-Hay is a painter of the bold statement. In recent landscapes ... he has gone for the abstract element of the paint mark. These are paintings to be reckoned with. Ben Levene RA Run your eyes over Tony's paintings and be hugely rewarded. These are quietly passionate works. Anthony Green RA Strong paintings simultaneously convey emotion and assert the subject. Whether landscape, still life, vigorous flower study or portrait, there is consistency and thrust which transcends technique. Bruce Killeen RWA First exhibited at the Manchester Academy at the age of 15, Tony Birks-Hay's first one-man show was in Oxford when he was 22. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of 26, and many times at the Royal West of England Academy, where he has been an invited artist. In the main he avoids group exhibitions, but still shows his work at the Millfield Open each summer. As a portrait sculptor, he was commissioned to make the head in bronze of Lord Tonypandy in 1998 after the latter's retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons. The artist had a one-man exhibition of abstract and portrait sculpture at London's Wetlands Gallery in 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifications / EducationDiploma Slade School of Art, London University,MA Oxford University MSc Building Conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publications / Media / BibliographyThe Art of Bronze Casting - the Alchemy of Sculpture 2001Lucie Rie - the authorised biography Hans Coper - the authorised biography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Price Range of WorkTony Birks-Hay's work has a price range from £1335 to £41670. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mediums utilisedTony Birks-Hay's work is found in the following materials:Bathstone, Bronze, Alabaster, fibreglass for bronze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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