WENDY TAYLOR was one of the first artists of her generation to “take art out of the galleries and onto the streets”. Her impressive range of large-scale, site-specific sculptures total over seventy. The well-known Timepiece at Tower Bridge and Octo in Central Milton Keynes are both Grade II listed.
Examples of her work are represented in public and private collections around the world. Her work is that of someone who is passionately interested in art as a means of communication: all her work is appropriate to the site, the occasion and the raison d’être of the commission. She was made a CBE in 1988.
Biography
| 1962-67 | St. Martin’s School of Art, London |
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| 1980-85 | Member of CNAA Fine Art Board |
| 1981-99 | Member of the Royal Fine Art Commission |
| 1982-84 | External Assessor London University |
| 1982- | Member of the Court of the Royal College |
| 1984-88 | Member of Morley College Council |
| 1985-88 | Design Consultant Basildon Development Corporation |
| 1985-93 | Specialist Advisor CNAA |
| 1987-91 | Committee for Art & Design CNAA |
| 1986-88 | Design Consultant Commission for the New Towns |
| 1989-93 | Design Consultant London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| 1989-90 | Member of Project Team for Cardiff Bay Public Realm Study |
| 1989-90 | Member of Advisory Group of the Polytechnics & Colleges Funding Council |
| 1989-98 | London Docklands Design Advisory Panel |
| 1993-2011 | Trustee of LAMA |
| 1997-2003 | Design Consultant London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| 1999-00 | Member of Council, Royal Society of British Sculptors |
| 2005-07 | Design Panel Member – Thames Gateway Area, Kent |
Awards
| 1964 | Walter Neurath Award |
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| 1965 | Pratt Award |
| 1966 | Sainsbury Award |
| 1977 | ‘Duias na Riochta’ (Kingdom Prize) Gold Medal at the Listowel Graphics Exhibition, County Kerry, Eire |
| 1977 | Arts Council Award |
| 1978 | First Prize Silk-screen, Barcham Green Print Competition |
| 1988 | Commander of the British Empire |
| 1989 | Fellow of the Zoological Society |
| 1993 | Fellow of Queen Mary College, University of London |
| 1994 | Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors |
| 2002 | Civic Trust Partnership Award, Chase Green, Enfield |
| 2004 | Building of the Year Award, Architectural Sculpture |
| 2004 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1970 | Axiom Gallery, London |
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| 1972 | Angela Flowers Gallery, London |
| 1974 | 24th King’s Lynn Festival, Norfolk |
| 1974 | World Trade Centre, London |
| 1975 | Annely Juda Fine Art, London |
| 1976 | Oxford Gallery, Oxford |
| 1976 | Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin |
| 1979 | Oliver Dowling Gallery, Dublin |
| 1986 | ‘Building Art – The Process’, The Building Centre Gallery, London |
| 1992 | Austin, Desmond & Phipps, London |
| 1998 | ‘Art and Engineering’ The Osborne Group, London |
| 2005 | ‘The Seed Series’ Cass Sculpture Foundation Gallery, London |
| 2009 | ‘The Seed Series’ Canary Wharf, London |
| I have exhibited in over 100 group shows between 1964-81 and although work has continued to be exhibited since 1981, I have chosen to concentrate on working in the field of commissioned sculptures. | |
Films
| 1970 | Wendy Taylor – Sculpture – Southern Region Television |
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| 1988 | Half-hour Documentary – South Bank Show – London Weekend Television |
Monograph
| 1992 | ‘Wendy Taylor’ written by Edward Lucie-Smith. Published by Art Books International. Available on Amazon. |
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Public Collections
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Arts Council of Great Britain. British Council International Travelling Collection. Leicestershire Education Authority Collection for Schools and Colleges. Greater London Council Golder’s Hill Park, London. Borough of Camden, London. Southern Arts Association. P & O Shipping Lines. City of Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand. Guildhall of St. George, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Ulster Museum, Ireland. Royal Palace, Qatar. World Trade Centre, London. Gordon Lampart Collection, Eire. Leicester Museum, Leicestershire. Dudley Museum, Dudley. Lunds Museum, Goteborg, Sweden. Geffrye Museum, London. Ipswich Museum, Suffolk. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. PepsiCo Collection, New York, USA. The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. |
Design of Awards
| 1983 | Bronze Medal, Arc Art E.S.A.B. |
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| 1985 | Docklands Business Enterprise Award |
| 1986 | ‘Art and Work Award’ for corporate art collection, won by B.O.C. |
| 1989-95 | Royal Fine Art Commission/Sunday Times ‘Building of the Year Award’ |
| 1989 | Silk Scarf ‘For Rosie’, limited edition for Zoological Society, London |
| 1990 | Bayer Award for ‘Colour in Architecture’ |
| 1996-2004 | Royal Fine Art Commission Trust/BSkyB ‘Building of the Year Award’ |
Commissions
| 1969-70 | The Travellers Lord and Lady Beaumont of Whitley, Hampstead, London |
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| 1970-71 | Gazebo Sir Peter Hall, Wallingford, Berkshire |
| 1970-71 | William Servaes, Aldeburgh, Suffolk |
| 1971 | Triad Somerville College, Oxford |
| 1971-72 | Gazebo Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Tarry Town, New York USA |
| 1972-73 | Timepiece St Katherine’s Dock, London. [Listed Grade II 2004] |
| 1977-78 | Calendula Earl Shilton Community Centre, Leicestershire |
| 1979-80 | Octo Milton Keynes Development Corporation, City Centre, Buckinghamshire [Listed Grade II 2016] |
| 1979-80 | Counterpoise Gibbons Dudley, Birmingham |
| 1980 | Compass Bowl Basildon Development Corporation, Essex |
| 1980-81 | Sentinel Redland House, Reigate, Surrey |
| 1981 | Canterbury Relief Wiltshiers Limited for Canterbury, Kent |
| 1981-82 | Equatorial Sundial Telephone Rentals Limited, Bletchley |
| 1982 | Essence City Centre, Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Bucks |
| 1982-83 | Opus Morley College, London |
| 1983 | Gazebo Golder’s Hill Park, London |
| 1984-85 | Network STC plc, London |
| 1985-86 | Geo I and Geo II NFU Mutual & Avon Insurance Group, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 1985-88 | Roundacre Improvement Scheme Phase I Basildon Development Corporation, Essex. To include underpasses (shape, tiling design etc.), paving, layout and landscaping. |
| 1986 | Nexus Curver Consumer Products Limited, Corby, Northamptonshire |
| 1986 | Landscape ICI Plant Protection Division, Fernhurst, Surrey |
| 1986 | Tree of the Wood ICI Plant Protection Division, Fernhurst, Surrey |
| 1986 | Pharos East Kilbride Development Corporation, Scotland |
| 1986-87 | Ceres ICI Plant Protection Division, Fernhurst, Surrey |
| 1987 | Spirit of Enterprise London Docklands Development Corporation, Isle of Dogs, London |
| 1987 | Globe Sundial Swansea Maritime Quarter, South Wales |
| 1988 | The Whirlies East Kilbride Development Corporation, Scotland |
| 1988 | Pilot Kites Norwich Airport |
| 1988 | Silver Fountain BOC Cryoplant Division, Guildford, Surrey |
| 1988 | Fire Flow Strathclyde Fire Brigade Headquarters, Hamilton, Scotland |
| 1988-90 | Armillary Sundial Basildon, Essex |
| 1989 | Pharos II East Kilbride Development Corporation, Scotland |
| 1989-90 | Roundacre Improvement Scheme Phase II To include underpasses, tiling designs, paving layout, landscaping and precast Animal Fresco 250ft in length |
| 1989-90 | Phoenix Kelvin Industrial Estate, East Kilbride Development Corporation, Scotland |
| 1989-90 | Continuum Private Collection, USA |
| 1990 | Globe Sundial II Alcan plc for London Zoological Society, Regent’s Park, London |
| 1990 | Butterfly Mosaic mural, Barking and Dagenham Council |
| 1990-91 | Square Piece Private Collection, Plano, Illinois, USA |
| 1991 | Sundial Memorial to Harry Breadley, East End Park, Sheffield |
| 1991 | Anchorage Salford Quays, Manchester |
| 1992 | Wyvern Primary School, Leicestershire |
| 1993 | Railings School of Management, University of Sheffield |
| 1992 | Jester Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| 1994 | Window of Opportunity Stained glass panel, St. George’s Church, University of Sheffield |
| 1994 | Jester II PepsiCo Collection, New York, USA |
| 1995 | Challenge Reebok International Limited, Stockley Park, Middlesex |
| 1995 | Equilibrium Coopers & Lybrand, London |
| 1996 | Spirit Vann, Hambledon, Surrey |
| 1997 | Rope Circle Hermitage Waterside, London |
| 1997 | Spirit of Barrow The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria |
| 1998 | Waves The Osborne Group, London |
| 1999 | Trolius Kentuck Knob, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1999 | Dancer Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London |
| 1999 | Dung Beetles Millennium Conservation Building, Zoological Society, Regent’s Park, London |
| 1999 | Mariner’s Astrolabe Virginia Settlers Memorial, Brunswick Quay, London |
| 1999 | Globe View Blackfriars, London |
| 2000 | Tortoises with Triangle and Time Holland Park, London |
| 2000 | Millennium Fountain New River Loop, Chase Green, Enfield, Middlesex. [Civic Trust Award 2002] |
| 2001 | Voyager Cinnibar Wharf, London |
| 2001 | Three Reclining Rope Figures GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, Middlesex |
| 2001 | Conqueror GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, Middlesex |
| 2002 | Through the Loop Pacific Place, Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Around the Square Pacific Place, Hong Kong |
| 2002 | Chain Piece Hunters Square, Warren, Ohio, USA |
| 2003 | Knowledge Library Square, Queen Mary College, University of London [Building of the Year Award, Architectual Sculpture 2004] |
| 2003 | Acorn Wall Relief Switch House, Brunswick Wharf, London |
| 2004 | Anchor Iron Anchor Iron Wharf, Greenwich, London |
| 2005 | Feather Piece Capital East, Royal Docks, London |
| 2005 | Gravesham Heritage Eleven Large Tondos, Gravesend, Kent |
| 2006 | Silver Fountain II Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2007 | Square Chain Piece Hillside, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA |
| 2007 | Memorial to the Civilians of East London 2nd World War1939-1945 Hermitage Memorial Garden, Wapping, London |
| 2008 | Spirit I Capital West, Royal Docks, London |
| 2009 | Running Hares Two pedestrian bridges over A2, Gravesham, Kent |
| 2011 | Unity Unison, Euston, London |
| 2013 | Swirl Atrium Building, Park Road, Regent’s Park, London |