Richard Perry

1960, British

Based in United Kingdom (UK)

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“Sculpting is a bit like playing a game of chess with yourself, constantly trying to foresee moves and implications. When it stops being a battle, when the sculpture doesn’t annoy me any more, when it has a character of its own and when it surprises me: that’s when it’s finished.”

The sculptural work of the English artist Richard Perry is based on form and the material, especially their interaction with space and light. It’s an experimental...

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Richard Perry

1960, British

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Geometric sculptures

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    Mooncrag

    20 × 22 × 20 cm

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    Crab

    26 × 34 × 26 cm

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    Star 1

    17 × 17 × 60 cm

    $5,110.86

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    Helin 1

    19 × 21.5 × 21 cm

    $2,392.32

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    Little Halley 8

    17.5 × 18 × 15.5 cm

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    Caniform

    26 × 37 × 37 cm

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    Halley 1

    27 × 35 × 27 cm

    $7,503.18

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    Six sides to a cube

    26 × 22 × 22 cm

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    Halley 4

    26 × 22 × 22 cm

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    Little Halley 8 (bronze)

    17.5 × 18 × 15.5 cm

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    Spacetime 1

    15.5 × 20.5 × 16.5 cm

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    Rook

    140 × 40 × 40 cm

    $38,494.60

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    Spacetime 2

    15 × 19 × 16.5 cm

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    Blackbird

    35 × 35 × 35 cm

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    August Moon Waxing

    35 × 35 × 35 cm

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Mooncrag

20 × 22 × 20 cm

$3,153.51

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Crab

26 × 34 × 26 cm

$9,025.57

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Star 1

17 × 17 × 60 cm

$5,110.86

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Helin 1

19 × 21.5 × 21 cm

$2,392.32

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Little Halley 8

17.5 × 18 × 15.5 cm

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Caniform

26 × 37 × 37 cm

$12,505.31

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Halley 1

27 × 35 × 27 cm

$7,503.18

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Six sides to a cube

26 × 22 × 22 cm

$6,415.77

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Halley 4

26 × 22 × 22 cm

$6,415.77

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Little Halley 8 (bronze)

17.5 × 18 × 15.5 cm

$5,763.32

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Spacetime 1

15.5 × 20.5 × 16.5 cm

$5,763.32

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Rook

140 × 40 × 40 cm

$38,494.60

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Spacetime 2

15 × 19 × 16.5 cm

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Blackbird

35 × 35 × 35 cm

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August Moon Waxing

35 × 35 × 35 cm

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Organic freeform sculptures

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    Moth

    15 × 20.5 × 20.5 cm

    $2,936.03

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    El Greco

    15 × 17 × 10 cm

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    Sleepwalk

    21 × 21 × 20 cm

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    Ghost

    35 × 35 × 35 cm

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    Ghost Crystal 1

    15 × 15 × 15 cm

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Moth

15 × 20.5 × 20.5 cm

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El Greco

15 × 17 × 10 cm

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Sleepwalk

21 × 21 × 20 cm

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Ghost

35 × 35 × 35 cm

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Ghost Crystal 1

15 × 15 × 15 cm

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Biography

The sculptural work of the English artist Richard Perry is based on form and the material, especially their interaction with space and light. It’s an experimental creative process, alternating between intuition and premeditation, guiding him towards the creation of contemporary sculptures with geometric forms or, in his more recent productions, more organic shapes. 

Richard Perry: a multidisciplinary artist  

Richard Perry (1960, Nottingham) lives and works in the East Midlands, England. His passion and leaning towards artistic creation were apparent from childhood, when he would spend his time drawing and painting by attentively observing the natural surroundings and already beginning to reflect on the concepts of colour and perception. He then attended the Polytechnic University of Leeds, graduating in 1981 (Bachelor of Arts, Honours degree in Fine Arts). During his student period, Richard Perry developed an experimental approach along with his classmates, creating large-scale sculptures in situ on college grounds or in the city centre. This gave him experience in working with scale as well as increasing his understanding of their relationship with space and the environment. 

Although he is clearly oriented towards sculpture, the artist still continues to draw and paint. His spontaneous drawings are not preparatory drawings for his sculptures; instead, they tend more towards formalising his visual vocabulary and help him think in a completely free, fluid manner, which isn’t always possible with sculpture. Richard Perry reflects on this, saying: “I think I approach my practice from a painter’s perspective more than a sculptor’s.

Sculptural research based on the material and form

Through sculpting, the artist discovers all ‘the joy and magic of materials’, including their limits, their potential and their various qualities. For his monumental works for the public space, Richard Perry works with bronze, architectural ceramics, slate, marble and stone. His studio work mainly focuses on stone, as he likes its ability to be transformed by light, as well as the fact that it creates a connection with somewhere other than his studio, such as the stone’s place of origin, whether it’s close by or further away (Ireland, Italy), depending on the stone he’s using – alabaster, marble, limestone, red sandstone, granite. 

I am carefully attuned to the material and its potential, constantly seeking new possibilities in the process of transforming stone into arresting sculptural forms.

After identifying the stone that best suits the idea he has in mind, he starts work on the form. The planes, lines, surfaces and voids find an elegant, solid balance in the abstract forms that emerge from the artist’s imagination. Richard Perry’s sculptural forms are inspired by architecture and the built environment, as well as landscapes and natural transformation processes. The geometric language, developed by the contemporary sculptor over the years, is now combined with an organic style, with supple and freer forms. 

Richard Perry doesn’t work from a model or drawing, he defines his creation process as the constant battle between premeditation and intuition: “It’s a bit like playing a game of chess with yourself, constantly trying to foresee moves and implications. When it stops being a battle, when the sculpture doesn’t annoy me anymore, when it has a character of its own and when it surprises me: that’s when it’s finished.”

Exhibitions, public commissions and collections

Richard Perry has exhibited in galleries in the UK, Europe and Asia. His monumental sculptures, made for public commissions, have won him multiple awards. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of the British Museum (London), the EDA Garden Museum (Tokyo) and several local public administrations, as well as appearing in corporate collections such as those by the multinational GlaxoSmithKline and the English health and beauty company Boots. 

CV

Education

  • 1981: B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, First Class, Leeds Polytechnic

Exhibitions

  • SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  • 2019 : Richard Perry: Stone and Ink, Brownsword Hepworth Gallery, London (solo)
  • 2017 : Richard Perry: Recent Works, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham (solo)
  • 2005 : Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier, Jersey
  • 2003 : Capital One, Nottingham
  • 2001 : Foyer Gallery, The Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham
  • 1997 : The Aspidal Gallery, Rufford
  • 1996 : The Hart Gallery, London
  • 1996 : The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Notts
  • 1995 : The City Gallery, Leicester
  • GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  • 2024 : “Altered & Abstracted”, Velarde Gallery,
    Kingsbridge
  • 2022 : Sculpture: Forever in the Now, Woking
  • 2022 : On Form, Oxfordshire
  • 2022 : Degrees of abstraction, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
  • 2021 : Trace Elements 1971, at Thorp Stavri’s The Factory Project, London
  • 2021 : On Form 2020, Oxfordshire
  • 2020 : Kite Circus, Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
  • 2019&20 London Art Fair, Brownsword Hepworth Gallery stand
  • 2019 : Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show, Dora House, London
  • 2019 : arc, angle, plane, form: geometry in art, Gallery 57, Arundel
  • 2018 : See Here (Quarry Lab), old Neale’s Auction House, Nottingham
  • 2018 : Two-person show with Stephen Snoody, The Old Lockup Gallery, Cromford
  • 2018 : Unfolding, Gallery 57, Arundel
  • 2018 : An Eclectic Eye and Crafting Monumentality, Brownsword Hepworth Gallery, London
  • 2017: Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
  • 2015 : Geometry Wonky or Otherwise, Déda, Derby
  • SCULPTURE COMMISSIONS
  • 2018 : Berg, White marble sculpture for the Si Juan Centre, Nottingham University
  • 2018 : Zephyr, 3 carved granite sculptures for Grosvenor & Hilbert Park, Tunbridge Wells
  • 2017 : Halley 8, Sculpture Installation for Nevill Holt Opera
  • 2016 : River, 35m long relief carving, 3 St Paul’s Place, Sheffield
  • 2014 : Series of carved sculptures for the Shipwrights Way trail, Hampshire
  • 2013 : Bradain, Carved Kilkenny Limestone sculpture for Blackrock, Ireland 3m long
  • 2011 : StarStone, 5.5m high Armagh marble, Market Place, Armagh
  • 2010 : ShoalStone, 1.5m high Whatscliffe Derbyshire sandstone, Rushenden, Kent
  • 2008 : FloraStone, 1.5m high Portland Stone, New Downe Hospital, Downpatrick
  • 2008 : LifeStones, Bronze inlays for 6 sculptural benches, Trinity Square, Nottingham
  • 2007 : Newbury StarStone, Gritstone sculpture for Sovereign Housing, Newbury
  • 2006 : Manchester Tree, Limewood, oil & wax 150cm high, private collection
  • 2005 : Freedom Tree, 6m high bronze, St Helier
  • 2004 : 2 carved and 7 cast sculptures for P&O’s new liner ‘Arcadia’
  • 2004 : Needle, 14m high slate sculpture, Jersey Public Sculpture Trust, St Helier
  • 2003 : Harley Cubes, 1.28m high sculpture, The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Notts
  • 2002 : Fountain Trees, 5 ceramic sculptures (3 water columns), Festival Square, Basingstoke
  • 2000 : 4 x 3m high bronze sculptures, 4 granite benches & floorscape, Mansion House Sq, Doncaster
  • 2000 : Interlocking Oaks, 4.5m high stone arch, The Boots Company HQ N
  • 2000 : Water Hawthorne, Limestone. The EDA Garden Museum, Tokyo
  • 1997-99 : The Peace Gardens, Sheffield. Design and carving of 120m stone relief, Sheffield
  • 1998 : Fire and Water, 2m high Carrara marble sculpture for Leamington Spa Fire Station
  • 1997 : Six Figures, 10m carved stone balustrade, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
  • 1996 : 5.5m high bronze sculpture, Bethnal Green, London
  • 1995 : From the Red Earth, 1.8 x 4.5m carved Sycamore relief, GlaxoSmithKline
  • 1995 : Isola Song, 2m high Istrian marble, Forma Viva Sculpture Park, Slovenia
  • 1995 : Willow Cube & Pine Cube, bronze sculptures & drawings The Boots Company HQ
  • 1994 : 10 drawings for the boardroom of The Boots Company Head Office, Nottingham
  • 1994 : Mountsorrel Tree, bronze sculpture for the Wells Road Unit, Notts Healthcare Trust
  • 1992 : 8 x 3.6m Limewood relief for the International Convention Centre, Birmingham
  • 1993 : Tree, 3.5m high carved Portland stone sculpture, Northampton Guildhall
  • 1991 : Thomas Boulsover, Bronze sculpture, Tudor Square, Sheffield
  • 1988 : 4 carved Oak doors, Newark Library
  • 1987 : Three Musicians, Carved marble bas-relief for The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
  • 1986 : Quartet, Bronze sculpture Angel Row, Nottingham
  • COLLECTIONS
  • The British Museum (National Collection of Prints and Drawings)
  • Arcadia (P&O)
  • Armagh City
  • ASDA Properties plc
  • Bethnal Green City Challenge
  • Birmingham City
  • The Boots Company
  • Derby Education Authority
  • Derby Museums Service
  • Doncaster Metropolitan Borough
  • Dudley Metropolitan Borough
  • EDA Garden Museum, Tokyo
  • Forma Viva, Pirano, Slovenia
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Grosvenor Estates
  • The Harley Foundation
  • Jersey Public Sculpture Trust
  • Leicestershire Schools Collection
  • County Louth, Republic of Ireland
  • New Downe Hospital
  • Milton Keynes Development Corporation
  • Nottingham City
  • Nottinghamshire County
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
  • Northampton Borough
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Rufford Sculpture Garden
  • Rushenden Borough
  • Sheffield City
  • Sovereign Housing Association
  • Thamesdown Borough Council
  • University College Dublin
  • Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Services
  • Private collections across the UK, Europe, USA and Asia

Awards & Residencies

  • 2006 : National Stone Federation Award for “Needle”, Jersey
  • 2000 : National Srone Federation Award for “The Peace Gardens”, Sheffield
  • 1999 : RIBA National Urbal Design Award for “The Peace Gardens”, Sheffield
  • 1997 : Nottingham City Counsil Design Award for balustrade at Nottingham Castle
  • 1990 : RSA “Art for Architecture” Award for commissioned sculpture designs
  • RWA Sculpture Exhibition First Prize
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