Richard Sharples

Richard Sharples is a British artist originally from Lancashire now based in London. His work encompasses installation, public art, photography and film, but sculpture has always been at the core of his practice. Much of his work is based around the human figure and explores the fragility of human wellbeing.
Richard is represented in private and public collections in the UK and internationally, including the V & A (London) Museum of the Moving Image (London) and the National Gallery of Australia. He has been a visiting lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art, Central St. Martins (part of the University of the Arts, London), and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff.

Foundation inArt & Design from the Harris Institute / Preston Polytechnic
BA Hons: Wimbledon School of Art, London

Solo Shows:
IMAGINING MOUNTAINS Commissioned for The Bloomsbury Festival. Made in collaboration with poet Joanna Clark. St. George’s Gardens Bloomsbury 2019

AFTER THE FALL  3 month residency at Elements Gallery, Lubomirov Angus Hughes, Hackney, London 2017

BRIGHTON FROM MEMORY (and other stories)  Platform 39 Gallery, Shoreditch London 2015

LONDON LORE Dennis Severs House, Spitalfields, London 2013

THE MECHANICAL AQUARIUM  Fish and Coal building, Kings Cross, London 2010

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Royal Ear Hospital, Euston, London 2009

HUSH The Albion Stables, Kings Cross, London 2006

HUSH Mary Ward Centre, Bloomsbury, London 2006

HUSH Farmiloes Buildings, Clerkenwell, London 2004
 
Group Shows:
25 YEARS Westland Place Studios 2018

PROTOCOL Q-Park Car Park, Cavendish Square 2018

THE CRASH Q-Park Car Park, Cavendish Square 2017

EMPIRE II  Venice, Brussels, London, Berlin, Paris, Oaxaca 2017/18/19

TIME AND AGAIN Safehouse No. 1, Peckham, London 2016

MONO NO AWARE Bo.Lee Gallery, Dulwich, London 2016

7305 DAYS Westland Place Studios, Hoxton, London 2013

RESONANCE  Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras Church, London 2012

17 ROOMS Shoreditch Town Hall, London  2009

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