Discipline
Animal
Architectural / Monumental / Relief
Figurative / Realism
Installation / Land / Site-specific
Other
Material
Brick/Concrete/Plaster
Ceramic/Clay
Fiberglass/Plastic/Resin
Found Objects
Granite/Marble/Stone
Metal (other)
Region
London
Europe
Biography
Robert Worley is a UK visual artist, living and working in Lisbon and London. He produces figurative and natural world imagery inspired by animism and ancient cultures. He works in metals, stone, wood, and ceramic, frequently combining these materials with found objects.
He is an MA Sculpture graduate of the Royal College of Art, and an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS).
In 2001 he received a Gilbert Bayes Award for early career sculptors and went on to win the RBS First@108 Sculpture Award 2009, with ‘Avatar’ an aluminium and pewter sculpture now on permanent outdoor display at Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London.
He currently teaches short sculpture courses at Morley college, and the London Sculpture Workshop, including copper sculpture, mould making, wax modelling and pewter casting.
He recently co-authored a book with Elsa Tierney and Sarah Davis on wax modelling, called 'The Art of Wax' published by artmatter.org.uk
Instagram @art_robertworley