Richard Sweeney was born in Huddersfield, England in 1984. Richard’s practice combines the disciplines of design, photography, craft and sculpture, resulting in a varied output of work including graphic design and public sculpture commissions. Combining hand-craft with computer aided design and CNC manufacturing techniques, Richard seeks to maintain an experimental, hand-on approach, utilising the unique properties of often mundane materials to discover unique sculptural forms.
2003 - 2007 Bachelor of Arts: wood, metal, ceramics & glass.
Manchester Metropolitan University
2002 - 2003 Pre BA Foundation Art & Design.
Batley School of Art and Design
New Designers DKNY Award 2006
New Designers Swarovski Award 2007
2007
Designers in Residence. Design Museum, London
Cartasia: International Paper Festival. Outdoor installation, Lucca, Italy
2008
-Mobius: Pleated forms in paper. Selfridges, Orchard Street windows, London.
Crafts Council: New Faces. Canary Wharf Mall.
Small Show Huge Talent. 9 Hillgate Street, Notting Hill Gate, London.
Beta Sheet, paper installation. Somerset House, London for the Origin Craft Fair.
2009
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London. Represented by Victor Felix Gallery.
Papershapers, Scion Installation, Culver City. California. Group exhibition of paper artwork.
12x12x122. Group show, BECA gallery, New Orleans, USA.
100% Design London. Collaborative exhibtion with Lazerian studio.
Paper. Peel Gallery, Houston, Texas. |
