Richard sweeney biography
Home / General Biography Information / Richard sweeney biography
10 Downing Street, London.
2013 Paperworks.
Website built with Pelican, vim, ranger and firefox
Images edited with ImageMagick, darktable and GIMP
Paper, 41 x 25 x 14 cm, 2010.
Swan II. Paper & adhesive, 180 x 50 x 50 cm (including plinth), 2021.
Flight Sequence. Amateras Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2010 Interiors 2010, NEC Birmingham, England. Berkshire Museum, Massachusetts.
2013 Miniartextil Montrouge.
Cut, Pleat Repeat. Olympic Horses commissioned for Lincoln Flower Festival 2012.
2012 Spatial Shift.
Richard Sweeney
Fluid Dynamic VII. Paper & adhesive, 55 x 55 x 15 cm, 2021.
Fluid Dynamic VIII. September 28th - October 28th
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Deirdre Dyson Gallery, London.
Richard is represented by Victor Felix Gallery, London.
Contact
[email protected]
The Blog
A growing collection of drawings, sculpture and photography can be found on the Blog.
Subscribe to the blog with your favourite feed-reader using the RSS or Atom feed links below.
Browse the blog archive by category or tag.
Sweeney was engaged by UAP to create a bespoke sculptural commission for Province Midtown in Zhengzhou, China.
Titled Reflection, Sweeney’s artwork is both appealing and pragmatic – a beautiful intervention in space which is at once sun shelter, communal meeting space and captivating artwork. Batley School of Art and Design
Solo Shows
2013 Richard Sweeney.
Joselhoff Gallery, University of Hartford, Connecticut.
2013 Block Party: contemporary craft inspired by the art of the tailor, Crafts Council England. Paper & adhesive, 55 x 55 x 15 cm, 2021.
Cloud.
Reflection
Drawing inspiration from nature, London-based artist Richard Sweeney is regarded world-round for his intricate modular paper sculptures of spectacular elegance and form. Como, Italy.
2012 Lincoln Cathedral. 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.
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles.
2011 Turned Pages. 9 Hillgate Street, Notting Hill Gate, London.
2008 Beta Sheet, paper installation.
Exhibition: Enfolded
Richard's work is to be exhibited at The Minories gallery in Colchester, England as part of a group show of folded artwork in various media curated by the British Origami Society.
See blog post for more details
Featured works include Swan III, Cloud (pictured below) and Fluid Dynamic VII (above).