The ArtParkS Sculpture Park

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is located in Saint Martin's, Guernsey,

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, in the grounds of the historic

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. It shows up to 200 mostly contemporary sculptures every year by approximately 70-80 artists from the

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and around the world. It was opened by

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CBE, who at the time was the director of the

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in London. The selection of sculpture is set in a sub tropical garden and changes every year with a grand opening, usually around the third week in May. Amenities include free parking, a bus stop and a cafe.

Founding and funding

The ArtParkS Sculpture Park was founded in 1998 by Peter de Sausmarez and is self-funding.

Exhibits

Occasionally solo exhibitions are shown. Most of the sculpture is for sale and there are some sculptures that are semi-permanent. There are occasional guided tours of the sculptures at certain times of the year.

Artists

Some of the sculptural artists who have exhibited to date are: {, class="wikitable" , Marie Ackers , Carol Acworth , Zakir Ahmedov , Neale Andrew , - , Carole Andrews , "Anon Of The East" , "Anon Of The Orient" , Yanina Antsulevich , - , Halliday Avray-Wilson , Nicola Axe , Felicity Aylieff , Lida Baas , - , Patrick Barker , Ben Barrell , Nicola Beattie , David Begbie , - , Robin Bell , Alison Bell , Dawn Benson , Vega Bermejo Castelnau , - , Alan Biggs , Adam Binder , Timothy Blackwood , Robert Bowers , - , Monika Brors , Gill Brown , Thomas Brown , Dick Budden , - , Heather Burnley , James Butler , Perryn Butler , Ronald Cameron , - , Fiona Campbell , Alan Card , David Cemmick , Daniel Clahane , - , Peter M Clarke , Michael Cooper , David Corbett , Sophie Courtiour , - , Giorgie Cpajak , Sean Crampton , Helle Rask Crawford , Judy Ann Cropper , - , Anne Curry , Nicholas B. Daddazio , Anton Dala , Stephanie Davies-Arai , - , Virginia Day ,

Ben Dearnley Ben Dearnley (born 1964) is an English sculptor. He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Training In 1997 Dearnley began his training in carving stone with sculptor Les Sandham. The 'Avenue of Champions' series Dearnley was selected as ...

, Martin Debenham , Helen Denerley , - , Kate Denton , Shirley Diamond , Aragorn Dick-Read , Martin Duffy , - , Sukey Erland , Abbey Evans , Angela Farquharson , Richard Fenton , - , Graham Findlay , Tim Fortune , Christine Fox , Donald Foxley , - , Hilary Frew , Paul Gervis , Olwen Gillmore ,

Ginger Gilmour Ginger Gilmour (born Virginia Hasenbein; January 19, 1949) is an American artist, sculptor, and author. Between 1975 and 1990, she was married to Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. Since their divorce, she has lived in England. Personal life ...

, - , Nicola Godden , Badri Goguadze , Dr. Nicholas Gold , David Goode , - , Amy Goodman , Ben Greenwood , Hans Grootswagers , Paula Groves , - ,

Simon Gudgeon Simon Gudgeon (born 1958) is a British sculptor specialising in large pieces for public display, usually in bronze, but also sometimes glass or stainless steel. He operates his own sculpture park. Early life Gudgeon qualified in law and onl ...

, Helen Gyngell , Elisabeth Hadley , Veda Hallowes , - , Priscilla Hann , Mark Yale Harris , John Hawkwood , Martin Hayward-Harris , - , Michie Herbert , Alan Herriot , Brendan Hesmondhalgh , Silas Higgon , - , Michael Hipkins , Barbara Hodgkins , Beatrice Hoffman , Kirk Hogben , - , Andrew Horsfall , Deirdre Hubbard ,

Jon Barlow Hudson Jon Barlow Hudson (born 1945 in Billings, Montana, United States) is an American sculptor. Life and work Hudson was born in Montana and lived in Casper, Wyoming, for the first five years of his life. He experimented with different art forms as a c ...

, John Huggins , - , Lynda Hukins , Marko Humphrey-Lahti , Angela Hunter , Christa Hunter , - ,

Graham Ibbeson Graham Ibbeson (born 1951) is a British artist and sculptor, known for the realistic figurative sculptures he has created for public commissions in the United Kingdom. Biography Ibbeson was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and from 1972 to 1 ...

, Alan Jack , Philip Jackson , Abu Jafar , - , K. Jane Jones , Tom Joynson , Jerzy Kędziora , Simon Keeley , - , Lucy Kinsella , Robert Koenig , Phillip Kotokwa , Francony Kowalski , - , Bozena Krol Legowska , Alistair Lambert , Charlotte Lauer , William Lazard , - , Jason Le Noury , Christine Lee , Nick Lloyd , Margaret Lovell , - , Peter Lyell Robinson , Michael Lyons , Andrew MacCallum , Simon Mahoney , - , Rob J Maingay ,

Tom Maley Thomas Edward Maley (8 November 1864 – 24 August 1935) was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Portsmouth to a soldier from County Clare, Maley spent his entire playing career in Scotland, with Partick Thistle, Dundee Harp, Hibe ...

Vivien Mallock Vivien Mallock FRBS (born 8 May 1945) is an English sculptor who works mainly in bronze. Her career started at the Museum of Army Flying in Hampshire where she sculpted several celebrated World War II fighter pilots, including John Cunningham, ...

, Chris Manley , - ,

Jane McAdam Freud Jane McAdam Freud (24 February 1958 – 9 August 2022) was a British conceptual sculptor working in installation art and digital media. She was the winner of the 2014 European Trebbia Awards for artistic achievement. Life and work McAdam ...

, Jennie McCall , Lorne Mckean , Margot McMahon , - , Jesse Merton-Richards , Ev Meynell , Robert Mileham , Sheila Mitchell , - , Pete Moorhouse , Nick Moran ,

Nicolas Moreton Nicolas Moreton (born in 1961 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British artist. Predominantly a stone carver, two of his sculptures are in permanent public locations in Milton Keynes. A National Stone Carving residency around four English cathedral ...

, Dave Morris , - , Gail Morris , Moudoir , Peter Moulton , Terry New , - , Peter Newsome , Peter Nicholas , Piers Nicholson , Gudrun Nielsen , - , Doru Nuta , Adam Oliver , John Cyril O`Connor , Jeremy Palmer , - , Marilyn Panto , Gill Parker , Anna Louise Parker , Gary Pickles , - ,

Guy Portelli Guy Portelli (born 13 June 1957) is a contemporary British sculptor. Life He was born in South Africa in 1957, but moved permanently to England with his parents in 1969, who had each come earlier to Britain to study as art students. He lived la ...

, Kenneth Potts ,

Tanya Preminger Tanya Preminger ( he, טניה פרמינגר), is an artist working in various media: environmental art, site-specific art, ephemeral art, sculpture, installation and photography. She is mostly known for her land art projects and large-scale s ...

, Bill Prickett , - , Orhan Rashtana , Janis Ridley , Paul Riley , Sue Riley , - , Patrícia Riveras , Mike Roles , Rogier Ruys , Timothy Shutter , - , Helen Sinclair , Paul Smith , Michael Speller , Antonia Spowers , - , Geoffrey Stinton , Elizabeth Studdert , Jilly Sutton , Barry Sutton , - , Jan Sweeney , Brian Taylor , Richard Thornton , Peter Thursby , - ,

Todor Todorov Todor Todorov may refer to: * Todor Todorov (bobsleigh) (born 1961), Bulgarian bobsledder * Todor Todorov (gymnast) (born 1928), Bulgarian Olympic gymnast * Todor Todorov (sculptor) Todor Todorov was born in Sofia in a family of visual artis ...

, Sarah Tombs , Ian Turnock , Tania Ivanova Tzanova , - , Pippa Unwin , Jennifer Urmenyi , Marcelle Van Bemmel , Henk Van Putten , - , Roman Velihurskiy , Patricia Volk , Emma Walker , Mick Watson , - ,

Esther Wertheimer Esther Wertheimer (née Estera Sheps) (1926 – August 18, 2016) was a Canadian sculptor and educator. She is known for her semi-abstract figurative bronze sculptures and portrait busts in terra cotta. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Werthei ...

, Alex Wheeler , Diana Whelan , Paul Wilson , - , Tolleck Winner , Faith Winter , Olive Wootton , Wrightson and Platt , - , Jonathan Wylder , Peter Wylly ,

Althea Wynne Althea Kathleen Wynne (6 October 1936 – 24 January 2012), also known by her married names of Dresman and Barrington Brown, was an English sculptor and art teacher, and a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. She specialized in ...

, Jenny Wynne Jones , - , Rafael Zabala , Ans Zondag

Hours of operation

Artparks Sculpture Garden is open daily, from 10am to 5pm. There is a small charge for admission and free loan guides to the sculpture park available.

External links

Official website

Sausmarez Manor Estate website
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