Andy Scott (born 1964) is a Scottish
figurative sculptor
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, working in
galvanised steel
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.
Biography
Andy Scott graduated from
Glasgow School of Art
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in 1986 with a
Bachelor of Arts (
with honours) in Fine Art Sculpture, and in 1987 with a diploma in Postgraduate Studies.
Andy Scott is a
Philadelphia
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-based figurative sculptor who works internationally on public and private artworks. His works combine traditional
draftsmanship
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with contemporary fabrication techniques and currently range from in height.
Notable works
* ''
The Kelpies'', monumental horses heads completed on 27 November 2013
Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had ...
, Scotland
* Arria,
Cumbernauld
Cumbernauld (; gd, Comar nan Allt, meeting of the streams) is a large town in the historic county of Dunbartonshire and council area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the tenth most-populous locality in Scotland and the most populated t ...
, Scotland
* ''Poised'',
Marischal Square
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,
Aberdeen
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* ''Rise'',
Glasgow Harbour
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Construction
After many years of dereliction caused by the decline of shipbuilding and the migration of Glasgow's docks to the Firth o ...
, Scotland
* ''COB'', Bexley, London
* ''Arabesque'',
Queensland
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, Australia
* ''Argestes Aqua'', Victoria, Australia
* ''River Spirit'', ''Stride'', ''Foxboy'', ''I Can See For Miles'', ''Journeys End'', ''Lifeline'': all
Clackmannanshire
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, Scotland
* ''
Beacon of Hope'',
Belfast
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, Northern Ireland
* ''Ibrox Disaster Memorial'',
Glasgow
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, Scotland
* ''Heavy Horse'', on
M8 Edinburgh
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to Glasgow motorway
* ''Equus Altüs'' and The Briggate Minerva,
Trinity Leeds
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shopping centre, Leeds, England
* ''
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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'', Glasgow, statue unveiled on the 90th anniversary of his death on 10 December 2018.
* ''
The DunBear,''
DunBear Park
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in Dunbar, statue unveiled on 2019 in honour of Dunbar-born naturalist
John Muir
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.
* Statues of
Vincent Kompany,
David Silva
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, and
Sergio Agüero
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,
Etihad Stadium
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, Manchester
Gallery
See also
*
Water-horse
*
Falkirk Helix
*
List of sculptors
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References
External links
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Inception Gallery websiteAndy Scott Public Art website showing the history and progress of The Kelpies projectThe Helix website, location of The Kelpies sculpturesArticle about Andy Scott from The Scotsman newspaperBBC NEWS, 1 July 2008: Horses inspire landmark sculptureBBC NEWS, 14 November 2007: In Pictures — The Helix ProjectBBC NEWS, 15 July 2008, Andy Scott sculptures in ClackmannanshireSculpture Scotland website, listing Andy Scott
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Scottish sculptors
Scottish male sculptors
1964 births
Living people
Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art
Artists from Glasgow
People educated at Bellahouston Academy
Scottish expatriates in the United States