Kendra Haste (born 1971) is a British wildlife artist who produces both public and privately commissioned sculpture using

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chicken wire mesh to create

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s of wild animals. She is a member of the

Society of Wildlife Artists The Society of Wildlife Artists is a British organisation for artists who paint or draw wildlife. It was founded in 1964. Its founder President was Sir Peter Scott, the current President of the society is British artist Harriet Mead. The society ...

, the

Royal British Society of Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors is a British charity established in 1905 which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London. It ...

and the Society of Animal Artists. She lives in Surrey, England.

Career

Haste was born in 1971 in

Putney Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. History Putney is an ancient paris ...

, London, where she grew up. She graduated from the

Wimbledon College of Art Wimbledon College of Arts, formerly Wimbledon School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London specialising in theatre, screen and performance art. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London. ...

in 1990, and in 1993 earned a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

with Honours in illustration from the

Camberwell College of Arts Camberwell College of Arts is a public tertiary art school in Camberwell, in London, England. It is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It offers further and higher education programmes, including postgrad ...

. Haste went on to graduate from the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

, where she first became interested in

, using galvanised

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over a steel armature, later on using the wire mesh as sculpting material on its own for indoor work. Haste's sculptures are generally created by building up many layers of wire mesh over the steel armature skeleton, spray finished with enamel paint. In 1999, her sculpture of a baboon won the

BBC Wildlife ''BBC Wildlife'' is a British glossy, all-colour magazine about wildlife, operated and published by Immediate Media Company. It produces 13 issues a year. ''BBC Wildlife'' was launched in January 1963 as ''Animals Magazine'', edited by filmmaker ...

Art Award. Haste lives in Surrey, UK.

Historic Royal Palaces commission

In 2010 Haste was commissioned by

Historic Royal Palaces Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages some of the United Kingdom's unoccupied royal palaces. These are: * Tower of London * Hampton Court Palace * Kensington Palace (State Apartments and Orangery) * The Banqueting Hous ...

to create a series of pieces, (thirteen in total), which tell the story of the Royal Menagerie that had existed at the

Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sep ...

from 1210 until 1833. Throughout the 600 years that there was a menagerie at the Tower of London, apes and monkeys were always a feature. Baboons roamed the Tower freely until, in 1833, a child was killed by their aggressive behaviour. Soon after, the entire menagerie was moved to

Regent's Park Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. It occupies of high ground in north-west Inner London, administratively split between the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden (and historically betwee ...

, to become what is today the London Zoo. Using research from the Tower of London archives, Haste returned the animals to their original locations around the Tower. File:2.Haste-Lion Installation at the Tower of London.jpg, Three

Barbary lion The Barbary lion, also called the North African lion, Berber lion, Atlas lion, and Egyptian lion, is an extinct population of the lion subspecies '' Panthera leo leo''. It lived in the mountains and deserts of the Barbary Coast of North Africa, ...

s, gift of Frederick II to Henry III, 1235. File:10.Haste-Polar_Bear_at_the_Tower_of_London.jpg, "White" bear, King Haakon II of Norway to Henry III, 1251. File:3.Haste-Elephant at the Tower of London.jpg, Elephant, gift of

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to Henry III, 1255. File:9.Haste-Baboon_Installation_at_the_Tower_of_London.jpg, Baboon troop opposite the Jewel House File:11.Haste-Baboon_on_the_Brick_Tower_at_the_Tower_of_London.jpg, Baboon on the Brick Tower. File:Flipped_Wire_Lion_Detail.jpg, Lion in detail

Waterloo Elephant

Haste's Waterloo ''Elephant'' was originally commissioned by the

London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The ...

as part of its Platform for Art programme and set up at the

Gloucester Road tube station Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in Kensington, west London. The station entrance is located close to the junction of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road. Close by are the Cromwell Hospital and Baden-Powell House. The station is ...

. After the success of Haste's "Underground Safari" pieces, the London Underground purchased the African elephant sculpture and installed it near the ticket hall of a new

Jubilee line The Jubilee line is a London Underground line that runs between in east London and in the suburban north-west, via the Docklands, South Bank and West End. Opened in 1979, it is the newest line on the Underground network, although some secti ...

extension at the

Waterloo tube station Waterloo is a London Underground station located beneath Waterloo National Rail station. As of , it is the station on the London Underground, with million users. It is served by four lines: the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City ...

. The new location is on the site of the old

Astley's Amphitheatre Astley's Amphitheatre was a performance venue in London opened by Philip Astley in 1773, considered the first modern circus ring. It was burned and rebuilt several times, and went through many owners and managers. Despite no trace of the thea ...

– sometimes considered the world's first circus ring – where in 1828 an elephant that was part of the show was frightened and blundered into the crowd.

Exhibitions

Solo

Haste's solo exhibitions include: *

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, Dorset, (1998), *''Underground Safari'',

Gloucester Road Underground station Gloucester Road is a London Underground station in Kensington, west London. The station entrance is located close to the junction of Gloucester Road and Cromwell Road. Close by are the Cromwell Hospital and Baden-Powell House. The station is ...

, (2000), *''NDUTU'', Davies & Tooth, Air Gallery, London (2003), *''NDUTU'', Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham.

Group

Haste's participation in group exhibitions include: *Annual Exhibition,

, (1995-9), *''Born Free Exhibition'', Fitchs Ark, London, (1996), *''Art of the Rainforest'', Nature in Art, Gloucester, (1997), *MA Degree show,

, London, (1998), *Graduate Multi-media Show, Candid Arts Trust, (1998), *Graduate Exhibition, Minsmere RSPB reserve, Suffolk, UK, (1998), *''Nature'', Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, (1999), *''Young British Sculptors'', Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK, (2000), *''Underground Safari'',

, (2001), *''Wild Tigers of

Bandhavgarh Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. Bandhavgarh, with an area of , was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger Reserve in 1993. The current core area is spread ov ...

,'' The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries, (2000), *''Art 2001'', Davies and Tooth, London, (2001), *''Three generations of Sculptors'', Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK (2001), *''Art London'', Davies and Tooth, London, (2001), *''Patrick Davies Contemporary Art'', (2003), *''Let's Dance! Animals – Art and Design Exhibition,''

Chimei Museum The Chimei Museum () is a private museum established in 1992 by Shi Wen-long of Chi Mei Corporation in Rende District, Tainan, Taiwan. The museum's collection is divided into five categories: Fine arts (including painting, sculpture, decorative ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

(2016).

Other works

Other works by Haste include: * ''Rhinoceros'',

Cannon Hall Cannon Hall is a country house museum located between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and later the Spencer-Stanhope family, it ...

, Yorkshire, UK, * ''Bison Head'' (2016)

National Museum of Wildlife Art The National Museum of Wildlife Art (NMWA) is a museum located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States that preserves and exhibits wildlife art. The 51,000 square foot building with its Idaho quartzite façade was inspired by the ruins of Slains C ...

, Jackson, Wyoming,

Awards and affiliations

Haste won the Artists for Nature Foundation Award (where she is a member) in 1997, the Dale Rowney Illustration award in 1998, and the

Art Award in 1999. Haste is featured among 95 sculptors in Guy Portelli's book "Modern British Sculpture". Haste is a member of the

, the

and a signature member of the Society of Animal Artists.

References

External links

Kendra Haste website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haste, Kendra 1971 births Living people 21st-century British sculptors 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of Wimbledon College of Arts Animal artists English women sculptors People from Putney Sculptors from London