The Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture is an annual award for public sculpture in the UK or Ireland. The Award is funded by the

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and is made on the recommendation of a panel of judges under the auspices of the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA), formerly the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA).

Scope and ceremonies

The award is generally made to a work of new sculpture, which has to be erected in a place accessible to the public. However awards have also been made to restorations of historic sculpture and in 2011 an award was made to the town of Harlow in

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for its work in creating an environment for sculpture in the town and promoting this as Harlow Sculpture Town. The Award Ceremony is held annually at the PMSA headquarters in Cowcross Street, London, every November, although in 2009 it was held at the

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, when it was presented by

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. The PMSA also organises a biennial award for public fountains in association with the Marsh Christian Trust. The Trust also organises other awards in arts, heritage, conservation and the environment and social welfare, with other organisations.

Past winners

Winners of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture include: * 2006:

Maggi Hambling Margaret ("Maggi") J. Hambling (born 23 October 1945) is a British artist. Though principally a painter her best-known public works are the sculptures '' A Conversation with Oscar Wilde'' and '' A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft'' in London, ...

for '' Scallop'' * 2006: Jim Hurley & his team for restoration of the Sheffield Cholera Monument * 2007: Bryan Kneale RA, for ''Capt Quilliam'' * 2007:

James Turrell James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. Much of Turrell's career has been devoted to a still-unfinished work, ''Roden Crater'', a natural cinder cone crater located outsid ...

for ''Deer Shelter Skyspace'' (at

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) * 2008: SI Applied Ltd for ''Cutting Edge,'' Sheffield, Yorkshire * 2008:

Ian Rank-Broadley Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS (born 1952) is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage and the memorial statue of Princess Diana at Kensington Palace in London unveiled on her 60th ...

for the ''

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'' * 2009:

Jaume Plensa Jaume Plensa i Suñé (; born 23 August 1955) is a Spanish visual artist, sculptor, designer and engraver. He is a versatile artist who has also created opera sets, video projections and acoustic installations. He worked with renowned Catalan t ...

for ''

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'' * 2010: Peter W. Naylor for the ''Memorial to 158 Squadron'' * 2011: Andrew Sabin for ''The Coldstones Cut'' * 2011: Harlow Art Trust, for Harlow Sculpture Townhttp://www.harlowstar.co.uk/News/Harlow-scoops-prestigious-sculpture-award-30092011.htm * 2012: Gordon Young for '' Comedy Carpet'' * 2012: Carmody Groarke for ''Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial'' * 2013: Philip Jackson for the ''

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'' * 2014: Richard Wilson for ''

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'' * 2015: Antony Gormley for ''Room'' * 2015:

Douglas Jennings Douglas Jennings MRSS (born 24 September 1966) is an English sculptor and a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Career Jennings studied Classical figurative sculpture at Stafford Art College and was inspired by the works of Bernini and ...

for ''Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Puji DFC'' * 2016: David Nash for ''Habitat'' * 2017:

Martin Jennings Martin Jennings, FRBS (born 31 July 1957, in Chichester, West Sussex) a British sculptor who works in the figurative tradition, in bronze and stone. His statue of John Betjeman at St Pancras railway station was unveiled in 2007 and the statu ...

for '' Women of Steel'' * 2017:

Rodney Harris Rodney Harris (1932 – 7 December 2017) was a British geneticist. From 1982 to 1989 he advised the United Kingdom Department of Health as Consultant Adviser in Medical Genetics to the Chief Medical Officer. He served as chair of the UK Nati ...

and Valda Jackson for ''Four Brick Reliefs'' * 2018:

for '' George Orwell'' * 2021: Hazel Reeves for '' Our Emmeline''

Notes

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.marshcharitabletrust.org/award/marsh-award-for-excellence-in-public-sculpture/ Sculpture awards