Ron Haselden (born 1944) is a British artist who splits his time between London and the French coastal town of Plouër-sur-Rance, in
Brittany, France. He works with light, sound, film and video, often as part of architectural projects.
He was born in
Gravesend, Kent
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and in 1961 he was awarded an
Andrew Grant scholarship to study sculpture at the
Edinburgh College of Art. After graduation in 1966, he taught sculpture at
Reading University, where he was noted for founding the mixed media area in the early 1970s, going on to teach at
Slade School of Fine Art.
Practice
Awards
* Sargant Fellowship at the
British School at Rome
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History
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.
Notable Works
''Frère Jacques'' (made in collaboration with
Peter Cusack) combined a wall of light with children singing.
[luxonline.org.uk]
/ref> In 1993 he created a twenty feet high new moon illuminating the front of the South London Gallery. ''Blue Passage'' (1999), made for the passageway between the South Bank
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and the BFI IMAX
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Graeme F ...
cinema in London, consists of 8000 blue LEDs sunk into the walls of the underpass.[ In 1994 his barometrically controlled light sculpture at Peckham Arch, London was completed which uplights the arch canopy from four tree-like light posts. In 2002 he was commissioned by Cleveland Arts to install the light sculpture 'Rose' into the Centre North East building in Middlesbrough.]
References
Further reading
*''Frère Jacques et autres pièces à Francis: Expositions. 1997. Saint-Fons, Ron Haselden, Saint-Fons, Centre d'Arts Plastiques, 1997,
External links
Official website
Representing Gallery: DOMOBAAL
Living people
British artists
1944 births
People from Gravesend, Kent
Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art
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