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Tim Morgan MRSS (born 1970) is an English sculptor, and a member since 2014 of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Morgan is known for his large-scale steel and glass sculptures such as ''Vein'' and ''Aurora'' that investigate the properties of light passing through glass.
Cass Sculpture Foundation. Retrieved 7 April 2019. where he won the Borders Group Prize.Tim Morgan MRBS.
Tim Morgan. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
/ref> on the opposite side of the street to the former headquarters until 2019 of the Government Communications Headquarters.Drab London office block was GCHQ spy base.
BBC News, 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019. His ''Vein'' (2008) consists of glass rods, held in compression between long steel blades. There are 40 ''Veins'', some of which are on display at the Cass Sculpture Foundation at Goodwood. His ''Aurora'' in Cavendish Square, London, consists of thousands of glass rods sandwiched between two pieces of yellow painted steel that form one continuous band but create the illusion of being two separate pieces. The work was installed as part of the City of Westminster'sCity of Sculpture.
City of Westminster, 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
In 2014, Morgan was elected to membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors.Tim Morgan MRSS.
Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 7 April 2019. He has been commissioned by a number of societies including the Contemporary Arts Society and the Cass Sculpture Foundation. Morgan has in addition been an invited artist at Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy Visual Arts.
Tim Morgan MRSS (born 1970) is an English sculptor, and a member since 2014 of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Morgan is known for his large-scale steel and glass sculptures such as ''Vein'' and ''Aurora'' that investigate the properties of light passing through glass.
Early life
Tim Morgan was born in Kent in 1970. He received his art training atRavensbourne College
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(1989–90), Edinburgh College of Art (1990–91 and 1996–98), where he received the Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship, and the Royal College of Art, London (1999–2000)Tim Morgan.Cass Sculpture Foundation. Retrieved 7 April 2019. where he won the Borders Group Prize.Tim Morgan MRBS.
Tim Morgan. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
Career
Morgan works principally withsteel
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and glass in large pieces that are designed to be displayed outside where they may interact with changing light and weather conditions. His sculpture ''Cypher'' (2004) consists of a large disc of glass rods held together by a steel band. One of three of the works is installed at the Asticus Building
The Asticus Building is an architecturally notable building at 21 Palmer Street in the City of Westminster, London.
The building was designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands with a cylindrical shape on a concrete frame in order to ma ...
at 21 Palmer Street in London,''Conservation Area Audit: Broadway and Christchurch Gardens''. City of Westminster, London, 2008. p. 41./ref> on the opposite side of the street to the former headquarters until 2019 of the Government Communications Headquarters.Drab London office block was GCHQ spy base.
BBC News, 5 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019. His ''Vein'' (2008) consists of glass rods, held in compression between long steel blades. There are 40 ''Veins'', some of which are on display at the Cass Sculpture Foundation at Goodwood. His ''Aurora'' in Cavendish Square, London, consists of thousands of glass rods sandwiched between two pieces of yellow painted steel that form one continuous band but create the illusion of being two separate pieces. The work was installed as part of the City of Westminster's
City of Sculpture
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project, launched in 2010 to promote public art before the London 2012 Olympics.City of Westminster, 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 7 April 2019. He has been commissioned by a number of societies including the Contemporary Arts Society and the Cass Sculpture Foundation. Morgan has in addition been an invited artist at Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy Visual Arts.
Personal life
In 2006–07, Morgan rode his motorbike 23,000 miles from Montreal, Canada, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He lives in France with his wife Nushka and their daughter.References
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Tim Living people 1970 births Artists from Kent Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art English sculptors Alumni of the Royal College of Art 20th-century British sculptors 21st-century English sculptors 21st-century male artists English male sculptors