Mabon

Peter Randall-Page (b .1954)
During the past 25 years Peter Randall-
Page has gained an international reputation
through his monumental sculpture, drawings
and prints which deal with the fundamental
nature of existence. His practice remains
informed and inspired by the study of natural
phenomena and its subjective impact on
our emotions. In recent years his work has
become increasingly concerned with the
underlying principles determining growth and
the forms it produces. In his words “geometry
is the theme on which nature plays her
infinite variations, fundamental mathematical
principle become a kind of pattern book from
which nature constructs the most complex
and sophisticated structures.
Peter Randall-Page is a British artist born
in Essex, England in 1954. He currently lives
and works in Devon. Randall-Page studied
sculpture at Bath Academy of Art from 1973-
1977. In 1999, he was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate of Arts from the University of
Plymouth, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters
from York St John University in 2009 and an
Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Exeter
University in 2010; from 2002 to 2005 he was
an Associate Research Fellow at Dartington
College of Arts. In 2015 he was made a Royal
Academician. Recent commissions include
‘Give and Take’ in Newcastle which won the
2006 Marsh Award for Public Sculpture,
‘Mind’s Eye’ a large ceramic wall mounted
piece for the Department of Psychology at
Cardiff University (2006) and a commemorative
sculpture for a Mohegan Chief at Southwark
Cathedral (2006). Recent projects include
‘Green Fuse’ for the Jerwood Sculpture Park,
Ragley Hall and a major one person exhibition
in and around the Underground Gallery at the
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, June 2009 - April
2010. In 2015 he unveiled ‘The One and The
Many’ at Fitzroy place London, An 25 tonne
boulder inscribes with origin stories from
around the world in native dialect. Over the
years he has undertaken numerous large scale
commissions and exhibited widely across
the globe. His work is held in numerous
public and private collections throughout
the world including Japan, South Korea,
Australia, USA, Turkey, Eire, Germany and
the Netherlands. A selection of his public
sculptures can be found in many urban and
rural locations throughout the UK including
London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol,
Oxford and Cambridge and his work is in
the permanent collections of the Tate Gallery
and the British Museum amongst others. As a
member of the design team for the Education
Resource Centre (The Core) at the Eden
Project in Cornwall, Peter influenced the
overall design of the building incorporating
an enormous granite sculpture, ‘Seed’, at
its heart.
‘Lunar Stone’
carved pebble, 6 x 28 x 9 cm
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