Curriculum Vitae - Diane Gorvin
Public Commissions
Public Commissions with Philip Bews
Education, Qualifications, Posts
Workshops
Exhibitions
Media & Publications
Born 20 March 1956.
| Education, Qualification, Posts | |
| 2006 | Awarded the Diploma of Nomination Award by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, Beijing Municipal Culture Bureau and the Culture and Ceremonies Department of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad for our proposal Olympic Circle Heads. |
| 2006 | Proposal Yellow River Maiden selected for the The First International Elaborate Sculptures Exhibition of An International City of Sculpture and Cultural Year of Zhengzhou, China. |
| 2005 | Invited to participate in a Public Art Symposium, Taizhou City, China. |
| 2004 | Public Art Slide Lecture for the Sculpture Department, University of Porto, Portugal. |
| 2003 | Images of public sculptures used in Public Voice - 2003 Observation of Public Art, Shanghai, China. |
| 2003 | Bronze sculpture (set in an old stone wall) Echoing Walls selected for the Sculpture Biennial, Rincon de Ademuz Spain. Awarded the Silver Manzana by the vote of the participating sculptors. |
| 2002 | Selected with Phil Bews to make a site specific sculpture for Kelowna City’s Rotary Centre for the Arts as a part of the Okanagan Thompson Sculpture Symposium in Canada during the summer of 2002. |
| 2000 | Sea Soul Lantern Installation Sofiero Castle, Helsingborg, Sweden. |
| 1996 | Week in Residence making 3m high lantern sculptures for Phil Bews’ Fire Sculpture in Durham. |
| 1996 | Artist in Residence for 6 weeks at Midland College, Perth, Western Australia. |
| 1995 | ‘Harry Bush’ Award, four bronzes for Chester City Council. |
| 1993 | Weekend Cast Glass course, Colin Reid Glass, Stroud. |
| 1992 | Commissioned by Cheshire County Council to make their Environmental Year Award, 28 bronzes. |
| 1992 | 3 week Residency at Gorse Covet School, Birchwood, Warrington. |
| 1992 | Lantern Installation, Biot, France. |
| 1989 | 3 week Residency at Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn. |
| 1989 | Awarded the purchase prize by Warrington Museum for Big Yellow Head. |
| 1987-88 | Access student, Ceramic Sculpture, Liverpool Polytechnic. |
| 1986 | Self employed sculptor from 1986 onwards. |
| 1981-86 | Town Artist for Warrington & Runcorn Development Corporation. |
| 1981 | Part-time Stone Carving Course, Weymouth Technical College. |
| 1978-79 | Tutor of Sculpture Evening Class at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art. |
| 1978 | Drawing Tour to Hong Kong with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. |
| 1974-77 | Environmental Design, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art, awarded College Diploma, Distinction for Sculpture. |
| 1973-74 | Art Foundation Course, Bournemouth & Poole College of Art. |
Exhibitions |
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| Sculptures exhibited in group shows throughout the North West, including Tatton Park, Cheshire, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool and Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham plus work in touring shows for Art Reach. Since 1997 have shown work in the South West for example in the Quenington Sculpture show, Broomhill Art Hotel and Forest Open Studios. 2003 Digital Art Exhibition, The Islington Museum, London. | |
Media & Publications |
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| Work featured on Radio Merseyside and an episode of Brookside, Articles in Artists Newsletter, Cheshire Life and local and national papers, Journals of Civic Trust & Royal Society of British Sculptors, London Docklands and Landscape Design. | |
| Work in books - ‘Making Waves’ and ‘Art in Public’ by AN Publications and in ‘Public Art in Liverpool’, ‘Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester’, ‘More Hidden Gardens’,‘The Book of Watford’ and ‘Real Cardiff Two’. Leaflets from N.W. Arts Board, Museums, etc. | |
Workshops |
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| Worked regularly on community/schools projects using a wide variety of materials from withies to concrete. Given many slide talks to a range of groups including landscape chapters, teachers inset day and local community groups. | |