Background

Harvey Hood was born in Staffordshire and studied at Birmingham College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, where he gained an M.A. degree. He came to Wales shortly after to teach in the Sculpture Department of Cardiff College of Art (now UWIC) where he eventually became Head of Sculpture. He has completed residencies in Norway and Finland and many commissions during the period 1971-1996. He is also the Director of the Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop and has initiated and worked on many projects with visiting artists from Norway, India, Japan and the USA. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and now devotes all his time to his own practice and directing the Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop, having retired from teaching. Harvey Hood has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally. He has work in private and public collections including The National Museum and Galleries Wales; The Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsco, Museum Nadwislandski; Kazimierz Dolny, Poland; The Tate Gallery Education Department; Porkkana Collection, Nyktaiteen Museum Helsinki, Finland; The Arts Council of Great Britain and South West Arts.

Curriculum Vitae

Harvey Hood

MA RCA, FRBS

1946 Born in Staffordshire.
1965-69 Birmingham College of Art.
1969-72 Royal College of Art.
1973-2000 Head of Sculpture at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
2000+ Visiting lecturer at various colleges in Britain, USA and India.


Awards and Commissions.

1971 Prize for Young Contempories, Art Council of Great Britain.
1971 Royal College of Art Travelling Scholarship.
1973 Sainsbury Award.
1975 Arts Council of Great Britain Bursary.
1981 Major purchase Award, Arts Council of Great Britain.
1981 'Archform' Sculpture at Newport Station, commissioned by British Rail.
1986 Artist in Residence. The Bishop's Palace, St. David's.
1991 Welsh Arts Council Bursary to Research Schools Art and Architecture.
1992 Commission for 'Mother & Child' woodcarving
at Warren Church, Pembrokeshire.
1992 Commission by 'Optrex' to make a 16ft Eye for Garden Festival
of Wales at Ebbw Vale.
1993 Commission by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust to make 'Celtic Ring'.
(16 ft. diameter open-ended bronze ring) installed in Cardiff Bay
to mark the start of the Taff Trail.
1993 Commission by Capital Waterside to make bronze signage relief.
1993 Newport Borough Council purchased 'The Eye' at Ebbw Vale.
1995 Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Development Corporation to make more
'signage' sculpture for the Taff Trail.
2007 Short-listed for 'Gateway to Wales' Monmouth.
2008 Commission for Richard Chamberlin, Architect.


Professional Experience.

Deputy Director of the Inter Arc Project. University of Wales.
Represented the University at the original meeting in Nantes and attended all subsequent meetings in Paris, Nantes and Vigo.
Director of Emma Posey's PhD.
Supervisor to Ceingiz Ertekin's PhD on Public Sculpture.
A founder member of A.A.D.W.
Member of the '56 Group.
Member of the Executive Committee, Welsh Sculture Trust.
Chairman of Action and Initations Committee, Welsh Sculpture Trust.
Past Welsh Representative of N.A.T.F.H's Art Education Committee.
Founder of Berllanderi Sculpture Workshop.
Elected Associate Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Member of Council Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Member of the Royal Society of Art 'Art for Architecture Panel'.

1992 Visiting lecturer at Greensboro, North Carolina.
1994 Guest lecturer at Florida State University Architecture School in
Tallahassee, Florida.
1994 Guest lecturer at University of Florida College of Fine Arts,
Gainesville, Florida.
1994 Visiting Artist, Florida State University, Fine Art School, Tallahassee.
1994 Consultant for 'SUSTRANS' Bristol.
1994 Selector / Advisor for Avon Works Commission.(Three main commissions;
Earth Works Commission; Short Wood Junction; Station Road).
1994 Representation of the National Committee of International Association of Art.
1994 Participate in the European Forum of Cultural Networking.
2002 Visiting lecturer at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
2004 Visiting lecturer at Portland, University of Oregon.
2005 Visiting Professor at Baroda University, India.
2006 Visiting Professor at San Jose, California.
2004-2009 External Examiner at University of Glamorgan.
2011 Dale and Mary Mrnak Memorial Visiting Artist. University of Minnesota.