Jill Randall

Born:

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK.

Art Education:

1983             M.A. Fine Art (Sculpture), Manchester Polytechnic.

1981              B.A. (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), Falmouth School of Art.

Awards:

2007             “Artists At Work” Award, Public Art Wales/ Celf Gyhoeddus Cymru.

2007             “Creativity Works” East Lancashire Award.

2004, 2005    Arts Council England North West Award.

1994              Foundation For Sport and the Arts Travel Award.

1994              North West Arts Board Individual Awards to Artists.

1994              Royal Society of Arts “Art For Architecture” Award

1994              Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award.

1991               McColl Arts Foundation Travel Scholarship.

Selected  Commissions:

2009            “Hiddenplace”, Burnley, Lancs.

2008            “Valley of Stone”, Rossendale, Lancs.

2008            “The View”, Bacup, Lancs.

2006            “Artescape” A13 Project, Mill Pool, Barking, London.

2004-7        “Black Path” Urban Regeneration Project, Wythenshawe , Manchester.

2003             Castleton Road Play Area Public Space, Preston, Lancs.

2001              Irwell Sculpture Trail, Salford.

2001             Tissington and High Peak Trail Interpretation Project, Derbyshire.

2000             Stretford Road Corridor, Manchester.

1999              Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton, Somerset.

1997             Tay Square, Dundee.

1993            Wharfside’, Salford Quays, Manchester.

1990            Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester.

Public Art Consultancies:

2009           Amlwch Industrial Heritage Design Project,  Anglesey.

2007           Public Art Feasibility Study for Ordsall Hall, Salford City Council.

2001-2        Levenshulme High School For Girls Public Art Project

1997-8         Groundwork St Helens ,Ollery Green Public Art Project.

1994-5         Rishton Town Centre Public Art Feasibility Project, Lancs.

Residencies:

2007-9        Parys Mountain Copper Mine and Amlwch Industrial Heritage Centre, Amlwch, Anglesey, North Wales.

2000-6        Scottish Sculpture Workshop International Residency Centre. Bronze and cast-iron casting. Aberdeenshire.

2000/1        Irwell Sculpture Trail, Salford.

2000-2        Magnesium Elektron,  Salford.

1999            Grizedale Forest Sculpture Residency, Cumbria.

1994            Guest Lectureship and Artist- in- Residence, Perth ,  Western Australia.

1991            Fine Arts Travel Scholarship, Barcelona, Spain.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2005        “Secrets and Lives”, Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham.

2003        “Light Matter”, The Lowry, Salford.

2000        “Pristine”, Bankley Gallery, Manchester.

1997        “Terra Incognita”, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Greater Manchester.

1994         “Last Voyage of the Gilt Dragon”, Perth, Western  Australia.

1992        “Barcelona Works”, Le Chat Noir Gallery, London.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008          “Valley of Stone”, The Boo, Rossendale , Lancs

2008        “A Sense of Place”, Harold Martin Botanic Garden, University of Leicester .

2006        “Twins”, Stadt Kunsthaus, Bocholt, Germany.

2006        “Ex Voto”, MNAUP Gallery, Porto, Portugal.

2005        “Ex Voto”, Galeria da Restauracao, Olhao. Portugal.

2003        “Night of 1000 Drawings”, Artists Space, New York.

1997        “Les Arts en balade”, L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

1997        “Between the Eyes”, Oldham Art Gallery,

1995        “Ten”, Cornerhouse, Manchester,

1991        “New Art North West’, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.

1990         “Changing Tack”, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester,

1990        “Four Contemporary Artists”, St Martins Gallery, London.

1985        “Sculpture in a garden”, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1980        “New Contemporaries”, ICA, London

Publications:

2005        “Jill Randall.Secrets and Lives -An Artist’s Diary.” ISBN 0 905634 75 6.

2001        “Pristine”, New work from Grizedale Forest. ISBN 0 9525450 7 1.

2001        ‘The Britart Directory’ page 233, ISBN 0-9540781-0-1

1996        “Terra Incognita”.  ISBN  0 9529470 0 5.

1992        “Artists Handbook: Across Europe”. ‘Spain’ chapter, Commissioned by “AN Publications.

ISBN 0 907730 15 9.

Teaching:

1997-       Currently 0.5 Lecturer , Subject Leader for Sculpture and Researcher,

B.A. Visual Arts Course, University of Salford.

Collections:

Private Collections in Spain, USA, Portugal, Australia, France, Greece, UK.

Other Activities:

2005-        Member of European Sculpture Network.

2002-        Member of Ixia  – Public Art Forum.

1999          Director of Mart Network, Major Lottery-funded visual arts event,  Manchester .

1983-03    Founder-member and Chair of SIGMA -Sculptors in Greater Manchester Association.