Legend
Biography: Diane Maclean
Daneswick, Noke Lane, St. Albans, AL2 3NU
Tel/Fax: 01727 855087
Brief Statement
As a teenager, I wanted to be an engineer. I became an artist, but much of my sculpture uses engineering techniques and I like the qualities of industrial materials. I frequently work in the landscape, enjoying the challenge of the large scale and the elements, and I often find my ideas spring from this, for work for exhibitions and commissions for buildings. The history of a place can also be a source and the materials themselves influence what I make.
Sound has recently found a place in my work, which has always included light, suspension, reflection, colour and movement. I like working in the public arena, involving people who are not primarily interested in art.
Forthcoming Exhibitions and Projects
2000
Encampment, installation, Sculpture at Goodwood
2000
View Across the Pond, Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Exhibitions and symposia since 1994
2000
Without Day, proposals for the new Scottish Parliament. Edited by Alec Finlay
1999/2000
Lustre, light installation, McManus Galleries, Dundee; The Lighthouse, Fraserburgh
1999
Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (Award winner)
1999
Ghosts - The Gallery, Forteviot, Scotland. Solo exhibition, based on the removal of Pictish relics from Forteviotto the Royal Museum of Scotland. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council
1999
Reflections '99, international sculpture symposium, Lithuania
1999
Daibh (Affinity) - Stone sculpture with sound -exhibition for the opening of Arainn Chaluim Chille, Isle of Skye.
1998
Stones - sculpture installation with sound. Invited artist, SSA exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1998
11th Print Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia. Two suspended installations.
1998
Time by Light - Neon and glass sculpture for the entrance of the headquarters of Accurist
1997/8
Scottish Sculpture Open 9 - installation: MacRobert Arts Centre, Stirling University; Argyll and Bute Countryside Trust; Strathclyde Countryside Park.
1997/8
Changing Perceptions. An exhibition of multi-sensory work. City Art Centre, Edinburgh; Collins Gallery, Glasgow; Crawford Arts centre, St. Andrews; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1997
See, Sense. The Travelling Gallery, touring Scotland. 1997 Gainsborough's House, Sudbury - solo exhibition
1997
Equivalents II, Concord Lighting, London - solo exhibition 1997 Wind, Rain, installation in trees, Plantation Garden, Norwich
1997
Myth - International Sculpture Symposium, Lithuania
1996/7
IMPotent - Art TM - travelling exhibition in a Hillman Imp.
1996
Sign - Sculpture commissioned by Art TM (Highland Printmakers) to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the battle of Culloden Moor.
1996
In the Close, Jesus College, Cambridge. Bi-annual Exhibition of contemporary British sculpture.
1996
Chelsea Harbour, London, P & O sculpture exhibition
1995
Scottish Sculpture Open 8, Kildrummy Castle and touring
1994
Helsinki Festival, Finnish National Museum, Helsinki (solo). Suviseppele (Summer Crown), sculpture commissioned for the Festival
1994
Street Talk, Helsinki (organised by Merja Puustinen), a series of street signs with topical messages by invited artists and writers
1994
Linear Excursions, Morley Gallery, London 1994 Light Fantastic, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery
Public Sculpture
2000
Xscape development, Milton Keynes, sculpture for the lake and piazza
1999
Blue Above, suspended sculpture for Learning Resource Centre, University of the Highlands, Inverness Walking, sculpture for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, sponsored by Stratec Medical River, sculpture for the atrium of the Panoramic building, London
1998
Legend, 4 venues, Highlands and Islands of Scotland Blackberry Arch, national cycle path, St Albans (Groundwork)
1997/8
Archangel, Atrium sculpture for new Upper School building, Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster
1997
Stakis Sculpture (Untitled), Dundee Sign, sculpture commemorating the Battle of Culloden Moor, Highlands
1996
Pocket Park, Wisbech design and sculpture - National Lottery funding Meridian Relief Sculptures, Leyton 6th Form College, London
1995
Sculpture/barrier (Untitled) Cardiff, Mill Lane Development
1994/95
On The Wing, Dundee Airport / Riverside Avenue
1994
The Leaf, The Grove Field, Harrow, London Waves, Cromarty Firth Port, Invergordon Suvi Seppele, Helsinki Festival, Finland Blue Beyond, Queenswood School, Hatfield
1993
Cataract (temporary installation), Anweiler, Sudliche Weinstrasse, Germany 1991 Time Beam 11, Stansted Airport
Awards and Sponsorship
1991
British Council Travel Award to Germany
1989/91
Save & Prosper Educational Trust
1992
British Steel plc
1994
Hambros Bank - exhibition Helsinki Festival
1994
British Council Travel Award to Finland
1995
Robert Fleming Ltd - public sculpture, Dundee Airport
1996
ABSA Award for relief sculptures, Leyton 6th Form College
1997
Art at Work Award - Blue Beyond, Queenswood School, Hatfield
1997
Scotia Pharmaceuticals - installation Scottish Sculpture Open9
1997
Stakis Hotels - public sculpture, Dundee
1998
National Lottery Funding, New Directions (SAC), for Legend
1999
Scottish Arts Council - solo exhibition Ghosts
1999
Stratec Medical and ABSA award - sculpture, Chelsea &Westminster Hospital
1999
Visual Arts Scotland, Crerar & Partners Award
Collections
Helsinki City Art Gallery; Stirling University; Jesus College Cambridge BAA; Ciurlionis Museum, Lithuania; Dundee Public Arts; Cromarty Firth Port Authority; Grey Coat Hospital, London; Accurist Watches; Harrow Heritage Trust; City of Cardiff; City of Westminster; University of the Highlands, Inverness College; Chelsea and Westminster Hospital; Private collections.
Advisory Work
1991-92
Adviser, (Visual Arts) Eastern Arts Association
1990-95
Adviser, Wall Hall Sculpture Walk, Hertfordshire University
1991-92
Panel member, Strategy for the Arts in Hertfordshire
1995 -
Adviser (Visual Arts) Eastern Arts Board
1995 -
Board member, Commissions East
1996 -
Board member, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
1999 -
Board member Art TM, Inverness
1995
Visiting lecturer, Helsinki Fine Art Academy
