Brian Clarke, Esq's Biography

Brian Clarke, Esq's Professional Career

Career

artist, architectural stained glass artist; memb Cncl Winston Churchill Meml Tst 1985- (tstee 2007-), tstee and memb Ctee Robert Fraser Fndn 1990, tstee The Ely Stained Glass Museum 1995-2008; visiting prof of architectural art UCL 1993-, sole executor the estate of Francis Bacon 1998-; memb Ctee DRC Cmmn for Architecture and the Built Environment 2000-05, tstee The Lowe Educational Charitable Fndn 2001-, govr Capital City Acad 2001-, chm Architecture Fndn 2007- (tstee 2002-07); subject of numerous publications and catalogues; Hon Liveryman Worshipful Co of Glaziers and Master Glass Painters 2012; Hon DLitt Univ of Huddersfield 2007; FRSA 1988, Hon FRIBA 1993; Selected Exhibitions Glass/Light Exhibition (Festival of the City of London with John Piper and Marc Chagall) 1979, New Paintings Constructions and Prints (RIBA) 1981, Paintings (Robert Fraser Gallery Cork Street) 1983, 1976-86 (Seibu Museum of Art Tokyo) 1987, Malerei und Farbfenster 1977-88 (Hessiches Landesmuseum) 1988, Intimations of Mortality (Galerie Karsten Greve Köln Germany), Paintings (Indar Pasricha Gallery New Delhi) 1989, Into and Out of Architecture (Mayor Gallery London) 1990, Architecture and Stained Glass (Sezon Museum of Art Tokyo) 1990, Architecture and Light (Ingolstadt Germany, in assoc with Future Systems) 1992, Designs on Architecture (Oldham Art Gallery) 1993, New Paintings (The Mayor Gallery London) 1993, Paintings and Stained Glass Works in Architecture (The Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY), Paintings and Stained Glass Works in Architecture (The Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY) 1995, Brian Clarke Linda McCartney (Musée Suisse du Vitrail au Château de Romont and the German Museum for Stained Glass) 1997-98, 80 Artistes autour du Mondial (Galerie Enrico Navarra Paris) 1998, Fleurs de Lys, exhibition of new paintings (Faggionato Fine Arts London) 1999, Flowers for New York - a tribute to New York in stained glass and painting on canvas (The Corning Gallery Steuben NY) 2002, Transillumination (Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY) 2003, Lamina (Gagosian Gallery London) 2005, Don't Forget The Lamb (Phillips de Pury NY) 2008, Brian Clarke Works on Paper (Phillips de Pury and Co space at the Saatchi Gallery London) 2011, The Quick and the Dead (Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Netherlands) 2011, Atlantes and Astragals (Christie's London) 2011, Love Him More (Kristy Stubbs Gallery Dallas TX) 2011-12; Selected Works St Gabriel's Church Blackburn 1976, All Saints Church Habergham 1976, Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham 1978, Olympus Optical Europa GmbH Headquarters Building Hamburg 1981, King Kahled Int Airport Riyadh 1982, The Buxton Thermal Baths 1987, The Lake Sagami Country Club Yamanishi (in assoc with Arata Isozaki) 1988, The New Synagogue Darmstadt 1988, Victoria Quarter Leeds 1989, stage designs for Paul McCartney World Tour 1989, Cibreo Restaurant Tokyo 1990, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Stockley Park Uxbridge 1990, Stansted Airport (in assoc with Sir Norman Foster) 1991, The Spindles Shopping Centre Oldham 1991-93, España Telefonica Barcelona 1991, The Carmelite London 1992, 100 New Bridge St London 1992, façade of Hotel de Ville des Bouches-du-Rhones Marseille (with Will Alsop) 1992-94, The Glass Dune - Hamburg (with Future Systems) 1992, EAM Building Kassel 1992-93, design of stadia sets for Paul McCartney New World Tour 1993, design of stage sets for The Ruins of Time (a ballet in tribute to Rudolph Nureyev by the Dutch National Ballet) 1993, The New Synagogue Heidelberg 1993, SMS Lowe The Grace Building NY 1994, Crossrail Paddington London (design) 1994, Schadow Arkaden Düsseldorf 1994, Norte Shopping Rio de Janeiro 1995, Rye Hosp Sussex (with Linda McCartney) 1995, Valentino Village Noci 1996, Kinderhaus Regensburg 1996, Centre Villa-Lobos São Paulo (design) 1997, Willis Corroon Building Ipswich 1997, RWE Essen (refurbishment of lobby) 1997, Offenbach Synagogue (curved glass wall and thorah shrine) 1997, Heidelberg Cathedral (design) 1997, Obersalbach 1997, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals NY 1997, Chicago Sinai 1997, Warburg Dillon Read Stamford CT (stained glass cone) 1998, Al Faisaliah Centre Riyadh (in assoc with Lord Foster of Thames Bank) 2000, Olympus Optical Europa GmbH (new HQ building) Hamburg 2000, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals NY 2001, West Winter Garden Heron Quays London (design) 2001, Hotel and Thalassotherapy Centre Nova Yardinia 2002, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals NY 2003, Ascot Racecourse 2003, Pyramid of Peace Astana Kazakhstan (design with Lord Foster of Thames Bank) 2005, Jermyn St Apax Partners London 2007, Gesamtkunstwerk Regents Park London 2010, Linkopings Domkyrke Sweden 2010, Apostolic Nunciature London 2010; Awards Churchill fellowship in architectural art 1974, Art and Work award special commendation 1989, Europa Nostra award 1990, The Leeds Award for Architecture Special Award for Stained Glass 1990, The Euro Shopping Centre Award 1995, BDA Auszeichnung guter Bauten Heidelberg 1996, Comite d'Honnour Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles France 2001

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