Caroline Saunders, Sculptor

Commissions are always welcome, just email and ask.

Education
1994-97 Post-graduate. Prague Academy of Fine Art.
1989-90 Vestland Kunst Academy, Bergen, Norway.
1987-90 Bachelor of Arts. Exeter College of Art.
1985-87 Geography/Geology, Coventry Polytechnic.

Major Commissions
2005 Playground sculpture for Central C of E School, Exeter.
2004 A4E Sculpture trail Shrewsbury: Street Geoglyphs; public sculpture.
2003 Public commission for Pirkkala City, Finland; site-specific.
Short listed for Public Sculpture in Exeter City Centre.
Arkasan Symposium, Mohren, Switzerland. Performance and instillation.
2002 International Iron Symposium, Museum of Steel Sculpture, Ironbridge.
2001 International Iron-pour workshop, Jicin, Czech Republic.
2000 Talisman, site-specific commission for Gargia Fjellstue, Alta, Norway.
1999 Portrait bust, private commission.
1997 Public commission Blackpool Zoo, totem pole directional signposts.
Informational and educational boards for Blackpool Zoo.
1996 Entrance Arch for Children's Zoo, Blackpool.
Flamingo Fountain, Blackpool Zoo.
Pea-cock, pea-hen and 'Monkey business', public commissions for Blackpool Zoo.
Swinging Gibbons, light instillation for Blackpool Bourgh Council.

Residencies
1996 Artist in residence at Blackpool Zoo.
1994 Artist in residence at Boreaton Arts Centre, Shropshire.

Awards
2006 Arts Council England award.
2005 Devon Artsculture supported project.
2003 Telford Open, first prize.

Teaching Experience
2005 Lead Artist for workshops, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
2004 The Big Draw, instillation and workshops for Attingham Park, National Trust.
2004 Sure Start creative workshops, Shrewsbury.
2000 Land Art workshop leader, Gargia, Norway.
1994 Sculpture tutor for the Open University, life drawing tutor, Shropshire.

Selected Exhibitions
2006 In the Mix, group exhibition. RHS Garden Rosemoor. Hatherleigh Festival, Devon.
2004 Shrewsbury Open, Gateway, Shrewsbury.
Identity, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.
Evolution, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.
2003 'Responsibility', performance and installation. Arkasana, Rheintal, Switzerland.
'Paradise', group exhibition. Stroud House Gallery, Stroud.
Telford Open, 1st Prize Winner.
2002 Shropshire Open, Gateway, Shrewsbury.
2000 Gargia Fjellstue, Alta, Norway. Solo Show.
1997 'Up the Garden Path', group exhibition. Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen.
1997 'Wellbeing', group exhibition. Bonham's, London.
1996 'Fairy-tales', Dum Panu z kunstatu a Podibrad, Prague. Solo Show.