Brian Clarke
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Brian Clarke is a British
artist
; a painter and architectural stained glass designer who has, most notably,worked in stained glass
.
In 1965 on a Junior Scholarship Clarke attended the Oldham School of Arts and Crafts. He went on in 1968 to Burnley School of Art. In 1970 he enrolled at The North Devon College of Art and Design where he went on to receive a first class distinction in Diploma in Art and Design. In 1974 he was awarded the Winston Churchill Memorial Travelling Fellowship to study art and architecture in Rome, Paris and Germany. The second part of the Fellowship was spent in Los Angeles and New York. He is now a trustee of that institution.
Although working primarily in art in architecture, his paintings, stained glass, mosaic and tapestry works can be found in architectural settings and private and public collections.
Brian Clarke's recent works include a stained glass installation at Apax & Partners London HQ, Pyramid of Peace and Accord in Kazakhstan, the Al Faisaliyah Center
in Riyadh, the Pfizer
World Headquarters in New York and the Swiss Bank Cone in Connecticut.
Previously executed projects include work with the Seibu Museum Of Art in Tokyo; AGM Head Quarters in Kassel, Germany; The Hotel du Department des Bouches-du Rhone, Marseille; The Lake Sagami building, Japan; Dutch National Ballet
, Amsterdam; King Khalid International Airport
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Norte Shopping, Rio de Janeiro; Spindles Shopping Mall, Oldham; Cavendish Arcade, Buxton;Victoria Quarter
, Leeds; Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu, Romont, Switzerland. and 100 New Bridge Street, London.
Brian Clarke is a visiting Professor of Architecture Art at University College London, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Doctorate University of Huddersfleld, Chairman of The Architecture Foundation
and Sole Executor of The Estate of Francis Bacon.
United Kingdom
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
; a painter and architectural stained glass designer who has, most notably,worked in stained glass
Stained glass
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...
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In 1965 on a Junior Scholarship Clarke attended the Oldham School of Arts and Crafts. He went on in 1968 to Burnley School of Art. In 1970 he enrolled at The North Devon College of Art and Design where he went on to receive a first class distinction in Diploma in Art and Design. In 1974 he was awarded the Winston Churchill Memorial Travelling Fellowship to study art and architecture in Rome, Paris and Germany. The second part of the Fellowship was spent in Los Angeles and New York. He is now a trustee of that institution.
Although working primarily in art in architecture, his paintings, stained glass, mosaic and tapestry works can be found in architectural settings and private and public collections.
Brian Clarke's recent works include a stained glass installation at Apax & Partners London HQ, Pyramid of Peace and Accord in Kazakhstan, the Al Faisaliyah Center
Al Faisaliyah Center
The Al Faisaliyah Center is a commercial skyscraper located in the business district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the second tallest building in Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom Centre. Immediately below it an outside viewing deck; at ground level, there is a shopping center with major world brands...
in Riyadh, the Pfizer
Pfizer
Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
World Headquarters in New York and the Swiss Bank Cone in Connecticut.
Previously executed projects include work with the Seibu Museum Of Art in Tokyo; AGM Head Quarters in Kassel, Germany; The Hotel du Department des Bouches-du Rhone, Marseille; The Lake Sagami building, Japan; Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Ballet
Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many...
, Amsterdam; King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport is located north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, designed by the architectural firm HOK.The airport includes the terminals, mosque, the control tower and two parallel runways, each long...
in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Norte Shopping, Rio de Janeiro; Spindles Shopping Mall, Oldham; Cavendish Arcade, Buxton;Victoria Quarter
Victoria Quarter
The Victoria Quarter is an upmarket shopping area in Leeds, England. It consists of three blocks situated between Briggate and Vicar Lane, comprising the County Arcade, Cross Arcade, Queen Victoria Street and King Edward Street....
, Leeds; Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu, Romont, Switzerland. and 100 New Bridge Street, London.
Brian Clarke is a visiting Professor of Architecture Art at University College London, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Doctorate University of Huddersfleld, Chairman of The Architecture Foundation
The Architecture Foundation
The Architecture Foundation was Britain's first independent architecture centre. Established in 1991, it aims to promote contemporary architecture.The Architecture Foundation has organised public exhibitions, design initiatives, competitions and debates....
and Sole Executor of The Estate of Francis Bacon.
Projects
- Pyramid of Peace and Accord, Kazakhstan, 2005
- Al Faisaliyah CenterAl Faisaliyah CenterThe Al Faisaliyah Center is a commercial skyscraper located in the business district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the second tallest building in Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom Centre. Immediately below it an outside viewing deck; at ground level, there is a shopping center with major world brands...
, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2000 - OlympusOlympus Corporationis a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...
, Hamburg, Germany, 2000 - Stamford ConeStamford ConeThe Stamford Cone is a 14 metre high structural artwork in the shape of a cone built as a landmark feature for the headquarters building of the Swiss Banking Corporation in Stamford, Connecticut. The structure, which entirely consists of stained glass by British artist Brian Clarke, was designed by...
, Stamford, CT, USA, 1999 - Synagogue Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany, 1998
- Chicago Sinai Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1998
- Norteshopping, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996
- PfizerPfizerPfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
, New York, USA, 1996 - Valentino Village, Noci, Bari, Italy, 1996
- Cisterian Abbaye de la Fille Dieu, Romont, Switzerland, 1995 http://www.mikulas.ch/fd011.htm
- EAM Building, Kassel, Germany, 1994
- España Telefónica, Plaza Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain, 1992
- Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, London, England, 1991
- Spindles Shopping Center, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, 199
- Cibreo Restaurant, Tokyo, Japan, 1991
- Victoria QuarterVictoria QuarterThe Victoria Quarter is an upmarket shopping area in Leeds, England. It consists of three blocks situated between Briggate and Vicar Lane, comprising the County Arcade, Cross Arcade, Queen Victoria Street and King Edward Street....
, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, 1989 - Lake SagamiLake Sagamiis an artificial lake located in Midori-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa in Japan's Kantō region. Created in 1947 after the Sagami River was dammed, it serves as use for recreational and hydroelectric purposes...
, Yamanishi, Japan, 1988 - Cavendish Arcade, Derbyshire, England, 1987
- King Khaled International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1982
Exhibitions
- 2008 - Don't Forget The Lamb
- 2008 - Mosaic Path
- 2005 - Lamina
- 2002 - Transillumination
- 2002 - Flowers For New York
- 2000 - Fashion Acts
- 1998 - Glass Wall
- 1998 - Brian Clarke - Linda McCartney
- 1997 - Brian Clarke - Linda McCartney
- 1994 - Brian Clarke - Stained Glass
- 1993 - Images Of Christ
- 1993 - Architecture And The Sacred Space In The Modern Age
- 1992 - Addressing The Forbidden
- 1992 - The Drawing Centre
- 1992 - Light and Architecture
- 1992 - The Painter In Glass
- 1990 - Brian Clarke - Into and Out of Architecture
- 1990 - Rockens Billeder
- 1990 - Brian Clarke - Architecture and Stained Glass
- 1989 - Brian Clarke - Paintings
- 1989 - The Pyrri Art Center, Finland
- 1988 - British Art
- 1988 - Die Architekur der Synagoge
- 1988 - Brian Clarke, Malerei und Farbfenster 1977 - 1988
- 1998 - Brian Clarke - Intimations of Mortality
- 1986 - Brian Clarke - Stained Glass
- 1984 - Brian Clarke - Works on Paper, 1976–1984
- 1983 - Brian Clarke - Paintings
- 1983 - Black/White
- 1982 - Brian Clarke - Serigraphien und Mosaik
- 1982 - British Stained Glass
- 1981 - Brian Clarke Prints
- 1981 - Brian Clarke New Paintings
- 1981 - Brian Clarke Prints
- 1980 - Brian Clarke Paintings
- 1980 - Art in Education
- 1979 - Brian Clarke Drawings
- 1979 - Glass/Light Exhibition
- 1975 - Brian Clarke - Glass Art One
External links
- Gabion: One Steppe Beyond: Norman Foster's Pyramid of Peace in Kazakhstan by Hugh PearmanHugh Pearman (architecture critic)Hugh Pearman is the architecture critic of The Sunday Times and editor of The RIBA Journal, the magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects...
- Brian Clarke Website
- Romont Abbey Windows
- Romont Abbey Windows, Switzerland
- Clarke in Debretts
- Les vitraux de Brian Clarke à l'Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu à Romont