Anthony Scott
Scott is primarily known for his beautiful bronze animals and figures drawing inspiration from Celtic mythology and literature.
“I come from a farming background, so animals have always been a source of inspiration. They possess a sense of timelessness, unaffected by changing fashions. They’ve appeared in art from the earliest cave paintings – I like to think I’m continuing this tradition.”
Anthony Scott was born in rural County Fermanagh in 1968.
In 1988 he attended university in Belfast gaining a first class degree. He went on to complete an MA in ceramics in Cardiff in 1993. University gave him the confidence to pursue an artistic career. Bronze has been an important development for him, allowing him to create more expansive pieces.
Scott has been a regular annual participant at the Royal Hibernian Academy and has exhibited extensively in Ireland, the UK and at numerous international art fairs. In May 2011, HM Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a new sculpture entitled ‘See the Stars’ by Anthony Scott at the Irish National Stud in Kildare. His work is also included in the public collections of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Barbican Centre, London, the Crafts Council of Ireland, the US Ambassador’s Residence in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Kelly’s Hotel Rosslare and in numerous important private collections.
Education
1988 – 1991 B.A. Hons. (1st Class) University of Ulster, Belfast
1991 – 1993 M.A. Ceramics, Cardiff, C.I.H.E.
Selected Exhibitions
2020
London Art Fair, Islington London with Beaux Arts Bath Stand G20
2019
New Sculptures, Solomon Fine Art
London Art Fair, Islington London with Beaux Arts Bath Stand G20
2018
Solo Exhibition at Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington London with Beaux Arts Bath
Winter Group Show, Solomon Fine Art
2017
‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ Summer exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Solo Show, Solomon Fine Art
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2016
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2014 – 2015
Beaux Arts, London
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA, London with Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2013
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2012
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts Bath
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA, London with Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2010
Beaux Arts Bath, 20/21 British Art Fair
2008
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA, London with Beaux Arts Bath
2007
Art London, Chelsea with Beaux Arts Bath
London Art Fair, Islington with Beaux Arts Bath
2005, 2007
Beaux Arts Bath, Solo Exhibition
2006
Beaux Arts Bath, 25 Year Anniversary Exhibition
2004
John Martin Gallery, Mayfair, London, Mixed Exhibition
2003
Royal Ulster Academy, Ireland
Boyle Arts Festival
Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2002
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
Solomon Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, Powerscourt, Dublin
Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2001
Beaux Arts Bath, New Sculpture Exhibition
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
Lavitt Gallery, Cork
Four Artists, Milcove, Gallery, Castletownbere, Cork
Kelly’s Resort Hotel, Rosslare
2 Person Exhibition, Solomon Gallery, Powerscourt, Dublin
2000
RHA Annual Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin
RUA Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Beaux Arts Bath, New British Sculpture Exhibition
Blackheath Gallery, Group Exhibition, Blackheath, London
Sladmore Contemporary, Bruton Place, London
Case Exhibition, The Lavitt Gallery, Cork
1999
Beaux Arts Bath, Sculptors of Fame and Promise
New Bronze Sculpture, Tom Caldwell, Belfast
Solomon Gallery, Powerscourt, Dublin
Totally Bronze, An Damhlann, A. Kenny Gallery, Spiddal, Co. Galway
RUA Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
1998
Christmas Collection, Tom Caldwell, Belfast
New Sculpture, Castle Museum, Enniskillen
1997
Cats, Fitch’s Ark, Little Venice, London
Rolling Devolution, Contemporary Irish and Scottish Arts, Crawfords Arts Centre, St. Andrew’s, Scotland
EBS Crafts Exhibition, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
Four Good Legs, the Old Court House Gallery, Ambleside, Cumbria
1996
Leading Irish Artists, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
Born Free, Fitch’s Ark, Little Venice, London
Contemporary Irish Ceramics and Glass, Jean Monnet Buildings, Luxembourg
1995
Blackheath Gallery, Blackheath, London
New Figurative Work, Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale, Cork
Three Makers, Craftworks Gallery, Belfast
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Crafts, A New Generation, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, N. Ireland
Awards
1997 Craft Council of Ireland Purchase Award at Royal Dublin Society
Collections
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Basil Blackshaw
Brian Keenan
Lord and Lady Glentoran
The Barbican Centre, London
Alexis Fitzgerald
Sean O’Criadan/Peter Lamb, Dublin
The Ark, Temple Bar, Dublin
Crafts Council, Ireland
Dame Judi Dench
Daniel Day Lewis
Sir Tony O’Reilly
Barry McGuigan
Rhiannon Craft Design Centre, Tregaron, Wales
The Castle Museum, Enniskillen