Jon Edgar
Jon Edgar AFS MSc BSc was born in 1968 and is a sculptor of the former Frink School - an intimate academy that was focused on the human figure which remains the first source of inspiration now, as it has from earliest times. He was awarded The Discerning Eye Sculpture bursary from ING Barings charitable trust; previous postgraduate studies considered ecology and the landscape which continue to provide influences to his sculpture; natural physical and organic forms supporting and reinforcing the human figure.
Current projects include portrait busts of Sir Roy Strong and Sir John Harvey Jones and education work taking sculpture to schools with special needs. He was selected for Asthall Manor’s prestigious stone sculpture exhibition in 2006, London Art Fair, ArtLondon and Quenington (2005), Matara/Kingscote (2004) and the Millfield Open competition in both 2003 and 2002.
Directly-modelled portraiture and life studies show the powers of observation, whilst abstracted wood and stone carvings contain more ambiguity. The two areas of work may seem disparate, yet the former provides raw material for the latter. Both are underpinned by an understanding of (and training in) Sculpture’s Formal Tradition – considering the qualities of form rather than the concept or ideas in the work - which has almost disappeared from arts curricula.