Mo Farquharson

Mo Farquharson’s sculptures of people, animals and birds are beautifully observed, often with an affectionate humour and warmth that communicates both the character of her subjects and their context to the viewer. Context is central to her work, particularly in the figurative series where, centred around a park bench or bus stop, the attitude and preoccupation of each individual is explored. In ‘Victoria Station’, for example, we are invited into the lives of numerous visitors to the station concourse, where people come and go, check their luggage or the arrivals board, converse or read, hurry across or simply stand and wait.

The same sympathy and attention to detail is applied to Mo’s wildlife pieces, and her fondness for them again shines through:  runner ducks, a hare, an otter, a beloved pet are rendered in a style that is natural and spontaneous, but always carefully considered.

Mo’s 3-D works are mainly bronze, cast in small editions (of generally no more than 7 pieces) using the lost wax process. She also occasionally exhibits working drawings and studies in pencil and charcoal. She is happy to consider public or private commissions (see the list below).

More works can be viewed on www.mofarquharson.com

EDUCATION

1977-8	Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA
1974-7	Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
1973-4	Edward Gage at Sighthill, Edinburgh

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008	The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2007	The Padstow Studio, Cornwall
2002	The Gallery in Cork Street, London

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2009	Art 2009, Islington, London
2008	Wyckham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2006 on	Kilmorack Gallery, Beauly, Inverness-shire
2005	Art 2005, Islington, London
2004	Delamore Arts Exhibition, Cornwall
2004	Glasgow Art Fair
2003	Archeus Fine Art, London
2002	Art 2002, Islington, London
2001, 3, 5, 9	Quenington Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Gloucestershire
2001 onward	Newby Hall Sculpture Park Exhibition, Yorkshire
2001	Royal Society of British Sculptors Summer Exhibition, London
2001	Art 2001, Islington, London
2000 onward	Crane Kalman Gallery, London
2000, 4, 6	20/21 Century British Art, London
2000, 1, 2	Falle Fine Art, Jersey, Channel Isles
2000	Art 2000, Islington, London

AWARDS

1995	Elected Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

SELECTED MAJOR COMMISSIONS

Schloss Zwingenberg, Nr Eberbach, Baden, Germany: figure of St Bernard von Baden
Edinburgh Zoo: bust of Viscount Arbuthnott, President of Edinburgh Zoo
Schloss Salem, Baden, Germany: fountain surmounted by sculpture of Good Samaritan
Schloss Zwingernburg, Nr Eberbach, Baden, Germany: life size Hanovarian Bloodhound
Scottish Natural Heritage, Shell UK and Grampian Television: sculpture of a Golden Eagle for the Nature’s Prize Awards, 1995, 1996 and 1997
Britannia Steamship Insurance Association Ltd, London: relief
Hamilton, Lanarkshire: a public sculpture of two life size coal miners, commissioned by Akeler (Scotland) Lrd
HMV: a figure of John Lennon for charity, for the Silver Clef Awards
Desert House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh: a series of sculptures
Methlick Woods, Aberdeenshire: a life size osprey catching a salmon

OTHER PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:

Marathon Asset Management
Bedlam Asset Management
Paribas Ltd, investment bank
Thistle Mining
Beatles Museum, Liverpool
Invesco Global
Shell UK

OTHER PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:

HRH Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Abercorn
Bengt Julin
Mike Silverman
Robert Helfgott
Benji Meuli
William Yeoward
Dr Meg Weir
Viscount Arbuthnott
BW Schwartz
M Bonn