Fred Gordon

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Fred Gordon

Artist Overview Artworks Events & Exhibitions Artist Video Biography

Award-winning British sculptor Fred Gordon is passionate about wildlife, conservation and the natural world.

Since winning the Diana Brooks Prize with Art for Youth in 2017, Gordon has been making his mark as a rising star in wildlife sculpture. Based in North London, he has travelled extensively to observe the behaviour of his subjects in their natural environment, whether that may be the British countryside, or further afield in Sri Lanka or South Africa where he enjoyed a three month artist residency in Limpopo. Out on location he studies anatomy at first hand, sketching, photographing and, where possible, creating small maquette studies. He takes this source material back to his studio to work up the pose and form in the final pieces.

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Fred Gordon Biography

Gordon’s intention is to capture a moment, a nuance in the movement and an expressive interpretation of the creature’s character in the pose, rather than to create an exact impression. He then begins a more intricate process of work on the faces and the other details that bring the work to life. After the bronze is cast using the age-old lost wax method, he finishes the pieces with a beautiful marbled patina, using natural grey, green and brown tones to create a shifting collage of colour. With his acute observational skills, finely tuned instincts and an outstanding talent, he conveys a real sense of spirit, movement and energy in his tactile and dynamic works.

The son of a sculptor mother, Gordon trained in Art and Design at Falmouth then received a masters degree in History of Art and French from Edinburgh University. In 2017 he completed his studies and immediately embarked on a career as a professional sculptor. Since then, he has exhibited with Sculpture by the Lakes, the Animal Art Fair, Art for Youth and the Affordable Art Fair in London and has been shortlisted for David Shepherd’s Wildlife Artist of the Year.

“Sculpture, for me, is such an exciting way of expressing moments seen in wildlife.”