biog
born: 25/02/62, Kent
school qualifications: 13 O’levels, A’levels: physics, biology, art
training: foundation: Medway, BA in 3D design at Brighton 1984 (2-1)
MA in History and Theory of Modern Art at Chelsea, 1991 graduated with distinction
base: home in Brighton, with my partner and our three daughters
first commission: sculpture for Abbey Park in Leicester, 1989
a selection of projects:
1992 BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Carved posts – part of Seafront development project, new andscape design by Fiona Atkinson, winner of civic trust award
1994 MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL Courtyard design and artworks for Taunton Hospital new build
1996 GUILDFORD ODEON Sculptures, % for art commission
1996 SESSIONS HOUSE SQUARE, Maidstone, art & landscape £3/4 million highways funded urban design project
1998 CELLULAR PARK, with Fiona Atkinson, competition winning collaborative exterior design for Southampton General Hospital
1998 HANGLETON QUIET GARDEN, art & landscape – SRB funded
1999 BLANDFORD DAYCENTRE courtyard, art & landscape – health and social care setting
2000 SALTMILL MILLENNIUM PROJECT, Saltash -LEAD ARTIST, art & landscape
2001 MUTLEY PLAIN Regeneration Initiative, Plymouth – LEAD ARTIST
2001- WHITE HORSE WOOD, Kent, LEAD ARTIST, Living Beacon environmental artwork, sculpture earthwork and mathematical tree planting visible on approach by air into London
2001 WOLVERHAMPTON The Phoenix Trees – 5 sculptures each 6 meters high in oak, steel with bronze wings
2002 SHINEWATER PARK, Eastbourne large sculptural signs in oak
2002 OUSE ESTUARY, Newhaven, 4 sculptures in oak
2003 SCOTT BUSINESS PARK, Plymouth: Under Ice, sculptures in cedar, precious metal leaf and blue glass.
2004 UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON: Pollen Sculptures, Planting by Fiona Atkinson
2004 PRESTON PARK, Brighton, memorial sculpture commission, working with Juliette Pearce
2005 CONEY HILL SCHOOL, Gloucester : ART and LANDSCAPE commission for a new build primary school with six wooden sculptures
2006 ROPETACKLE DEVELOPMENT, SHOREHAM, LEAD ARTIST working with the regional development agency and Adur District Council
2006 LETCOMBE BROOK, WANTAGE, sculpture commission of nine large stone carvings for a housing development
2006 THE COMPTON SKYLINE PROJECT a 300 sq meter temporary rooftop sculptural projection/installation working with the artists’ local community at Compton Road, Brighton, leading 8 artists, creating 6 synchronised films for 6 screens
2006 BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS TRUST 2 year contract acting as arts coordinator for the new Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, currently working for the wider trust on an informal free-lance basis, reporting to the Trust Arts Advisory Group.
2007 RIVERMEAD OXFORD, sculpture commission for Linden Homes development
2007 HAYLING ISLAND, four sculptures for the Eastoke Beach regeneration scheme
2009 HORSHAM PARK, Lead Artist, developing commissioning strategy and a site specific commission “Horsham Light Tree” value £50k in polished stainless steel with fibre optic lighting.
2007 NEW ENGLAND QUARTER BRIGHTON, lead artist with Fiona Atkinson and John Mills – a £300 million + development with architects Allies and Morrisson, Scott Brownrigg, Architecture PLB, and Chetwood Associates – the biggest thing to change Brighton since the railway came.
2009 CENTRAL ST LEONARDS REGENERATION PROJECT – LEAD ARTIST, education projects and design and creation of street furniture, collaboration with Debbie Mallard, Landscape Architect
2009 WORTHING SEAFRONT AND TOWN CENTRE consultant artist working with WBC and consultants Edaw through Masterplanning process and then with Frances Lord developed a public art strategy for Worthing and Adur District Councils.
2009 BATH STONE MINES – working in collaboration with Frances Lord www.franceslord.com providing public art consultancy on public art legacy programme for the village of Combe Down, part of the world heritage site, which has been under threat due to extensive collapsing mine workings. 3 year project leading to permanent and temporary commissions value at least £250,000. Multi art form project: sculpture, ceramics, poetry, music, film.
2010 TRURO HEALTH PARK – the design of 2 courtyards for a new NHS facility in Truro, featuring 2 glass “water” features,planting and lighting. www.artsforhealthcornwall.org
2010 ST JAMES HOSPITAL PORTSMOUTH - commission for two sculptures in lazer cut stainless steel, for a secure garden area for older patients suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia. Project managed by Willis Newson. www.willisnewson.co.uk
current projects:
WANTAGE HOUSING – lead artist commission working with Berkeley Homes and Vale of White Horse District Council on a housing development of a former convent school in Oxfordshire overall budget £57,000
3Ts Hospital Development BSUH Brighton working as an associate of Willis Newson, together with Frances Lord, providing art consultancy and developing the Art Strategy for the new hospital, in partnership with Laing O’Rourke and BDP architects.
MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL TAUNTON - update of courtyard designed in 1994, creating a covered performance area and a cloud mobile sculpture in crystal titanium. www.artforlife.nhs.uk
ANTIGRAVITY – winner of the 2010 White Night/Nuit Blanche co -commission: a large scale sculptural projection project flying high over the streets of Brighton and Amiens for the Nuit Blanche festival, with music by Jean Daniel Beauvallet, Andrew Walker and the inspirational art department of Durrington High School. Despite difficult weather conditions in Brighton both events were a resounding success, with audiences of thousands enjoying a unique spectacle on a large scale moving overhead. www.whitenight/nuitblanche.com
CENTENARY QUAY Southampton – lead artist, working with Frances Lord, developing the 10 year public art strategy for a major regional development on the site of the former Vosper Thorneycroft Shipbuilding works.
CAISTER’S CLOSE Hove – canopy commission for a contemporary housing development by Nick Lomax Architects
a selection of solo exhibitions:
1987 STEVE GELIOT, Camden Arts centre ,London
1990 The Winchester Gallery, installation
1990 Sue Williams Gallery, Portobello, London
1991 Angel row Gallery, Nottingham
1991 West Dean Gardens
1998 Casson Gallery, Eastbourne
2000 Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells
a selection of group shows:
1986 The Camden Annual – winner of first prize
1987 The New Spirit, Crafts Council London and Los Angeles County Museum
1992 Fallen Arches, Southern Arts Touring
1994 Narrative Woodcarving
prizes and awards:
1977 The Sir Charles Wheeler Award for Painting
1986 The Camden Annual – First Prize
1996 Rouse Kent Public Art Award – joint prize
2001 South East Arts – major award for experimental work
education:
Education and development are at the heart of Steve’s practice, and education projects frequently run alongside the commissioned projects. Here is a list of schools colleges and other institutions where Steve has worked over recent years:
Varndean College, Brighton
Durrington High School,Worthing
Filsham High School St Leonards
The Grove St Leonards
Christchurch Primary School St Leonards
Desborough School, Maidenhead
Coney Hill School, Gloucester
Combe Down Primary School, Bath
Ralph Allen Secondary School, Bath
Chichester University, part-time lecturer BA Fine Art
Kew Gardens
The Millennium Seedbank/Wakehurst Place
work in collections:
University of Brighton – Aldritch Collection
National Cash Registers, London HQ
Lord Peter Carrington private collection
Sculpture at Goodwood Maquettes Project
Nima Reid private collection