Martin Hayward-Harris
It is by no coincidence that over the last twenty years Martin Hayward-Harris’ work has been represented in may of the great institutions of the world.
He trained at The Natural History Museum for five years producing a bench-mark sculpture of a Blue Whale which is still on show in the south Kensington today.
In 1988 Martin was head-hunted for a similar post at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, where he worked with some of Europe’s greatest wildlife artists. Ten years later Martins work was chosen by The Daily Mail to be the centrepiece of The Hampton Court Flower Show which became a sell-out.
From 1995 Martins work supported the WWF through Christies’ sales and in 2001 was represented in 20th Century British Art with his Boxing Hare.
Martin’s work is represented in many private and public collections including:
- The National Museum of Wales
- The Woburn Estate
- The Wellington Estate
- The Late Princess Diana
- Corporations in France, Japan and USA.
The way Martin creates his bronze life size animal sculptures would not be possible without the innate love of nature and his unique knowledge of the physiology of the animals. In the physical presence of his work a tactile response is demanded - a sculptural equivalent of the impressionists. The simplicity of form and sensitivity to the material he uses gives each piece a stillness, an ageless form yet parallel to this unmistakeable classic feel. This is something contemporary too.
More recent achievements include a monumental abstract bronse for the far East. He is a member of the Artists for Conservation group based in Vancouver and incuded in thier Exhibition this year. with The Horus Falcon cast by the world renowned Pangolin Editions Foundry. Martin has been resident artist at the Nature in Art Museum Twigworth Gloucestershire Uk.
In 2007 he visited China to study the influence the country had on the history of Bronse Casting. Martin has just built a studio at his home in Oxfordshire and invites geusts by appiontment.. Martins limited editions are truely collected worldwide and the latest Peregrine Sculpture has gone to Australiia. The European Roller and Horus Falcon were shortlisted for the Royal Academy summer Exhibition in Piccadilly this year.