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Ian Middleton lives and works with painter Jane Hedges at Little Goyle Studios on the Dorset/Devon border in the South West of England. He was born and grew up in East Anglia and studied at Sheffield Hallam University and the Royal College of Art, he worked with Eduardo Paolozzi in 1979 and has taught in a number of British Art Schools. Ian taught sculpture at the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham in Surrey from 1988-2005. He has recently been awarded a fellowship at Chelsea College of Art.
Ian’s work has been shown at: the Royal College of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Barbican Centre, the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale,The Royal West of England Academy, Bryanston and Millfield Schools and in a number of churches including Winchester Cathedral and Romsey Abbey. He became an associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2009.
The writer and curator Ann Elliot wrote of Ian’s work for the ‘Sculpture: a Spectator Sport’ exhibition at Bryanston School in 2003: ‘Just as the Surrealist sculptors of the early 20th century assaulted the senses, Ian Middleton’s sculptures challenge the viewer to find out what’s going on. Whilst his work may seem ‘the stuff that dreams are made of’, it also poses questions........ Ian always leaves us with something to work out. There are lots of ways you can start with the work and move out from there. It’s very enigmatic.’
Ian’s work has been shown at: the Royal College of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Barbican Centre, the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale,The Royal West of England Academy, Bryanston and Millfield Schools and in a number of churches including Winchester Cathedral and Romsey Abbey. He became an associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 2009.
The writer and curator Ann Elliot wrote of Ian’s work for the ‘Sculpture: a Spectator Sport’ exhibition at Bryanston School in 2003: ‘Just as the Surrealist sculptors of the early 20th century assaulted the senses, Ian Middleton’s sculptures challenge the viewer to find out what’s going on. Whilst his work may seem ‘the stuff that dreams are made of’, it also poses questions........ Ian always leaves us with something to work out. There are lots of ways you can start with the work and move out from there. It’s very enigmatic.’