Judy Boyt FRSS (born 1954) is an English sculptor and ceramist. She has created on commission many sculptures, particularly of horses, which stand in locations in England.
Life
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Boyt studied in Wolverhampton, and gained in Stoke-on-Trent an MA in industrial ceramics. For several years she produced figuative work for bone china and porcelain. She is an experienced rider, and her first commission, from Garrard & Co, was for a relief of polo playing. She has three times won the British Sporting Art Trust Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors.[1][2][3]
Works
editHer works include the following:
"Evocation of Speed" was commissioned by Epsom and Ewell Borough Council to celebrate the millennium. It was installed in Derby Square, Epsom, in 2002, and since 2020 has stood in the Market Place. It is a bronze sculpture on a stainless steel base, and depicts Diomed, the winner of the first Epsom Derby in 1780, racing neck and neck against Galileo, the winner of the 2001 Derby.[4][5]
"Bull", commissioned for the Sanderson Arcade in Morpeth, Northumberland, is a life-size statue of an Aberdeen Angus bull, on a canopy above an entrance to the arcade. It was unveiled in November 2009, and is made of fibre glass resin to create the effect of bronze. It commemorates the history of Morpeth as an important cattle market for the region.[6][7][8][9]
"Waiting: The Monument to the Liverpool Working Horse" is a bronze statue of a horse, height 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in), on the quayside outside the Museum of Liverpool, unveiled on 1 May 2010. Conmissioned by the Liverpool Carter's Association, it is a monument to the working horse, used by carters in Liverpool for more than 250 years, to move goods from the docks to warehouses or to railway goods stations.[10][11]
"Rebellion" is a statue of a horse in Middlesex Street in Spitalfields, London, commissioned by Standard Life. First exhibited in Trafalgar Square, it is twice life size, and was awarded the RBS Silver Medal for work of outstanding merit.[2][12]
References
edit- ^ "Judy Boyt" Art UK. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Judy Boyt FRSS" Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Judy Boyt FRSS" Axle arts. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Evocation of Speed" Art UK. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Evocation of Speed" Epsom and Ewell History Explorer. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Bull" Art UK. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Sculpture commissioned for Sanderson Arcade" Sanderson Arcade. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Arcade hits the bulls eye with sculpture" Sanderson Arcade. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Praise for sculptor from Devizes" Gazette and Herald, 29 November 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Waiting: The Monument to the Liverpool Working Horse" Art UK. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Waiting: The Monument to the Liverpool Working Horse" National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ File:Rebellion by Judy Boyt, East India House (cropped).jpg
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External links
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Media related to Judy Boyt at Wikimedia Commons