Peter Randall-Page

Peter Randall-Page RA (born 1954) is a British artist and sculptor, known for his stone sculpture work, inspired by geometric patterns from nature. In his words "geometry is the theme on which nature plays his infinite variations, fundamental mathematical principle become a kind of pattern book from which nature constructs the most complex and sophisticated structures".

Biography Randall-Page was born in Essex and spent his childhood in Sussex both studying at the Bath Academy of Art from 1973 to 1977 after which he worked with the sculptor Barry Flanagan. After working on a conservation project at Wells Cathedral, Randall-Page went to Italy to study stone carving at the Carrara quarries. A major retrospective of his work was held in 1992 at the Leeds City Art Gallery and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Tate Gallery and the British Museum.

Randall-Page was elected to the Royal Academy in 2015. In 1999, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Plymouth and from 2002 to 2005 was an Associate Research Fellow at Dartington College of Arts.

Portraits of Randall-Page The National Portrait Gallery collection has 2003 and 2011 bromide photographic images of Randall-Page.

Public collections Arnolfini Collection Trust, Bristol The British Council. The British Embassy, Dublin The British Museum Bughley Sculpture Garden Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham The Contemporary Art Society, London The Creasy Collection of Contemporary Art, Salisbury Derby Arboretum University of Exeter Leeds City Art Galleries Lincoln City Council Milton Keynes Community NHS Trust The National Trust Foundation for Art Nottinghamshire City Council University of Nottingham Prior's Court School for Autistic Children, Thatcham University of Tasmania Tate Collection; 'Where the Bee Sucks'(1991) Ulster Museum, Belfast Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire County Council University of Warwick, Coventry West Kent College, Tonbridge The Dartington Hall Trust estate, Devon The Eden Centre, Cornwall

Selected public works