Who's involved
Artist and sculptor
Ian Tricker
Ian’s sculptures explore the ambiguous forces of nature and the language of sculpture in terms of form and balance – often playfully seeming to defy gravity and time. His choice of found materials gives his work a visceral and surreal quality, inviting viewers to experience the decay of man-made structures as nature slowly reclaims her own.
Award-winning artist Ian Tricker graduated with First Class Honours in Fine Art in 2013, and is rapidly earning an enviable position in the art world.
Since graduating he has shown his work at 11 exhibitions including FBA Futures at Mall Galleries, London; China’s Made in England (2013-4); and the Free Range Graduate Exhibition 2013. He is also among the 55 promising artists selected by Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014.
He has also won several awards including the University’s Glendonbrook Enterprise and Innovation Award 2013; the Edward Sharpe Award and Commission 2013; the Emerging Artist Award at Free Range 2013; the Verve Open Sculpture Competition 2014; and, most recently, was named Studio Champion at the University’s Think BIG 2014 business competition.
To date, he has undertaken two commissions: The Sound of Time – created for Charnwood Borough Council which celebrates Loughborough’s musical and industrial heritage – and a new piece for the University. He is also supported by DegreeArt.com and has sold a number of works through the online gallery.
Artists often struggle to find a suitable platform from which to share their work, and many talented practitioners go unrecognised.
Keen to establish a name for himself and a market for his work, Ian joined the Studio to develop the business knowledge and skills to succeed in the highly competitive and notoriously exclusive art world.
