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BEN DEARNLEY

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Breaking News: Bath Swimmer Mark Foster's twice life size sculpture to be unveiled on the 21st May at 5pm in Southgate Street BA1 1QH. Please do join us to see the 5 times Olympian unveil this Olympic sculpture which will mark the coming 2012 Games as well as kick off the Art at the Edge Bath City sculpture trail. 

Ben is based in Bath, in the South West of England, where he creates his work using marble, bronze, stone and glass, often mixing the media for different pieces and projects. He regularly exhibits throughout the UK, and is an artist of the prestigious Belgravia Gallery in London.

This summer,  23rd June to 16th September at Salisbury Cathedral,  Ben's show Avenue of Champions will celebrate some of the world's top Olympic and Paralympic athletes, uniting them in their spirit of excellence and quest to become champions of the 2012 Games.

Mark Foster sculpture, Bath, unveiling May 21st, 2012

It is a great honour to have been commissioned to create this monumental Olympian torso for our World Heritage City, as a guest artist for Art at the Edge. This huge Olympic sculpture will be both a celebration of the past and an inspiration for future generations to come, I hope you will join us on the 21st for the official unveiling by Mark Foster himself. 

Most recent work: The Gift, for the Prince's Trust, December 2011

Ben has been likened to a modern day Michelangelo, carving his timeless works from statuary marble which he collects from the very spot this great master discovered over 500 years ago: The Alpi Apaune Mountains of Italy, Pietrasanta. He has works in many public and private collections from as far away as Australia, South Africa, throughout Europe and right back to England. He is represented by the Belgravia Gallery, London, and is considered to be one to watch for the future.

Lynn Parr, Editor, Artists & Illustrators Summer 2009