Conrad Shawcross
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Shawcross posing with his installation The Nervous System (Inverted) at the Mudam, Luxembourg
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| Born |
Conrad Hartley Pelham Shawcross 26 April 1977 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford Slade School of Fine Art, University College London |
| Spouse(s) | Carolina Mazzolari (m. 2013) |
| Website | conradshawcross |
| Elected | Royal Academy of Arts |
Conrad Hartley Pelham Shawcross RA (born 26 April 1977) is a British artist specializing in mechanical sculptures based on philosophical and scientific ideas. Shawcross is the youngest living member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Born in London, Shawcross is the son of biographer William Shawcross and the novelist, mythographer and cultural historian Marina Warner.
Shawcross studied at Westminster School, the Chelsea School of Art, the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (University of Oxford), and the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London).
Imbued with an appearance of scientific rationality, Conrad Shawcross's sculptures explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. Attracted by failed quests for knowledge in the past, he often appropriates redundant theories and methodologies to create ambitious structural and mechanical montages, using a wide variety of materials and media.
Shawcross was included in the 2001 exhibition of British art school graduates Bloomberg New Contemporaries. His work came to prominence at the 2004 New Blood exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery at London County Hall. He exhibited The Nervous System, a large, symmetrical, working loom producing over 20,000 metres of double-helix coloured rope every week.
In December 2004, Shawcross' commission Continuum opened at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, an installation on time and maritime themes made specifically to match the history and architecture of the venue, the Queen's House.)
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