Michael Condron, C.V.

Since graduating from St Martins, I have been working on private and public art commissions. My first major public art installation, The Martian is sited in Woking town centre. Subsequent sites for public commissions have been Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon and the Birmingham NEC.  Through this work, I am often involved with community art projects and workshops. Private commissions for corporations and individuals are also an important aspect of my portfolio.

During 2002-03 I took a year out to travel the world, which was a wonderful experience. I have since completed a series of public art projects for schools, and created interactive light and sound installations for Essex and Bracknell. 

Recent projects include an atrium piece for the new Essex & Suffolk Water centre at Hanningfield reservoir, and I am currently producing a large kinetic piece for Colchester.


Born 1972, Rochford, England.
Education
1995

Central St Martins College of Art and Design.  BA(hons) Fine Art, Sculpture. 2:i
1992

Suffolk College.  BTEC National Diploma in General Art and Design (awarded annual prize for fine art).
 

2009

Life Cycle  Atrium artwork for Essex & Suffolk Water.
2009 Kangaroo  Public artwork for the Melbourne Estate, Chelmsford.
2007 Becoming  Decorative metalwork for building exterior.
2006 Christmasphere  Spinning, smoking, bubbling, musical sculpture commissioned by Bracknell for their Christmas celebrations.
2005 Faces & Places  Sculpture with video pieces to represent 'Essex'.  Permanent installation at County Hall in Chelmsford.
2004 Moving On Statue Stainless steel statue made to mark the relocation of Beechwood School in Slough.  A trail of mosaic 'footprints' was made by students to form a link between the old and new schools. 
2002

Timeline   Large interactive light sculpture for the Essex County Record Office.  Winner of The Public Art in Essex Award 2002/3.
2001

 

Progression.  5m tall stainless steel artwork for Basildon, depicting three figures helping each other towards and up from a plinth in the town square.  Coloured lighting surrounds the statues, and the leading figure is carrying an illuminated sphere.
2000

Tube Figures.  A series of five steel statues for Colchester hospital, including seating, paving and a solar powered radio.
1999

Dataflow.  Large, interactive, mechanical, neon light sculpture commissioned for computer trade show at the Birmingham NEC.

1998

Martian Walking Engine.  7m tall chromed sculpture, earthwork and paving.  Permanent installation for Woking to celebrate the centenary of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds.

2008

MY...House  Residency at Blenheim Palace creating sculpture work with schools in Oxfordshire and Istanbul.
2007 The Thread of Alec Hunter A steel staircase artwork stretching over three floors inspired by a local fabric designer.
2006 Pitstop 'Creative Welding' residency at a motor education centre.
2005 Imagine A series of residencies on Oxfordshire and Norwegian schools, creating work towards an exhibition at the Modern Art Oxford in September 2005.
2003 The Foxborough Gang  Twenty life size concrete statues decorated with coloured glass and mosaic set outside Foxborough Primary School in Slough.
2003 Primary and A-level students created dozens of life size statues of 'The Damned' for the underworld setting of the opera L'Orfeo.

2002

Worked  with Australian schools running sculpture workshops and producing a large Rainforest mural for a new school building.
2001

Inside Out was a summer sculpture project with young people in the care of Hertfordshire County Council, resulting in a series of permanent concrete statues with a colourful mosaic finish.

2001

Pupils at St Peters CE Primary School produced hundreds of decorated tiles which were applied to a permanent Chess Piece sculpture in the school grounds.
2000

 

As part of the Des Res scheme, two school courtyards were revamped with ceramics, metal sculptures and coloured glass designs.
 

2008

"MY...House", Modern Art Oxford. Group show of artwork from school residencies in Oxford and Istanbul.
2005 "Imagine", Modern Art Oxford. Group show of artwork from school residencies in Oxford and Norway.
2001

"Quality Protects", Hayward Gallery. Displays of the Inside-Out group project.
2000 "Time", Chelmsford Record Office. Maquette and art produced during school workshops.
1999 "Networking", P-House Gallery, Tokyo.  Group show.
1998 "The Martian", Woking Civic Centre. Photo documentation of commission
1996 "Mad Art", Thomas Neal Centre, London.  Group show.
1995 "Transmission as Art", Hanover Messe, Germany.  International trade show with mechanical artworks.
1994 "Movimiento Combined", Architects Association, London.  Group show.
 

2005 The Boston Globe (26-6-2005) The Martian.
2001

Times Educational Supplement (22-6-2001) Inside Out project
1999

Telegraph (30-1-1999) "The John Lanchester Review", The Pier (TV, 18-7-1999).
1998 The Independant (7-4-1998), The Guardian (7-4-1998), The Daily Telegraph (6-4-1998), SFX (Oct 1998), BBC News (TV, 7-4-1998), London Tonight (TV, 7-4-1998), Newsroom Southeast (TV, 7-4-1999).

References available upon request.