David Cregeen

David Cregeen

Cregeen working on figure of Oberon
Nationality British
Education MA Hons and M.Phil-University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, Accademia di Belle Arti
Occupation Sculptor
Notable work Faces in History[1] Eternal Images[2]
Awards Grollo d'Oro Treviso Venice. 1982.

David Cregeen is a British sculptor[3] who, has had his principal home and studio for many years in Southern Turkey. Early in his career the American art collector Arthur M. Sackler commissioned him to undertake a sculptural project called ' Faces in History', and for which amongst the other portrait heads sculpted from life are Queen Elizabeth II as head of The Commonwealth, Pope John Paul II, President Nelson Mandela, President Gorbachev and Baroness Thatcher.[4] His portrait and figure works have elements of expressionism and abstraction, and reflect the early influence of his training in Edinburgh and Florence.[5][6]

Early life and education

David Cregeen is a member of an academic and artistic family of Manx, Scottish and English descent. His paternal uncle was the Scottish Oral Historian Eric R. Cregeen,[7] his aunt the archaeologist and playwright Shiela Cregeen[7] while his maternal grandmother, Madeleine Howells, a painter, was the first cousin of Dr Herbert Howells the English composer of sacred music.[7] The eldest of 5 children his father William Allan Cregeen FRIC was a forensic scientist and his mother Joan Madeleine Cregeen MBE,[8] he was educated in England, Canada and latterly Scotland where he attended Dollar Academy going on to Edinburgh University where he graduated with an Honours Degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology before completing a degree as Master of Philosophy. Concurrent with this he undertook a special course in sculpture and Edinburgh College of Art and completed both in 1976 when he moved to Florence to further his technique in sculpture and drawing at the Academia de Belle Arti and The Scoulo Libera del Nuodo.[5][6]

Works

In 1985, he took part in Humanism in contemporary British Sculpture. Since 1989 while working and exhibiting internationally Cregeen has made his home and principle studio in Southern Turkey; a source of much inspiration and reflected in the internationally touring exhibition, Eternal Image: A Journey in Anatolia.[2]
Among many other portrait sculptures he has completed from life are busts of the [9] late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, King Michael of Romania, the Prince of Wales, his wife the Duchess of Cornwall,[10] and leading Turkish philanthropist and business man, Sakip Sabanci. In 2006 he travelled to Nigeria to sculpt President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Cregeen's work is found in many public and private collections including Royal Collection, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, The Arthur M Sackler Collection New York, The Sakip Sabanci Museum Istanbul, The Universities of Edinburgh, Harvard University and Bucharest University, Barclays Bank PLC, PNB Paribas, Akbank and Garanti bank.[11][12]

Figure sculpture

Portrait sculpture

Selected exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "TURKEY – Sculptor meets the Queen after years". Hurriyetdailynews.com. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Turkish Airlines – City Scope". turkishairlines.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Anyaoku, Emeka (1997). The MissingHeadlines: Selected Speeches. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853238126.
  4. ↑ "David Cregeen – Internationally acclaimed Bronze Sculptor". Cregeen.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. 1 2 Katz, Loiz (1988). David Cregeen Sculpture: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1981–1988. The Carminel Gallery.
  6. 1 2 Royal Festival Hall (1985). Humanism in Contemporary British Sculpture I: Evelyn Body, Alan Brazier, David Cregeen, Fenwick Lawson, Simon Stringer. Royal Festival Hall.
  7. 1 2 3 "Obituary: Joan Cregeen MBE, charity worker". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ↑ BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING DWIGHT EISENHOWER GLOBAL AWARDS GALA . The Plaza Hotel. New York City. 2010. Gala Program. THE SCULPTOR – DAVID CREGEEN
  9. ↑ Saglam, Asil (16 May 2008). "Sculptor meets the Queen after years". Turkish Daily News. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Don't I know you? Queen comes face to face with Camilla's sculpture". Daily Mail UK. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) by David Cregeen at the Royal Collection.
  12. ↑ "THE BUST OF EROL SABANCI INAUGURATED AT SABANCI CENTER ON AKBANK'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY – Press Room – Press Releases – Sabancı Holding". Sabanci.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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