SUKHI BARBER

SUKHI BARBER

Sukhi Barber was born in Hertfordshire, England. From an early age she was drawn to the classical and ancient traditions of art and philosophy, which led her to undertake a traditional sculptural training at The City and Guilds of London Art School. There she gained a firm grasp of figurative clay modeling and life drawing, graduating in 1995 with the prize for sculpture, and a scholarship from Madame Tussauds.

After graduation Sukhi traveled to India, captivated by the timeless quality of peace and balance that she found in Asian art. Settling in Kathmandu, Nepal, she spent the next twelve years studying Buddhist philosophy and producing sculptures based on the traditional techniques of stone carving and lost-wax bronze casting.

Sukhi’s sculptures are intended to bridge the cultures of East and West. Embodying the peace and compositional balance of ancient devotional art, they represent complex philosophical ideas with a simplicity and clarity that renders them accessible on an intuitive level. Exploring themes of hidden potentials, and the transcendence of our limiting view of a solid reality, her work often represents the negative space as being as important as the material itself, implying the dance of form and spirit, a constant state of transformation.

1 Emanation IIbronze edition of 3 134 x 99 x 76 cm

(53 x 39 x 30 in)

2 Excellbronze edition of 9

31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

3 Embodying Spacebronze edition of 6 62 x 52 x 36 cm(24 x 20 x 14 in)

4 Presencebronze edition of 6

67 x 63 x 38 cm(26 x 25 x 15 in)

5 Potential 8bronze edition of 9 30 x 20 x 18 cm(12 x 8 x 7 in)

6 Templebronze edition of 9

31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

7 Synthesisbronze edition of 9 33 x 24 x 17 cm(13 x 9 x 7 in)

8 Autumn Moonbronze and crystal edition of 9

38 x 25 x 22 cm(15 x 10 x 9 in)

9 Crystal Clearbronze and crystal edition of 9 39 x 23 x 24 cm(15 x 9 x 9 in)

10 Radiancebronze edition of 9

31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

11 Surfacingbronze edition of 6 60 x 35 x 25 cm(24 x 14 x 10 in)

12 Seed Syllable Series_OMbronze and chrome edition of 6 14 x 32 x 14 cm(6 x 13 x 6 in)

13 Seed Syllable Series_AHbronze and chrome edition of 6 12 x 29 x 12 cm(5 x 11 x 5 in)

14 Seed Syllable Series_HUNGbronze and chrome edition of 6 15 x 34 x 15 cm(6 x 13 x 6 in)

15 Appearance/Emptiness Ibronze edition of 9

31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

16 Appearance/Emptiness IIbronze edition of 6 64 x 53 x 36 cm(25 x 21 x 14 in)

20 Disillusion IVbronze edition of 9 31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

19 Disillusion IIIbronze edition of 9 31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

18 Disillusion IIbronze edition of 9 31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

17 Disillusion Ibronze edition of 9 31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

21 Transfigurationbronze edition of 6

62 x 52 x 36 cm(24 x 20 x 14 in)

22 Thawbronze edition of 9 31 x 24 x 17 cm(12 x 9 x 7 in)

23 Dynamic Equilibriumbronze edition of 6 145 x 100 x 55 cm

(57 x 39 x 22 in)

Born: 1971 England

Education:

2000 - 2007 Studying, and working, in traditional techniques of lost-wax bronze casting, Patan Kathmandu, Nepal1996 Apprenticeship in traditional soapstone carving, Mahabalipuram, India1992 - 1995 City and Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London Fine Art Sculpture, under Allan Sly1990 - 1991 Cambridge Arts Tutors, Cambridge, Art Foundation Course

Selected Exhibitions:

2013 BBK Kleinplastik, Stuttgart, Germany Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK (S)2012 ‘Art en Capital’, Le Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, France Galerie Roy Sfeir, St.Germain, Paris, France BBK, ‘Sphäre der Leere’, Stuttgart, Germany (S) Eunique Art and Design Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany ‘The Nude’, Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK Art Karlsruhe (Galerie du Fleuve, Paris) Karlsruhe, Germany Galerie Mark Hachem, Place des Vosges, Paris, France2011 Galerie Mona Lisa, Paris, France (S) Kunstbox, Dortmund, Germany Gallery 101 Exhibit, Miami, USA Salon International du Val d’Or, Meillant, France ‘Natur-Mensch’, Nationalpark Harz, Sankt Andreasberg, Germany Albemarle Gallery summer collective, Piccadilly, London, UK Galerie Kunsthalle St. Moritz, St. Moritz, Switzerland Eunique Art and Design Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany Salon d’art édition 2011, Saint-André des Eaux, France Broadway Gallery, Soho, New York, USA Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London, UK Galerie Gottschick, Tübingen, Germany (S)2010 ‘Art en Capital’, Le Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, France Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK ‘Natur-Mensch’, Nationalpark Harz, Sankt Andreasberg, Germany Eunique Art and Design Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany GEDOK exhibition, Kulturhalle, Tuebingen, Germany Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London, UK2009 Albemarle Gallery winter collective, Piccadilly, London, UK

Awards:

2012 Le Salon des Artistes Français, bronze medal for sculpture, ‘Art en Capital’, Grand Palais, Paris, France2011 Salon International du Val d’Or, 1st prize for sculpture, Meillant, France1995 Scholarship prize from Madame Tussauds City and Guilds of London Art School, sculpture prize

Selected Commissions:

2009 Seed Syllables OM AH HUM The DeLaszlo Foundation, private collection of Damon DeLaszlo, Hampshire, UK2000 Conches The DeLaszlo Foundation, private collection of Damon DeLaszlo, Hampshire, UK1999 A Stone Called Om Carved in ‘Nepali black stone’, Kathmandu, Nepal The DeLaszlo Foundation, private collection of Damon DeLaszlo, Hampshire, UK1998 Bust portrait of Dr.Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD Private collection of Hofmann family, Basel, Switzerland Yeti Footprint Yak and Yeti Hotel (Hyatt Group) Kathmandu, Nepal1997 Water Lingam, marble, quarried and carved in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. The DeLaszlo Foundation, private collection of Damon DeLaszlo, Hampshire, UK

Residencies:

2004 - 2007 Restoration and remodelling of the life-size statue of the goddess Lakshmi. World Heritage Site “Garden of Dreams”, Kathmandu, Nepal Commissioned by the Austrian NGO Eco Himal and funded by the British Government2000 - 2003 Coordinator of traditional sculpture commissions Hotel Yak & Yeti – Hyatt, Kathmandu, Nepal

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