ADRIAN SORRELL RCA. (1932-2001)
Adrian Sorrell was born in January 1932 in Salford of Russian and English parents. He studied at Salford School of Art from 1949 to 1954 and at the Kunstfact School, Stockholm in 1957. Having worked as a designer and sculptor in Scandinavia for three years he travelled and studied in France and Italy until 1959. From 1960 - 1974 he was a Lecturer at the Bolton College of Art and Design, a post that he left in order to devote his energies to the production and development of his own work.EXHIBITIONS:1972 - 1978 Sladmore Gallery, London1976 "Les Animaliers, 150 years of Animal Sculpture" Sladmore Gallery, London (Five Bronzes)1977 Morris Singer Exhibition, Dubai1978 Jonathan Poole Fine Art, Bedford1978 Bruton Gallery, Somerset.1978 Sportsman's Edge Gallery, New York.1978 Morris Singer Exhibition, Dubai.1979 Hawarth Gallery, Accrington.1979 Moorland Gallery, London.1980-81 Dominion Gallery, Montreal1980 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1981 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1982 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1983 Tryon and Moorland Gallery, LondonThe Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1984 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1985 Liverpool Museum1986 Armstrong Davis Gallery, ArundelTryon and Moorland Gallery, LondonThe Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonCorporate Arts, LondonReid Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas Selective Eye Gallery, St. Helier, Jersey1987 Tib Lane Gallery (Paintings), ManchesterChurch Street Gallery, Stow-on-the-WoldRoyal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonTryon and Moorland Gallery, London1988 Manchester CathedralThe Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonBeckett Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada1989 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonInternational Contemporary Arts Fair, LondonContemporary Art Fair, Bath1990 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonThe Royal Scottish Academy, EdinburghTryon and Moorland Gallery, LondonBruton Gallery, SomersetFlying Colours Gallery, EdinburghChurch Street Gallery, Stow-on-the Wold1991 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonThe Royal Scottish Academy, EdinburghLeigh-Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WisconsinInternational Contemporary Arts Fair, London1992 Bruton Gallery, BathTryon and Moorland Gallery, LondonThe Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London1993 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonBruton Gallery, BathChurch Street Gallery, Stow-on-the-WoldRoyal Cambrian AcademyGallery Pangolin: The Bronze BirdElected - Member of the Royal Society of British SculptorsMandarin Oriental Gallery, Hong KongAlbany Gallery, Cardiff1993/4 Sculpture at Large "ZooSculpt 93" at London Zoo, Regents Park1994 Pieter Breughel Gallery, AmsterdamJohn Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-WoldOriel Ynys Mon Gallery, AngleseyCountry Works, Montgomery1995 Whittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, BucksThe Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonTryon and Moorland Gallery, LondonAlbany Gallery, Cardiff1996 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonTryon and Swan Gallery, LondonAlbany Gallery, CardiffWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.1997 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonAlbany Gallery, CardiffJohn Davies Gallery, Stow-on-the-WoldWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.Tryon and Swan Gallery, London1998 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonTryon and Swan Gallery, LondonAlbany Gallery, CardiffEton Gallery, Eton, Berks.Whittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.1999 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonStonor Park, Henley-on-Thames, OxonWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.Tryon and Swan Gallery, LondonNancy Poole Studio, Toronto, CanadaBruton Gallery, Leeds2000 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonTryon and Swan Gallery, LondonAlbany Gallery, CardiffWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.2001 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, LondonHicks Gallery, WimbledonWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.2002 Tryon and Swan Gallery, LondonWhittington Fine Art, Old Amersham, Bucks.2003 - 05 Whittington Fine Art, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.