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Adam Reynolds (Sculptor)

Adam Reynolds(October 22nd 1959 - August 11th 2005) a sculptor, curator, teacher disability arts activist and advisor.

Early career

In 1984, he opened the Adam Gallery in Walcot Square south London providing a place for artists, to develop projects or work without the conventional limitations . Both Jeremy Deller and Tracey Emin were among the showed there in the late 1980s. It was a chance to present his own work the way he wanted to.The gallery ran for more than 10 yearrs before closing in 1997 so he could concentrate on other opportunities

Sculptor

During the 1980s Adam's own work developed working with many materials including lead, copper, steel and glass making predominantly figurative pieces with contributions to open exhibitions at the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

In the 1990s he moved towards more abstract, geometric and larger scale work like the public commissions for Scope's Midlands Office, Boscombe Day Centre near Bournemouth and Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey.

In 1993, Adam created a , steel and copper piece, Of Common Origin, for the midlands office of Scope, the disability organisation focused on people with cerebral palsy. In 1993.

In Out There, at Frimley Park hospital, Surrey, in 2001, he redesigned a courtyard to provide access and a setting for three interactive artworks: Floating Pond, in which the sky is reflected; Mist Pyramid, with the mist coloured by lights which change according to the seasons; and Steel Ring, a large polished ring, which responds with sound to the presence of viewers.

Disability Arts Activism

From 1986 onwards, Adam  was a trustee of (and, for a period, chaired) Shape London, the arts development agency working with disabled and disadvantaged groups. He was in constant demand as an adviser, trainer, workshop leader and speaker on disability issues from museums and galleries across the country. He contributed regular reviews to Disability Now and served on the Arts Council's art panel (1989-94), the Southern Arts Board (1995-2000) and as a trustee of the Art Place Trust and Chisenhale Gallery (1991-2003)

Legacy

Adam died on  August 11th 2005, two days before his performance of Sisyphus, a performance, in collaboration with Sign Dance Collective, Jefford Horrigan, Terry Smith and Christopher Shanks, to take place in London, directly in front of the Tate Modern art gallery.

The Adam Reynolds Bursary is in memory of his life and work run by Shape London. It is designed to support a mid-career artist or artists, who are looking to develop their artistic practice and build their profile. As a mid-career artist you will have built an existing body of work which has received some regional or national recognition through publication or public presentation.