Presentation
Len Gifford was born in 1945 in London. Len studied civil engineering and from 1968 to 1980 worked as a Chartered Structural Engineer designing bridges and viaducts for London Transport and the Department for the Environment. Len took a great interest in sculpture and enrolled at the University of Leicester to pursue his passion for sculpture.
After earning a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Len spent nearly twenty years part-time as a commercial sculptor working in Chelsea modeling life-size figures in clay, while creating his own sculptures in his Milton studio. Keynes, the city he helped design. in the 1970s. Since 2010, Len has focused on creating sculptures in his studio MK.
Exhibitions
Len has curated several solo and group exhibitions spanning four decades.
2022 Collective exhibition with Hanoi Art House, London & Milton Keynes
2021 Collective exhibition with Hanoi Art House, London
2019 Installation at Henley Festival, Henley on Thames by Hanoi Art House
2017 Group exhibition, Milton Keynes
2012 Olympic Exhibition, Arc
2012, 2011, 2010: Open Dollar Studio
2010: Llangollen, Wales
2011, 2010: Liverpool Gallery
2011, 2010: "Ant Festival", Birmingham
2009: "Ant Festival", Birmingham
2008: "Force Et Pouvoir", personal exhibition
2002: 10 years exhibition of the Silbury group, MK Gallery
2001: Valentine's Day Exhibition, London
2000: "Setting Times", MK Gallery
2000: "Skin II Expo", London
2000, 1999: Collective exhibition, London
1999-2006: seven exhibitions at the Chenies manor garden exhibition
1998-2006: The Olympia Art Gallery
1997: Two Man exhibition, Artifex Gallery
1996: Art Aid, London
1996: "Dance World" Wembley London
1996, 1990, 1985: Art Show, London
1996: East London Open Group Show
1994-1996: Midsummer Art Exhibition, Milton Keynes
1994: "Future World", Milton Keynes
1993: Collective exhibition "Face Fits", Milton Keynes
1991: Malt House Gallery, Aylesbury
1991: Personal exhibition, Milton Keynes
1989: "Dickens & Jones", personal exhibition
1988: "Madcap", Milton Keynes
1987: Collective exhibition Gallery In The Garden
1983: Group exhibition, Leicester
1981: Collective exhibition, Stoneleigh Warwickshire
1979: Collective exhibition, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1945