DICK ONIANS M.A. (Cantab), ARBS

His work is mainly abstract in wood and stone and but he does representational and traditional work and lettering on commission. His sculptures appear in private collections in Great Britain, Europe, Canada and the USA. Some of his sculptures have been cast in bronze and in resin. Many of the forms combine organic with mathematical elements, mostly concerned with endlessness, growth and continuous renewal.

2003 Shortlisted with Anthony Gormley and Anish Kapoor for the Sculptural Focus for the British Memorial Garden in New York

2000 Commissioned to carve a large family group for South Oxhey, Hertfordshire
1999 Shortlisted for a large public sculpture in Watford, Hertfordshire
1999 Shortlisted for a millennium sculpture for Harpenden, Hertfordshire
1990 Founding member of the Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum (HVAF)
1991 Initiated Open Studios Event in Hertfordshire and regular participant since then
1991 – 1995 Leader of the HVAF Sculptors Group
1989 Elected Associate of the Royal British Sculptors Society
1985 – 1989 Chairman of the Buckinghamshire Art Society

EXHIBITIONS
Has exhibited widely in group and solo shows from 1972 to the present day

CURRENT SCULPTURE
Working to private commissions and preparing work for exhibition

AWARDS
Medal of Excellence from the City and Guilds of London Institute for teaching and first recipient of the President’s award for a City and Guilds teacher 2003
Liveryman of Worshipful Company of Carpenters 2008

TEACHING
1963-1966 Taught English and Latin at Dudley Boys Grammar School
Since 1968 has taught Sculpture and Carving to adult classes
Since 1978 has taught carving, skull modelling and timber technology at the City and Guilds of London Art School,
Formerly course leader of carving courses there for about 10 years, currently Senior Carving Tutor
Has designed 4 levels of Design for Craft woodcarving courses for the City and Guilds of London Institute which he teaches at Missenden Abbey Adult Residential College

PUBLICATIONS
Regular contributor to the woodworking press, especially “Woodcarving” magazine

MacMillans Grove Dictionary of Art: entry on Woodcarving Techniques

Book: “Carving the Human Figure: Studies in Wood and Stone”, published by Guild of Master Craftsman (sic) Publications Ltd 2001
Book: “Essential Techniques of Woodcarving” , Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd 1997