Summary
I propose to develop a series of temporary, evolving public artworks across Darlington that fuse performative presence, environmental responsiveness, and sculptural experimentation. These interventions—part sculpture, part live research—will unfold in real time, engaging directly with place, people, and chance.
Concept & Intent
At the heart of this project is the idea of public art as a living process, not a fixed object. I am interested in testing how temporary installations, activated through performative gestures, material transformations, or public interactions, can shift perceptions of space and locality.
The project will manifest as a series of experimental works across public sites—open parks, disused lots, underpasses, and town squares. Each will be developed in response to its context and will include a live or participatory element: this could be a sculptural form that slowly evolves in front of passersby, a time-based installation that decays or alters through natural forces, or an open studio in public space where the work is visibly made in situ.This project will unfold as an open-ended, performative research residency. I will embed myself in the rhythms and routines of Darlington, using walking, mapping, dialogue, and material play as key methods. The aim is not to impose meaning but to co-create it with the landscape and its people.
I will:
Work with ephemeral, tactile materials—clay, fabric, found objects, local debris—that respond to local history and ecology.
Set up temporary public “labs”: open-air making spaces where passersby can witness or contribute to evolving pieces.
Document the works through film, drawing, and writing, building an evolving digital archive accessible to the public.
Darlington’s shifting urban identity and mix of civic heritage, post-industrial remnants, and green corridors make it a potent canvas for public experimentation. The town’s strong railway legacy is also a metaphor for movement, process, and transition—core themes of my work.
I see this as an opportunity to connect with the town’s present through its textures, residues, and overlooked spaces. I hope to highlight what is temporary, vulnerable, or in flux in Darlington’s landscape, just as much as what is established.
‘Stallard Sculptures’ are an International concern combining their significant experience in public art management, fabrication, installation, and creative knowledge for major large scale site-specific sculptures. My works are site-specific sculptures, involving design systems that respond to the
properties I discover when researching and developing concepts for each particular
commission. I have a full working experience of 35 years creating public artworks.
Through these projects have conducted research and development within architectural and engineering practices, and engaged in design collaborations with urban planners and councils in the United Kingdom, Europe, and for several years abroad in Canada and the U.S. I have had extensive community consultation experience ranging from youth group workshops, live events, school workshop projects, community involvement with cultural and historic counterpoints within conceptual frameworks relevant to each commission brief. My professional practice with Public Art has led to working knowledge of community arts, collaborative projects with other Artists, Designers, Architects, Engineers, Steering groups and Project Teams and the co-ordination of these type of works with schedules towards completion, along with the responsibility for realizing these larger concepts. My residency work is extensive including most areas of the British Isles Europe and the U.S. which has developed a thorough working experience with workshops, community projects, youth groups etc.. Previous teaching experience at a Part time level has evolved an all-round good experience with schools and all necessary documentation.
Artistic Education
Jan. – Dec. 95 Duncan of Jordanstone,College of Art M.F.A. Public Art
1991 – 1993 Wimbledon School of Art, London M.A. Site Specific Sculpture
1986 – 1989 Camberwell School of Art, London B.A. Hons Fine Art (2-1)
1984 – 1986 Chelsea School of Art. London H.N.D. Mural Design
1976 – 1977 Walthamstow College of Art and Design, London Foundation Course
Commissions
2017 La Fleur Park St Albert Canada ‘Feeder’ A Site specific sculpture for the new park
Bronze and LED Light
2016 Chemistry Building Gainesville Florida ‘Fullerene’ A site specific Stainless Steel Sculpture
& LED for the entrance
2015 Riels Park St Albert Alberta Canada ‘Cone’ A site specific bronze sculpture for the
St Albert ‘Culture Days’
2014 Borealis Park Fort McMurray Canada ‘Borealis Bears’ A site specific sculptural light
installation for IGnite
2014 Nykarleby Finland ‘Markka Swan’ Site specific light installation
2014 Newry Docks Newry NI ‘The Newry Docker’ Sculptural installation for
Albert Basin in bronze
2013 Persephone Theatre Saskatoon Canada ‘Land of the Berries’ a Site specific Light Installation
in collaboration with the Cree Nation
2011 Yate Youth Café Bristol ‘Pulsar’ Interactive Light Sculptural PublicArtwork
Artpoint & South Gloucester Council
2010 Manchester Centre, Calgary, Canada ‘Guardian’ Major Light Sculpture for Calgary
2017 La Fleur Park St Albert Canada ‘Feeder’ A Site specific sculpture for the new park
Bronze and LED Light
2016 Chemistry Building Gainesville Florida ‘Fullerene’ A site specific Stainless Steel Sculpture
& LED for the entrance
2015 Riels Park St Albert Alberta Canada ‘Cone’ A site specific bronze sculpture for the
St Albert ‘Culture Days’
2014 Borealis Park Fort McMurray Canada ‘Borealis Bears’ A site specific sculptural light
installation for IGnite
2014 Nykarleby Finland ‘Markka Swan’ Site specific light installation
2014 Newry Docks Newry NI ‘The Newry Docker’ Sculptural installation for
Albert Basin in bronze
2013 Persephone Theatre Saskatoon Canada ‘Land of the Berries’ a Site specific Light Installation
in collaboration with the Cree Nation
2011 Yate Youth Café Bristol ‘Pulsar’ Interactive Light Sculptural PublicArtwork
Artpoint & South Gloucester Council
2010 Manchester Centre, Calgary, Canada ‘Guardian’ Major Light Sculpture for Calgary
Regeneration Scheme Arts & Culture
2010 Brownlow Linear Park Craigavon N.I. ‘Castles’ 3 Public Art Commissions for the
Housing Estates within the Park
2010 Ipswich Wet Docks, Ipswich Council ‘Crows Nest’ Interactive Light Sculpture, for
Wharf side
2010 Barking and Dagenham Council ‘Constellation’ Interactive Regeneration project
T.F.L. and urban designers 6 urban lightworks
2009 N18 Ennis By Pass, Co Clare, Eire ‘The Cathach’ Site-Specific Stainless Steel and
LED Light Sculpture
2009 Titanic Quarter, Belfast N.I. ‘Kit’ Major Public Light Sculpture for the
Regeneration 5 year plan.
2008 Bushey Arches Watford Junction ‘Ghost Train’ Regeneration scheme light
sculpture + Green Heart Partnership
2008 Benfleet, Castlepoint, Essex ‘Dragon’ Historic Monument with Live
community project
2008 Llandrindod Wells, Wales. Safle Powys ‘Mercurius’ Light Sculpture for Inner Gateway
2008 Silwood Estate Surrey Quays ‘Banquet’ Light Sculpture, Live Art /Film for
Estate and Community Centre
2005 Hollywood Arches, Belfast ‘Gene’ Neon, PIR systems
2003/4 CI&AS Cultural Quarter, Leicester ‘Cipher’ Light Sentinel, Neon, PIR,
Sound and Motion Architectural collaboration
2003/4 St Johns Roundabout, Biddulph, Stoke ‘Lamplight’ Mixed media, Earthwork &
Phasing Neon
2003 Jesolo de Lido, Italy ‘Portico’ light sculpture Installation
Commissions East Venice Biennale 2003
2002 Vaasa Konsthall, Finland “Angel’ Mixed Media, Neon and Digital Film
2000-1 Blackpool Borough Council “The Frankenstein Project” Mixed Media & Neon
2000 Hook Van Holland ‘Across the Border’ ‘Alembic’ Sculptural installation with neon
1998-1999 Paddington Arts Centre ‘Double Helix’ Neon Light Commission London
My residency work is extensive including most areas of the British Isles Europe and the U.S. which has developed a thorough working experience with workshops, community projects, youth groups etc.. Previous teaching experience at a Part time level has evolved an all-round good experience with schools and all necessary documentation.
Email: tonystallard453@gmail.com
Address: 7 The Bramleys, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1QJ, GB
Local Authority: Braintree
