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Olivia Musgrave b. 1958

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  • Olivia Musgrave was born in Dublin in 1958, her father Irish and her mother Greek. She studied sculpture a the... Olivia Musgrave was born in Dublin in 1958, her father Irish and her mother Greek. She studied sculpture a the... Olivia Musgrave was born in Dublin in 1958, her father Irish and her mother Greek. She studied sculpture a the... Olivia Musgrave was born in Dublin in 1958, her father Irish and her mother Greek. She studied sculpture a the...
    Olivia Musgrave was born in Dublin in 1958, her father Irish and her mother Greek. She studied sculpture a the City & Guilds of London under Allan Sly. Her work is drawn both from life and from the imagination where she draws inspiration from Greek mythology, as well as influences from 20th Century Italian sculptors, including Marini, Martini, Greco and Manzu. Alongside her personal work, she has completed a number of portrait and public commissions in bronze. She is a Fellow the Royal Society of British Sculptors and former President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.
  • “In all the work, large and small, there is an intensity of emotion which is palpable. Europa is never still with her bull in Olivia’s repeated renditions of this myth. She is falling, tumbling, headlong into ecstatic love...Every sculpture catches us short, draws us up, makes us want to plumb its secret. What is she thinking? – we ask, not merely of the sculptures, but of the artist.”
    A.N Wilson, from Olivia Musgrave, Sculptures, 2004
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  • Selected Work
    • Olivia Musgrave, Diana and Actaeon, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, Diana and Actaeon, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, The Andros Goat, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, The Andros Goat, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, Glaucos and Scylla, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, Glaucos and Scylla, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, Io and the Gadfly, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, Io and the Gadfly, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, Horse, 2009
      Olivia Musgrave, Horse, 2009
    • Olivia Musgrave, Mule, 2012
      Olivia Musgrave, Mule, 2012
    • Olivia Musgrave, Siren, 2006
      Olivia Musgrave, Siren, 2006
    • Olivia Musgrave, The Conversation, 2004
      Olivia Musgrave, The Conversation, 2004
    • Olivia Musgrave, The Three Graces
      Olivia Musgrave, The Three Graces
    • Olivia Musgrave, Turning for Home
      Olivia Musgrave, Turning for Home
    • Olivia Musgrave, Dionysus's Goat, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, Dionysus's Goat, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, Pygmalion, 2019
      Olivia Musgrave, Pygmalion, 2019
    • Olivia Musgrave, Amazon Resting
      Olivia Musgrave, Amazon Resting
  • Exhibitions
    • A Bestiary: Sculptures 1994 - 2023

      A Bestiary: Sculptures 1994 - 2023

      Olivia Musgrave at Spirit Studios Suffolk 3 Jun - 15 Jul 2023
      The bond between humans and animals has been a continuous theme in the work of Olivia Musgrave for the last three decades. At its heart lies the artist’s fascination with...
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    • Metamorphosis

      Metamorphosis

      Olivia Musgrave 27 Feb - 21 Mar 2020
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    • Recent Edition, 2015 – 16

      Recent Edition, 2015 – 16

      Olivia Musgrave 10 Nov - 3 Dec 2016
      A sculptor who carves can continue to modify his piece and change it until he is satisfied, but a decision to cast in bronze is a finite thing and the...
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  • Videos
    • Olivia Musgrave

      Olivia Musgrave

      March 4, 2025
      “In the British Museum I always try and visit the Parthenon Marbles … on this occasion I was the only person in the gallery, just...
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    • A Bestiary : Sculptures 1994 - 2023

      A Bestiary : Sculptures 1994 - 2023

      Olivia Musgrave at Spirit Studios Suffolk June 27, 2023
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    • Metamorphosis

      Metamorphosis

      Olivia Musgrave March 11, 2022
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    • Taking Flight

      Taking Flight

      Olivia Musgrave March 11, 2022
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