Andy DeComyn is a very experienced, international public artist who has carried out prestigious commissions in Britain and Europe. He works in a variety of media including bronze, stone and wood as well as pioneering a new way of working with concrete to create truly unique sculptures. He works both figuratively and non figuratively and across all scales to the monumental. Over the years He has gained great experience in both creating and installing large sculptures, personally overseeing every aspect. Please read through his encomiums at the bottom of the page.

CV

Andy DeComyn. BA Hons. b. 1966

Education:

1984-1986 Studied Art at Bournville College of Art
1987 Studied Sculpture at Stafford Polytechnic under Stuart Osbourne RA
1997-2000 Studied for BA at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design UCE 

Major Commissions:

1998 Life size figure of child
Acorns Children's Hospice
Birmingham

2000 Memorial to the Shot at Dawn
National Memorial Arboretum
Staffordshire

2001 Berlin Airlift Memorial (pylon)
National Memorial Arboretum
Staffordshire

2002 WW1 Pipers Memorial
Somme
France

2003 Sealife sculpture
Caldmore Primary School
Walsall

2005 Holocaust Memorial
Redditch
Worcestershire

2006 ATS Memorial
National Memorial Arboretum
Staffordshire

2007 Mercian Volunteers Memorial
National Memorial Arboretum
Staffordshire

2007 Community Sculpture
Bentillee Housing Estate
Stoke on Trent

2008 Siginters Memorial
GCHQ
Gloucester

2008 The Last Shift
Atherton
Greater Manchester
(Nominated for Urban Design Awards)

Major Press:

19th Feb. 2000 The Guardian page 9
27th Feb. 2000 Sunday Mercury page 13
29th May 2000 The Times page 8
11th Nov. 2000 The Irish Post page 12
April 2000 Art Review
5th Jan. 2001 The Daily Telegraph page 1
7th Jan. 2001 Corriere della Serra (Italy)
8th Jan. 2001 Algemeen Dagblad (Holland)
22nd June. 2001 The Mirror page 21
22nd June. 2001 Daily Mail page 10-11
22nd June. 2001 The Guardian page 11
22nd June. 2001 The Independent page 6
22nd June. 2001 The Times page 3
22nd June. 2001 The Daily Telegraph page 13
22nd June. 2001 The Birmingham Post page 1
9th July. 2001 Der Spiegel (Germany) page 193
25th August. 2001 The Guardian Review page 9
November. 2001 After the Battle page 50-55+Back cover
11th July 2004 The New York Time
21st July 2002 Le Courrier Picard (France) page 15
19th June 2006 Express and Star page 8
17th July 2006 Daily Mail pages 20-21
16th August 2006 Daily Telegraph Page 1
12th November 2006 The Universe pages 16-17

Major Television:

14th Jan. 2001 "Shot at Dawn" (Scope Productions)
22nd June. 2001 BBC Lunchtime News, 6 o'clock News,
10 o'clock News.
22nd June. 2001 ITN Lunchtime News, Early Evening News,
News at Ten
22nd June. 2001 Sky News Hourly Bulletins
22nd June. 2001 BBC News 24 Hourly Bulletins
22nd June. 2001 Channel 4 News
2nd January 2007 “Not Forgotten” Channel 4

Major Radio:

22nd June. 2001 BBC Radio 4 Today, World at One, PM.

 

Encomiums

“This tasteful Memorial is a huge credit to your artistic vision, craftsmanship and sensitivity.”
“…its quality and effect exceeds my expectations.”
Brigadier NC Jackson MBE

"It is a very powerful piece of work. The youth and utter innocence of the lad is very apparent"
Commander David Childs CBE (Founder of the NMA)

"Andy DeComyn's statue will, I feel, be a fitting and moving tribute to those who have lost their lives"
John Monks (General secretary of the TUC)

"It is a magnificent statue, and must give you immense pride"
Major General Corran Purdon CBE MC CPM

"It represented just what our members wanted"
"...the Chief of the Air Staff who, by his questions and interest, showed just how impressed he was with your creation."
Air Vice Marshall G C Lamb CB CBE AFC FBIM

"It is so beautifully conceived and sensitively executed, that I found it both moving and haunting. It is a great tribute to the sculptor Andy DeComyn."
Rupert Montague Martin (Advocates of Justice)