Glynn Williams was born in Shrewsbury in 1939. He studied at Wolverhampton College of Art (1955-61). On graduating he won a Rome Scholarship for sculpture, and until 1963 lived and worked at the British School in Rome. After his return to England he taught at a number of art colleges including Leeds. In 1976 he was appointed to run the Sculpture…
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Glynn Williams was born in Shrewsbury in 1939. He studied at Wolverhampton College of Art (1955-61). On graduating he won a Rome Scholarship for sculpture, and until 1963 lived and worked at the British School in Rome. After his return to England he taught at a number of art colleges including Leeds. In 1976 he was appointed to run the Sculpture Department at Wimbledon School of Art, setting himself the objective of building a department with clear aims and attitudes towards sculpture.
His first solo exhibition was held at the ICA in London in 1967, since when he has exhibited regularly in Britain and occasionally abroad.
Williams is a leading sculptor of the figurative tradition. Strong and solid forms based on the human figure, sliced and altered, have recently taken over from his more naturalistic sculpture. Some have been coloured or treated in ways that render surfaces more ambiguous.
Glynn Williams is currently Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London.
