Samuel Zealey
Course leader of Foundation in Art & Design
Course leader
School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering , School Of Arts And Creative Industries
Samuel is the Programme Leader for Foundation Fine Art and Design. His academic responsibilities include leading several practical modules across the Visual Arts Cluster specialising in portfolio work, project organisation, professional development, workshops / studio techniques and skills, sculpture / installation art.
We collectively investigating space and negative space through ones making process and visual language. Our ambition as a creative institution is to expand horizons through the medium of art, channelling the zeitgeist and keeping our activities current in a forever technologically evolving world.
Areas of interest
Physics (hydrodynamics / aerodynamics)
Engineering
Geology
Geography
Environmental impact
OVERVIEW
Samuel Zealey RCA. ARRS. PSSA. Born in East Dulwich, London 1986 graduated BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art in 2008 and MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art in 2012. Since then, Zealey has managed his own studio operation exhibiting nationally and internationally, and lecturing in the subject of Fine Art since 2016.
Early on in his career, he was a Finalist in School of Saatchi’s Best of British aired on the BBC in 2009; reaching 4th place from 22,000 applicants. Zealey has been a recipient of The Royal Society of Sculptors Bursary Award (2010), the prestigious Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Enterprises (2012), Winner of The British National Sculpture Prize with his piece Myriad (2013) and was selected as Top 10 artists Under 30 Worldwide by Artlyst (2017).
In 2020-21, Zealey was Nominated for the PSSA Excellence In Public Sculpture Award and has also been invited to residences such as the world-renowned Fundación Casa Wabi Residency Program in Mexico (2019) and AGITlab Artistic Residency Program in Portugal (2020). Zealey’s work exists on three continents as a Public Sculpture and is in private and public collections worldwide. Zealey’s sculptural works combine playfulness of form with precise engineering and
a highly developed material sensitivity.
The works radiate a lively aesthetic, alert to the ways in which art and creativity can engage with questions about culture, technology and sustainability. He has a long-standing interest in the relationship between new technologies and environmental issues.
With many of Zealey's works, his visual language highlights the use of modern technological advances that impact the environment. Zealey approaches his practice with a view to creating works that highlight the environmental problems created as a result of global warming brought about by the use of non-renewable fuels humans continue to consume and burn. In turn, his work leads to a new awareness in theories surrounding ‘Global weirding’ - a complementary term to global warming to reflect the belief that climate change will cause weather-related and natural catastrophes.
PRIZES, AWARDS AND SELECTIONS
2023 March. Finalist UEL Project Phoenix Public Sculpture Commission
2021 February. Shortlisted - Landmark Art Prize
2020 July. Nominated - PSSA Excellence In Public Sculpture Award 2020-21
2020 June - July. AGITlab Artistic Residency
2019 October - December. Fundación Casa Wabi Residency Program
2019 August. Shortlisted - Greenwich Public Sculpture Commission
2017 June. Winner - Onyo, Bracknell Public Sculpture Commission
2017 February. Top 10 artists Under 30 Worldwide - Artlyst
2016 January, Shortlisted - City And Guilds Artist in Residency
2014 September. Nominated - Golborne Public Sculpture Commission
2014 September. Winner - Spitalfields Public Sculpture Award
2013 October. Winner - Myriad, British National Sculpture Prize
2013 May. Finalist - The FACK! West London Art Prize
2012 November. Nominated - The Catlin Art Prize
2012 October. Nominated - Berlin Projects, The Art Factory Gallery
2012 April. Winner - Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Enterprises
2010 June. Selected for The Royal Society of Sculptors Bursary Award
2010 January. Shortlisted - A Curriculum A Foundation Artist Residency
2009 April. The Royal Academy Summer Show Sculpture Room selected by Richard Wilson
2009 April - September. Finalist - BBC2 School of Saatchi Best of British
COMMISSIONS
- Development stage. Dove, Commission for Château de Lantheuil, Normandy France
- 2020. Fleet: All In The Same Boat, Agueda / Aveiro Public Sculpture Commission, Agueda / Aveiro Portugal
- 2019. Onyo, Bracknell Public Sculpture Commission, Bracknell UK
- 2018. Dying Forêt, Interactive Environmental Open Air Public Installation, London UK
- 2013. Myriad, Broomhill Sculpture Foundation, Broomhill, North Devon UK
- 2009. Radar Reflector, Hastings Public Sculpture Commission (In collaboration with The Saatchi Gallery), Hastings UK
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2024 TBC. GM, Art Space TLV, Tel Aviv Israel
- 2020 June. Fleet: All In The Same Boat, Agueda / Aveiro Portugal
- 2019 June. Onyo Public Sculpture Launch, Bracknell UK
- 2018 June. Dorfold Hall, In The (Dor)Fold, Cheshire UK
- 2018 March. Dying Forêt, Eastbury Manor House, London UK
- 2017 March. PLANES, The Cob Gallery, London UK
- 2015 July. Everything Must Go, William Benington Gallery, London UK
- 2014 July. Samuel Zealey - Young Local Artist, Merry Meade House, Brentwood UK
- 2013 September. REX, Tim Sheward Project’s, London UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2024 TBC. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK
2023 March. Cosmiknot, Way Out East Gallery, London UK
2022 July - September. Zim-Zum, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London UK
2021 October. 50/50, Way Out East Gallery, London UK
2021 August. Edge to Edge, Cello Factory, London UK
2021 May. Model I Maquette, Cello Factory, London UK
2019 October. Synergia II, Museo Federico Silva, San Luis Mexico
2019 June. E17 Art Trail, Open Air Sculpture Park, London UK
2018 September. Defining Structure, Cello Factory, London UK
2018 April. New Defence, Coal House Fort, Essex UK
2018 February. Synergia, Galeria De Arte Mexicano, Mexico City Mexico
2017 October. Power Gallery Battersea Power Station. Battersea, London UK
2017 June. E17 Art Trail, Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, London UK
2017 May. Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, Fulmer UK
2017 March. Sculpture In Public, London UK
2016 February. Global Ambassadors Touring exhibition for Winsor & Newton, Paris France
2015. November. Global Ambassadors Touring exhibition for Winsor & Newton, ICA, London UK
2015 October. Global Ambassadors Touring exhibition for Winsor & Newton, Society of Illustrators, NewYork USA
2015 December. Bonfire Of The Vanities, Display Gallery, London UK
2015 October. Eureka, Arts Pavilion, London UK
2015 July. Village Green Festive - associated with METAL, Southend On Sea UK
2015 April. Gateway Public Sculpture Commission Finalists Exhibition, South Hill Park Hall - Mirror Gallery, Bracknell UK
2015 March. Doppelgänger, No Formate Gallery, London UK
2014 June. Face Time an Exhibition in Aid of the Art Room, Threadneedle Space, Mall Galleries, London UK
2014 January. Body Mass, Husk Gallery, London UK
2013 November. Disappearance, NAM Project, Milan Italy
2013 June. The FACK! West London Art Prize exhibition, Griffin Gallery, London UK
2013 June. Broomhill National Sculpture Prize exhibition, Exciter UK
2013 May. Dividing Lines, High House Gallery, Oxfordshire UK
2013 May. Sound Track Festival, Geffrye Museum, London UK
2013 March. Plural, Breese Little Gallery in collaboration with WW Gallery, London UK
2012 October. “Born to be alive - I tell you we must die”, Factory Art Gallery, 2012 Project Berlin, Berlin Germany
2012 July. Dividing Lines, Sumarria Lunn Gallery in collaboration with High House Gallery, Oxfordshire UK
2012 June. RCA MA Show, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London UK
2012 March. Mechanical Art and Design Museum, Strafford-upon Haven UK
2012 March. Construction Gallery, Tooting, London UK
2012 January. FABRICATORS, Hannah Barry Gallery, Peckham, London UK
2011 May. WIP, RCA, The Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, South Kensington, London UK
2011 March. The Nature Of Change, Breese Little Gallery, The Old Truman Brewery, London UK
2011 March. “Hello Paradise, what would you like?’” , Kingsgate Gallery, London UK
2011 February. On The Brink, SW1 Gallery, London UK
2010 November. RSS Annual Bursary Exhibition, RSS Gallery, London UK
2010 June. ALL SYSTEMS GO!, Departure Gallery, London UK
2010 May. “100% Gold standard WHEY”, pop-up show, London UK
2010 May. Empty Sets, Waterside Contemporary, London UK
2010 March. murmurART an introduction, 20 Hoxton Square, London UK
2010 February. Tacitly Speaking, Backlit Gallery, Nottingham UK
2009 December. Hunting The Phoenix, Ovada Gallery, Gloucester Green, Oxfordshire UK
2009 November. REACTION, Camden Pop Up Spaces (London Arts Council), London UK
2009 October. Come Together, TAP Gallery, Southend UK
2009 September. Don‘t raise the bridge lower the river, Saatchi Gallery, London UK
2009 August. Sound Shrine, Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire UK
2008 October. SAATCHI’S FIVETEEN, Concrete and Glass Festival, Beach Blanket Babylon, Gallery, London UK
2008 September. FLOCK2, GX Gallery, London UK2008 June. Wimbledon College Of Art Graduate Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
2008 May. Mixed Tap, ADA Gallery, London, UK
2008 February. INTRIM, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
2007 June. MISGUIDED SOULS, The Covent Garden Film Studios, London, UK
PUBLICATIONS
Offline
2019 October. Synergia II Museo Federico Silva catalogue essay
2018 April. New Defence Catalogue essay
2017 March. PLANES catalogue essay
2015 September. Our Future In The Air written by Paul Carey-Kent, PMSA Magazine and Newsletter
2015 July. Everything Must Go written by Juan Bolivar
2013 December. Winner; Broomhill National Sculpture Prize 2013, Art Lyst
2013 September. REX, Futureturboesque written by Juan Bolivar
2013 August. Samuel Zealey: Brunel To Bazalgette An Informed Foundation For Creating Innovative
Sculpture, Art Lyst
2013 January. Samuel Zealey - My Journey: The Matriarch and Pangaea, Art Licks
2013 January. Artists profile Samuel Zealey, Catlin Art Guide
2012 October. Samuel Zealey Q&A, Symbol Art newspaper written by Ben Eastham
2012 June. Temperate Taste Buds Catalogue essay written by David Anfam
2011 March. Breese Little Gallery – The nature of change - Artists Profile, The Independent
2009 November. School of Saatchi Best of British artists profile, Guardian G2,
2009 August. Don’t Raise The Bridge Lower The River Saatchi Gallery Catalogue
2007 November. Five-day projects - It Doesn’t Matter What State You're In, The London College of the Arts
magazine
Online
2019 July. FAD Magazine, Destination Bracknell written by Paul Carey-Kent
2019 July. FMS Magazine, Open Air Sculpture
2019 July. Artlyst, Onyo, Challenging and Contemporary Public Art Work
2017 March. Paul’s Art World, Something for Nothing - written by Paul Carey-Kent
2017 March. FMS Magazine, PLANES Solo Show At The Cob Gallery Interview
2017 March. Essex Mag, Interview on PLANES and Current Practice
2017 March. FAD Magazine, Samuel Zealey Q&A
2016 February. FMS Magazine, Samuel Zealey Q&A
2015 October. ArtLyst International List - top 10 artists under 30
2015 September. Our Future In The Air - written by Paul Carey-Kent, PMSA Magazine
2015 June. ArtLyst Young London Artists - Must-See Shows
2013 October. ArtLyst – The pick of the latest artists shows in London
2013 March. This is Tomorrow – contemporary art magazine, PLURAL review
2013 March. Upcoming, PLURAL review
2013 March. Wild Culture – PLURAL group exhibition review written by Tom Jeffreys
2013 January. ArtLyst, Featured Artists of the week Samuel Zealey
2013 January. Horst und Edeltraut, Creative Start-Up publication – Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre
2012 December. ‘Cream of the Crop’ ARTINFO UK’s ve picks from the Catlin Guide
2012 October. Art & Culture In Pictures A Celebration of Frame at Frieze Art Fair
2012 September. Archi Search online interview Samuel Zealey 21st century British Contemporary Sculptor 2012
June. Art Licks, Samuel Zealey RCA MA show publication
2012 February. Horst und Edeltraut online magazine, Fabricators Publication - Artists pro le2011 November. Samuel Zealey Artist interview, Blog - www.holyghostzine.com, Matthew Writson
2011 October. Rise Art spot, Samuel Zealey Artist of the week
2010 February. murmurART an introduction, Spoonfed article by Lauren Romano
2009 December. UAL Wimbledon Snapshot Samuel Zealey Artist Profile
2009 November. artsLONDON news Samuel Zealey artist profile
2009 September. TAP/CoExist Gallery opening night, COME TOGETHER, Artists Profile Samuel Zealey
2009 April. Saatchi Gallery ‘Free the Artist’ campaign
2009 February. murmurART Samuel Zealey Artist of the Week
2008 October. SMASHED TITS (Portobello Spy)
2008 October. www.VVORK.com
2008 October. Concrete and Glass opening night, ART SLEUTH
2008 September. Saatchi Online Samuel Zealey Critic’s Choice by Rebecca Wilson
2008 September. Saatchi Online's top 10 chosen by Rebecca Wilson
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