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Clifford Rainey is a British artist born 1948,
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. Principally a sculptor who employs cast glass and drawing as his primary methodologies, his work is interdisciplinary, incorporating a wide spectrum of materials and processes. He began his career as a
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designer and worked in William Ewarts linen manufacturers from 1965 to 1968. Later, the artist studied at
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, and the
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, where he specialized in bronze casting, and the
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where he received an MA specializing in cast glass. Between 1973 and 1990, Rainey ran his own studios in
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and between 1984 and 1990 an additional studio in
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. Rainey has always balanced his commitment to studio practice with his desire to share knowledge. He has lectured extensively around the world and was a lecturer at the Royal College of Art from 1978 until 1984. In 1975 he won a commission for a small sculpture to commemorate the
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and in 1976 was commissioned by Sun Life Assurance to make a large glass sculpture in
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. Rainey was the Chair of the Glass Program at the
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in
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, from 1991 until 2017. He retired from CCA in 2023,
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, but continues to work from his studio in Napa, California where he also resides. He is an active member of the
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in London.


Public art

He has realized a number of large-scale public art commissions, including at
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, The Jeddah Monument,
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, and The 911 Communication Center,
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.


Exhibitions

Rainey's work has exhibited internationally including: the
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in Northern Ireland, the
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, London, the
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in Dusseldorf, Germany, the Millennium Museum (also known as the China World Art Museum), and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in
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. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including: the
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,
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, the
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, San Francisco, California, the
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, Los Angeles, California, the
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, New York, the
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, and the
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, Canada.


Awards

Rainey is a recipient of an Honorary Coburg Glass Prize, 1977, the 200
Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award
and the 2009 Urban Glass Outstanding Achievement Award, New York.


Works

*''Head'' (1986), Pencil and pastel on paper,
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collection *''Palm Springs'', Copper, brass and glass box on marble plinth, Arts Council of Northern Ireland collection *''Shy Boy'' (2005), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rainey, Clifford 1948 births Living people People from Whitehead, County Antrim Artists from Northern Ireland Sculptors from Northern Ireland Male sculptors from Northern Ireland British glass artists