Stephen Broadbent is a British sculptor, specialising in

public art Public art is art in any Media (arts), media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and phy ...

. He was born in

Wroughton Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 road, A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junc ...

, Wiltshire in 1961 and educated at

Liverpool Blue Coat School The Liverpool Blue Coat School is a grammar school in Liverpool, England. It was founded in 1708 by Bryan Blundell and the Reverend Robert Styth as the Liverpool Blue Coat Hospital and was for many years a boarding school, boys' boarding school ...

. In Liverpool he studied sculpture for four years under Arthur Dooley. He has created public sculptures for communities across the UK and for international projects. His sculptural practice aims to create artworks which resonate with the environments in which they are placed, often achieved through community collaboration.

Significant works

Broadbent contributed to the remodelling of Bridge Street in

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

town centre, the site of the 1993

Warrington bomb attacks The Warrington bombings were two bomb attacks that took place during early 1993 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The first attack happened on 26 February, when a bomb exploded at a gas storage facility. This first explosion caused extensive ...

that killed two children. His 'River Of Life' memorial is intended to give hope for the future, and takes the form of a fountain and a river running down the street, bringing healing and refreshment. He has created two versions of the ''Reconciliation Triangle''. The first, in 1989, represented connections between Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin. The second marked the legacy of the slave trade in the histories of

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

Richmond, Virginia Richmond ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. Incorporated in 1742, Richmond has been an independent city (United States), independent city since 1871. ...

and

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

. The sculptures in each connected city are identical (apart from the addition of low-relief bronze designs), marking the historical connections between locations whilst creating a new one in a process of healing. His sculptures on Littlehaven Promenade,

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...

and Keel Square, Sunderland, both contributed to winning entries into the 2015 Northern Design Awards. His largest work, 'Encounter', stands at junction 11 of the M62 Motorway at Birchwood, and incorporates telecommunications aerials within the metalwork.

List of works

* ''Reconciliation,'' Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast * ''Celebration of Chester'', Chester * ''Water of Life'', Chester Cathedral * ''The River of Life'', Warrington * ''Coming Together'', Liverpool * ''Gateway markers'', Sutton * ''Seasons'', Water Feature, Manchester Cathedral Gardens * ''Pulling the Plug'', Hyde Town Hall * ''The Word'', Methodist Publishing House * ''

Empowerment Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming strong ...

'', Lincoln * ''Encounter'', Birchwood * ''Four Corners'', King Mohammed IV Centre, Morocco * ''Sculptural Seating'', Fleming Square, Blackburn * ''Faces of Liverpool'', Beetham Tower Gardens, Liverpool * ''Entrance Feature'', Corbett Hospital * ''Frank Whittle Memorial'', Rugby * ''Drift Park'', Rhyl * ''Sculpture Trail'', West End Gardens, Morecambe * ''Desks'', Beetham Organisation, West Tower * ''Reconciliation'', Liverpool, Benin, Virginia * ''Sheppard Worlock Memorial Sculpture''], Liverpool * ''Seed Sculpture'', Liverpool Hope University * ''John Newton Sculpture'', Liverpool * ''Seats'', UCLAN Preston * '' Tudor Square'', Sheffield * ''Growth'', Saltney * ''Casuals'', Salford Quays * ''Wayfinding Elements'', Carlisle City Centre * ''Planted'', Stockbridge Village * Newbridge town centre artworks * ''Mythic Coast'', Cleveleys * ''Chaucer Totem'', Sheffield * ''Maesteg Bud'', Maesteg * "''Eye''" and "''Sail''" features, Littlehaven Promenade, South Shields * ''Propellers of the City'', Sunderland * ''Lives Lived, Lives Lost'', National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield * ''Coming Home'', Gleneagles Golf Resort * ''Garden of Pooled Talents'', Sheffield University * ''Linear Garden'', Sci-Teach Daresbury * ''The Voice of the City'', Peterborough * ''From Me To You'', Blackpool Victoria Hospital * ''The Eudaemonium'', Altrincham * ''Walking Together'', Markham Vale

References

External links

Broadbent StudioLiverpool Echo: The Sheppard-Worlock Memorial
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