Roger Hardy b.1969

Roger trained at Kingston upon Thames College of Art and Design (Kingston University) where he was awarded BA (Hons) in graphic design. He had a successful career as a designer in London before he started making sculpture and moved to rural Suffolk in 2000. Roger’s figurative sculpture are made using found elements from his local Suffolk woodlands, they could have been carved long ago. Roger uses the natural processes in the degradation of his materials to simplify the essence of the human form. He enjoys the act of revelation as they are abraded by the elements that lend a timeless quality to his sculptures. His figures take on a totemic resonance that help us define the human condition. "As individuals we have a great desire to project our own humanity and emotions onto the most primitive human form." As well as sculpture, Roger makes woodcuts and paintings of the landscape that he explores. Painted and drawn plein air. This direct way of working makes the bond between media within his practice very natural and connected.