Richard William Wheater

1978 Born in Wakefield, England
Lives and works in Yorkshire, England

Education
2003-04 University Of Sunderland, England
2000 Alfred University, NY, America
1998-01 Edinburgh College Of Art, Scotland

Awards
2010 Wingate Scholarship
2009 Nominated for Northern Art Prize 2009
2008 Arts Council England project grant for ‘Them And Us’.
2008 Crafts Council Development Award
2004 Arts Council England travel grant to study advanced neon in New York.
2003 Arts Council Scotland grant to attend sculpture course by
Karren Willenbrink-Johnsen. Lybster, Scotland
2001 ECA Student Scholarship to attend advanced
Sculpture class with Anthony Corredetti, Seattle, America

Solo Projects/Exhibitions
2011 I'm Electric You're Electric, Manchester Craft And Design Centre, England
2010 Neon Lights. Platform Projects, SITE Gallery, Sheffield, England
2009 Disappearing Paths. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, England
2009 New Work In Neon. Taschen store, London, England
2009 Them And Us. Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax England
2007 Burning Fat. Eden Project, Cornwall, England
2006 Bird Factory 1,2 and 3. Yorko Gallery, Harrogate, England
2005 Running With Llight To The Source. Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 The Rise Of Natures Parade. Sunderland, England

Group Projects/Exhibitions
2011/12 12 MONTHS OF NEON LOVE, Wakefield, England
2011 Breathtaking Crafts Council national touring exhibition
2010 Neon Jul, S12 Gallery, Bergen, Norway
2010 Jerwood Contemporary Makers, Jerwood Space, London
2008 European Glass Biennale, Bornholm, Denmark
2007 The London Group, Menier Gallery, London, England
2006 British Glass Bienalle, West Midlands, England

Collections
2008 Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm, Denmark
2008 Durkar Chapel Studio, Wakefield, England
2007 The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland
2005 Linda Barker (designer), London, England

Bibliography
2010 ‘King Of Neon’ featured interview, Geraldine Rudge, Crafts Council, Jan/February
2009 Them And Us, The Big Picture feature, a-n Magazine, March
2009 ‘Let There Be Light’ featured article, Jo Haywood, Yorkshire Life Magazine, February
2008 Featured in article; European Glass Context, No.19 kunstuff, Denmark, September
2007 Featured artist, Domanic Fonde, Slash Magazine, New York, September

Publications
2010 Them And Us, Richard William Wheater, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, ISBN 9781871480764