Anthony Padgett

Anthony Padgett is a writer and artist with an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art from Wimbledon School of Art. His art has featured in the national and international press. Anthony has published 10 books on art, religion and spirituality. And a number of fictional works. 1990 to 1997. Anthony studied Philosophy and taught Religious Education. He worked as an archaeological stone conservator in London and for the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, the Israeli Antiquities Authority and the Palestinian Departments of Antiquities. 1998 to 2018. He organized a large number of exhibitions in London, won first prize in an International Art and Technology award 2002 and was a finalist in the International Jewish Artist of the Year Awards 2004. He has given talks at the Studio Art School in New York, the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and at Tate Modern. His public sculptures are sited at Espace Van Gogh in Arles (France), Van Gogh Walk in Brixton, Welwyn, Morecambe Bay, Leighton Hall Eccleston Square (London), Oxford University, New York Public Library, Scarborough Art Gallery, Edinburgh War Poet's Collection, Bradford Library and Ripon Cathedral. Anthony is currently at Birley Studios (Preston). He is also a North West Representative for the Artists Union England.