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Jake Harvey was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1948, where he still lives and works. He studied sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art (196672), where he is currently Head of department. He was elected RSA in 1989.
In 1982 he was commissioned to make 'The Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial Sculpture', which was unveiled in 1985. This major work, above Langholm, brought him to international attention. He was thereafter commissioned to make the 'Charles Mackintosh Sculpture' in Glasgow (1985), the 'Newcraighall Mining Sculpture' (1987), the 'Compaq Symbol Stone' (1988), 'Poacher's Tree' for Maclay, Murray and Spens (1991), Tools For The Shaman for the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow (1996) and was selected to make a work for the Eda Garden Museum, Tokyo, Japan (1999). As part of his wide range of work, he was commissioned to produce 'Sculpture Images' for use by Runrig on their 'Amazing Things' album in 1992.
From 2000–03 Jake Harvey was appointed to work as lead artist in a collaborative art and architectural project on the Hebridean Island Tiree. Internationally acclaimed, An Tiras (The Journey) is an experiential art work. It was short-listed for the Sterling Prize and won the RSA gold medal, and the Scottish IRAS award.
In 2007 Harvey launched the STONE project through the Edinburgh College of Art, which culminated in The Big Carve during the Edinburgh Festival of 2009. It involved 10 international sculptors who carved together throughout the month. The finished works are to be exhibited in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in March 2010, and the research for the project is all recorded for the Stone archive.
Jake has had numerous solo shows from 1985 onwards, including Metal Sculptures and Drawings, Stichill Smithy Gallery, Kelso (1990); Jake Harvey Sculpture 197293, Retrospective Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (1993); Ground, Crystal Gallery, Morioka, Japan (1998), which then moved onto the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (1990); Signifier, Art First (2000); Recent Works, Art First 2004). He has also participated in group shows since 1978 in the UK, France, Sweden Finland and Japan.
