An Artist in Residence

Peter Walker is the Cathedral's Artist in Residence. He is orginally from Lichfield, and is an internationally renowned sculptor and artist. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Producing sculptures, paintings, drawings, installation pieces, as well as Son-et-Lumiere, his extensive creative ability has led him to produce over 15 public statues located around the country and have works in private and public collections worldwide. 

Locally, Peter has founded Lichfield City's very first Sculpture Trail as part of the 'A City as Sculpture' Project TM. He is artistic director for The Sculpture and Art Foundation C.I.C and since 2005 has worked extensively with members of the local community to develop the visual arts and allow opportunity and access to the arts. 

“Having grown up in the area, and working predominantly in the rest of the UK and in Europe, it is always enjoyable and satisfying to be able to create work in the community in which I grew up. Since 2005 I have been developing artwork in the area as part of wide reaching public art projects within the community.  Therefore the development of the St Chad statue and residency with Lichfield Cathedral, offers great opportunity to further develop this work.”  -  Peter Walker

Peter now shares his creative artwork and experience with visitors to Lichfield Cathedral and the local community to enable participation in the arts and in the creation and development of projects - including the creation of the statue of Saint Chad. 

In addition to his much-admired work within an around the Cathedral, Peter’s sculptural and fine artwork work is sold to collectors internationally, and his work as a sculptor sees a number of forthcoming major commissions. He is currently involved in planning a major installation as part of the Bodleian Library’s “The Maker of Middle Earth” JRR Tolkien retrospective, as well as a series of large scale works at other cathedrals and cities.

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