Tim Scott (artist)

Tim Scott (born 1937, London)[1] is a British sculptor known for his abstract sculptures made from transparent acrylic and steel. While studying architecture, Scott also studied sculpture part-time at Saint Martin's School of Art, where he also later taught[2]. Inspired by the example of David Smith, Scott began to make sculptures using materials such as fibreglass, glass, metal, and acrylic sheets.[3]

Scott was part of a group of young sculptors known as the 'New Generation', exhibiting together in London in the mid-sixties.[4] In the seventies, Scott created his groundbreaking series of thick-slab acrylic and steel sculptures. Frustrated ultimately with the fragility of plastics at the time, Scott switched to steel for his material, abandoning his trademark acrylic sheets altogether.[5]

Tim Scott's work can be found in many important collections, including 12 works at the Tate, London[6], and the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.[7] His sculptures have also been exhibited in group shows, including the Arts Council touring exhibition Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art, which was at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in June 2017.[8]

He was teaching inter alia as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg