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  • OVERVIEW Nick Hornby is a London-based British sculptor known for large-scale public works. His practice combines art history with advanced...

    OVERVIEW

     

    Nick Hornby is a London-based British sculptor known for large-scale public works. His practice combines art history with advanced digital design. His sculptures merge figurative and abstract forms into unified forms. These works change as the viewer moves around them. He works across scales, from interior works to monumental public sculpture and urban landmarks. He is The Vice President of The Royal Society of Sculptors. 

     

     

    PROFILE

     

    Born: 1980, United Kingdom
    Based: London

    Education: BA Undergraduate at The Slade School of Art, University College London. MFA Masters of Fine at Chelsea College of Art, University of Arts London. 

    Scale: from interior works to monumental public sculpture and urban landmarks 

    International: Projects and exhibitions across the UK and USA

    Materials: Bronze, steel, marble, granite, resin
    Process: Computational design and advanced fabrication

    Role: Vice President, The Royal Society of Sculptors
    Advisory Role: Royal Mint Advisory Committee (UK Government)

    Exhibitions: Tate Britain, London, Museum of Art and Design, New York

    Press: BBC, The New York Times, Vogue, Financial Times

    Award: PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture, 2024

     

  • PRACTICE

    Hornby’s work combines figurative and abstract forms into a single coherent structure. His sculptures are designed using computational modelling and realised through advanced fabrication methods such as CNC machining and casting. A key aspect of the work is transformation. Sculptures unfold as the viewer moves, revealing multiple interpretations within one object.

     

  • MAJOR PUBLIC WORKS

  • CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

    Hornby’s work challenges the distinction between abstraction and figuration, treating them not as opposites but as interdependent modes of representation. A single form can contain multiple visual identities, revealed through movement and viewpoint.

    His sculptures are constructed through the intersection of cultural references, drawing on art history while resisting fixed interpretation. Meaning is not embedded within the object but emerges through the viewer’s encounter with it.

    This approach situates his work within broader discussions of authorship and representation, while also operating through a logic of remix and recombination familiar from DJ culture and contemporary visual practice. 

  • INTERSECTION SERIES, (since 2009): Multiple references combined into single transforming forms.

    INTERSECTION SERIES

    (since 2009): Multiple references combined into single transforming forms.

  • EXTRUSION SERIES

    (since 2012): Single silhouettes transformed through spatial operations