Jake Harvey works with a variety of materials including base metal, granite, basalt, marble and limestone. He is also a very experienced fly fisherman – captaining Team Scotland at international competitions – and his love of fishing and the architecture of the landscape is evident in his work
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“The Maiden’s Dream” was commissioned in bronze by Corrymella Scott Gallery.
Jake Harvey was born in the Scottish Border town of Kelso in 1948 and is Emeritus Professor and former Head of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art. He lives with his family in the Scottish Borders and continues to produce an amazing work, both in metal and in stone. In his spare time, Jake is a very keen and excellent fly fisherman and has represented and captained the Scotland Team at international competitions.
Major Commissions include:
2013 “The Kelsae Stone” commissioned by Sainsbury’s for Kelso town centre, Scottish Borders
2003 An Turas, Tiree Arts
1997 Tools for the Shaman, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
1996 Calanais, An Lanntair, Stornoway
1993 Sculpture Images commissions by Runrig for new album
1985 Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial, Scottish Sculpture Trust, Langholm
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Sculpture, Glasgow
Public Collections include:
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Contemporary Arts Society
Eda Garden Museum, Tokyo
Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
Kulturtoget Collection, Lulea, Sweden
Scottish Arts Council
University of Edinburgh
Solo Exhibitions include:
2013 “Equilibrium of Opposites”, Bradford Museums & Galleries
2012 “Stone” Art First, London
2004 “Recent Works”, Art First, Cork Street, London
1988 “Ground”, Crystal Gallery, Morioka, Japan
“Ground”, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
The Wilton Gallery, Scottish Borders Museums, Hawick, Scotland
“Signifier”, Art First, London
1994 “Recent Works”, Old Gala House, Galashiels, Scotland
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1993 “Jake Harvey Sculpture 1972-93” Retrospective Exhibition, Talbot Rice
Gallery, Edinburgh)
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
“North”, Magnus Festival Exhibition, Pier Art Centre Stromness/Peacock
Printers, Aberdeen, Scotland
1992 Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
1991 “Sculpture and Drawings”, Border Arts Festival Edinburgh, Robson Gallery,
Selkirk, Scotland
1990 “Metal Sculptures and Drawings”, Stichill Smithy Gallery, Kelso, Scotland
1985 “The Making of the Hugh MacDiarmid Memorial”, Third Eye Centre,
Glasgow, Scotland
Group exhibitions throughout the UK. Also in Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, The Netherlands and USA.