September 1999

Richard Kindersley studied lettering and sculpture at Cambridge School of Art and in his father's workshop. In 1966 he set up his own studio in London, accepting commissions for lettering and sculpture. Among his sculpture commissions are works for Exeter University, British Telecom, Sainsbury's, Lloyds Register of Shipping, Christies' Fine Art. Winner of 7 major brick carving competitions and awarded the Royal Society of Art, Art for Architecture Award.

He has designed title lettering schemes for London Bridge, Tower Bridge and the M25 Queen Elizabeth Bridge over the Thames at Dartford; the New Crown Court Buildings in Liverpool, Leeds, Swindon, Newcastle and Luton; University buildings in Cambridge, Oxford, Exeter and Kent. Designs for theatres and major shopping centres where both the main building titles as well as the signing systems were produced, including the Grafton Shopping Centre, Cambridge, Piries Place, Horsham and St. Peter's Place, Grantham. Title lettering for the London Business School, Bank of Ireland, British Bank of Hong Kong in Dubai and Barclays Bank International; Penguin Books, Liberty's of London and the Lindisfarne Museum, Public Record Office, Kew. Inscriptions for many of the great churches and cathedrals around the country including St. Paul’s and Westminster Abbey.

Richard Kindersley has lectured widely on both the historical aspects of Architectural lettering and the present development within the context of his own work. Individual lectures to: Newcastle University, Keele University. Faith and Image. RIBA Regional Associations, Society of Scribes, Planning Associations, Central School of Art, Hull and Exeter Schools of Art amongst many others. Appearances on BBC and Independent Television; 'Kaleidoscope' on Radio 4, 'Night Lines' on Radio 3, 'Poetry Nation on BBC. LWT Television talking about People of London Memorial. Commissioned to carve an inscription for permanent display at the V&A Gallery of the 20th Century.

Recent Exhibition and Public Art Commissions

1997

Bath City Gallery. Wolseley Fine Arts, London. Peschar Gallery. Scottish Gallery Exhibition, Edinburgh.

1998

Major Public Art work for the new Jubilee Line, Canning Town, London.
Brick carving for Leisure Centre in Sussex.
Museum of Scotland Public Art Lettering commission. This major work is one of the largest inscriptions commissions of recent years.

1999

The Mall Gallery Exhibition. Brick carvings in Staines and Burgess Hill. Dunblane Memorial.

2000

Designed and carved new entrance to Keele University. Two major inscriptions for St. Paul’s Cathedral.

2000

The National Memorial to the People of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral.

2000

Honorary Member Chelsea Arts Club

2001

Millennium Stones Exhibition Keele University. Exhibition National Museums of Scotland.

2001

Exhibition at Haag, Holland. Work on permanent display at Berliner Sammling, Berlin.

2001

New Art Centre and Greenwich Foundation, Millennium Stones Exhibition.

2001

Honorary Fellow of Royal Institute of British Architects.

2001

Largest brick carving ever undertaken in Europe. Knightsbridge, London

2001

Atypl, Copenhagen. Millenium Stones.

2001

Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of Arts.

2002

Title Lettering for New National Gallery of Ireland.

2002

Lettering for new National War Memorial on Constitution Hill, London.

2002

Lecture and demonstration in Rome.

2002

10 Standing stones commissioned for The Jerusalem Trust for public display on the Pilgrims Way.

2003

Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Masons

2003

Major commission of 8 Standing Stones for BP International.

2003

Lettering for the 9/11 Memorial. Grosvenor Square London.

2004

Lettering for the Coastal Command Memorial, Westminster Abbey.

2004

Lecture on Standing Stones in Prague.

2004

Took a group of students and fellow professionals on a tour of the inscriptions of classical Rome.

2004

Commission for a group of standing stones to be placed in St Peter’s Port, Guernsey.

2004

Exhibition at Wolseley Fine Arts, contemporary and 20th century sculptors.

2004

British Art Fair - Royal College of Art.

2004

Master Class in Lettering and Public Lecture, Cromarty Scotland.