Len Gifford

Len Gifford was born in 1945 in London. Len studied civil engineering and from 1968 to 1980 worked as a Chartered Structural Engineer designing bridges and viaducts for London Transport and the Department for the Environment. Len took a great interest in sculpture and enrolled at the University of Leicester to pursue his passion for sculpture.

After earning a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Len spent nearly twenty years part-time as a commercial sculptor working in Chelsea modeling life-size figures in clay, while creating his own sculptures in his Milton studio. Keynes, the city he helped design. in the 1970s. Since 2010, Len has focused on creating sculptures in his studio MK.

Exhibitions

Len has curated several solo and group exhibitions spanning four decades.

2022 Collective exhibition with Hanoi Art House, London & Milton Keynes

2021 Collective exhibition with Hanoi Art House, London

2019 Installation at Henley Festival, Henley on Thames by Hanoi Art House

2017 Group exhibition, Milton Keynes

2012 Olympic Exhibition, Arc

2012, 2011, 2010: Open Dollar Studio

2010: Llangollen, Wales

2011, 2010: Liverpool Gallery

2011, 2010: "Ant Festival", Birmingham

2009: "Ant Festival", Birmingham

2008: "Force Et Pouvoir", personal exhibition

2002: 10 years exhibition of the Silbury group, MK Gallery

2001: Valentine's Day Exhibition, London

2000: "Setting Times", MK Gallery

2000: "Skin II Expo", London

2000, 1999: Collective exhibition, London

1999-2006: seven exhibitions at the Chenies manor garden exhibition

1998-2006: The Olympia Art Gallery

1997: Two Man exhibition, Artifex Gallery

1996: Art Aid, London

1996: "Dance World" Wembley London

1996, 1990, 1985: Art Show, London

1996: East London Open Group Show

1994-1996: Midsummer Art Exhibition, Milton Keynes

1994: "Future World", Milton Keynes

1993: Collective exhibition "Face Fits", Milton Keynes

1991: Malt House Gallery, Aylesbury

1991: Personal exhibition, Milton Keynes

1989: "Dickens & Jones", personal exhibition

1988: "Madcap", Milton Keynes

1987: Collective exhibition Gallery In The Garden

1983: Group exhibition, Leicester

1981: Collective exhibition, Stoneleigh Warwickshire

1979: Collective exhibition, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.