Jim Bond

Lives and works in Mirfield, UK

Artist statement

Jim Bond is a sculptor specialising in dynamic kinetic structures and forms which express the fragility and futility of life. Programmable electronic control systems combined with motors and flexible material to breathe life into delicate structures and forms. The addition of optical illusion and the use of light and shadow creates an absorbing interaction with the audience. Significant commissions include ‘Anamorphic Man’ for The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge University, UK and ‘Brain’ for Lords Cricket Museum, London and his sculptures are in private collections in the UK, Canada, The US, South Korea, Dubai and New Zealand. His light kinetic light installations have delighted audiences at Kinetica Art Fair, Eureka, Light Night Leeds and LUX Helsinki where he was an invited artist in 2016 and 2017. In September 2018 Historic England commissioned ‘Making the invisible visible’ an optical anamorphic sculpture of Rosalind Franklin for their national exhibition ‘Immortalised’. He has recently completed his second commission in collaboration with scientific researchers at The University of Leeds working with fly wing mechanisms.

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