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This is a list of public art in Cardiff, Wales, within the city and county boundary, including statues, sculptures, murals and other significant artworks located outside in public view.
Adamsdown
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Type | Location | Date | Sculptor | Architect / Designer | Source |
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Crucifixion with Mary and John | Sculpture | St German's Church, Star Street | 1965 | Frank Roper | — | [1] |
Bute Park
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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Animal Wall | Bute Park | 1887–8; 1930–1 | Thomas Nicholls and Alexander Carrick (Architect: William Burges) | Sculptures | Grade I | [2] | |||
Awen | Outside the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | 1975 | Charles l'Anson | Sculpture | [3] | |||||
Fox and Owl | Bute Park | 2004 | Nansi Hemming | Tree carving | [4] |
Canton
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Type | Location | Date | Sculptor | Architect / Designer | Notes | Source |
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Joyance | Sculpture | Thompson’s Park | 1899 | William Goscombe John | —
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Billy The Seal | Sculpture | Victoria Park | 1997 | David Petersen | —
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Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council. | [6] |
Cardiff Bay and Butetown
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Type | Location | Date | Sculptor | Architect / Designer | Notes | Source |
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3 Ellipses for 3 Locks | Cardiff Bay Barrage | 2007 | Felice Varini | — | The first work by Varini in the UK, this sculpture was a year in planning and cost £25,000. Commissioned on behalf of the Harbour Authority by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency. | [7][8] | ||
A Meeting Place on the Plinth | Senedd | 2006 | Richard Harris | — | Richard Harris created the 45 tonne sculpture from 39 slate slabs. The slate was from Cwt y Bugail Quarry in north Wales. | [7] | ||
Animal Wall | Century Wharf | 2009 | — | Gitta Gschwendtner | Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site. | [9] | ||
Antarctic 100 Captain Scott Memorial |
Mosaic sculpture | Waterfront Park | 2003 | Jonathon Williams | — | [9] | ||
Beastie Benches | Sculptures | Britannia Quay and Waterfront Park | 1994 | Gwen Heeney | —
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The nine brick sculptures are based on creatures mentioned in Dylan Thomas's "Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait". The bricks were made by Dennis of Ruabon, the same firm which a century earlier had produced the exterior terracotta decoration of the Pierhead Building. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside. | [10] | |
Cader Idris | Sculpture | Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve | 1999 | William Pye | — | Previously located in Central Square outside Cardiff Central Station. Pye drew his inspiration for the work from the mountains, lakes and valleys of Wales and in particular Cader Idris in Snowdonia | [11][12][13] | |
Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers | Statue | Landsea Gardens | 2023 | Steve Winterburn | —
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The statue depicts rugby league players Gus Risman, Billy Boston and Clive Sullivan. | [14] | |
Cargoes | Architectural sculptures | Bute Street and Stuart Street | 2000 | Brian Fell | —
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The work is inspired by the John Masefield poem 'Cargoes'. Sculptures depicting the various cargoes and ships from the poem are attached to the gables and walls throughout Mermaid Quay. A floor mounted cast iron plaque also quotes the poem in full. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of then site. | [15] | |
Celtic Ring | Sculpture | Roald Dahl Plass | 1993 | Harvey Hood | —
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Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. | [16] | |
Equity | Architectural sculpture | Portland House, West Bute Street | c. 1926–1927 | J. A. Stevenson | F. C. R. Palmer and W. F. C. Holden | [17] | ||
Mahatma Gandhi | Sculpture | The Flourish | 2017 | Ram Sutar and Anil Sutar | —
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6 ft (1.83 m) bronze statue near the Wales Millennium Centre at the end of Lloyd George Avenue cost £65,000 and was funded by the Hindu Council of Wales. | [18] | |
From Pit to Port | Sculpture | Roath Basin | 2005 | John Clinch and John Buck | — | The sculpture was developed from an original maquette by John Clinch, enlarged and modelled by Michael and Caroline Crofton.[citation needed] | [19] | |
Landsea Square Water Feature | Sculpture | Landsea Square | 2000 | Jo Johnson Landscape Architects | [20] | |||
Lighthouse (Blue Beacon) |
Sculpture | Cardiff Bay Police Station | 2009 | Mark Renn | —
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60 feet tall steel sculpture of a lighthouse (with blue flashing light) commissioned by Safle on behalf of South Wales Police at a cost of £75,000. | [21][22] | |
Looking Both Ways | Sculpture | Lloyd George Avenue | 2001 | David Kemp | —
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The silhouette sculpture is approximately 10 feet tall by 10 feet wide. It is made from painted mild sheet steel, with pink on one side and blue on the other. | [23][24] | |
Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial | Sculpture | Near the Senedd | 1994–1996 | Brian Fell | — | Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of the Merchants Seafarers Association, funded through various private donations supplemented by Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. | [25] | |
Ivor Novello | Statue | Roald Dahl Plass | 2009 | Peter Nicholas | — | [26] | ||
Pobl Fel Ni / People Like Us | Statues | Boardwalk | 1993 | John Clinch | — | [27] | ||
Portrait Bench | Statues | Pont y Werin | 2010 | —
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Two-dimensional figures of Sybil Williams, founder of the Cardiff-based cycling charity Pedal Power, Jason Stone, an ice hockey player for Cardiff Devils and Lydia Harris, a 10-year-old pupil of Mount Stuart Primary School, laser cut in Corten steel. Three people from the Vale of Glamorgan are commemorated on the Penarth side of the bridge. | [28] | |
Sails | Sculpture | Cardiff Bay Retail Park | 1996 | Richard Thornton | —
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Ship in a Bottle | Sculpture | Cardiff Bay wetlands | 2004 | Melissa Gibbs | —
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Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. | [30][31] | |
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