Artists

The 100 lions in the pride have been decorated in a wide range of styles by 100 talented artists, from ceramicists to mosaic artists, abstract to fine artists and some artists who can’t be categorised! 

The aim of the event is to have a giant pride of vibrant eye-catching lion sculptures adorning the streets of the world heritage city, bringing a smile not only to the faces of Bath residents but also to the three million visitors expected to see this fabulous contemporary public art exhibition this summer.

A wonderful selection of talented artists have decorated their lions which are being enjoyed by thousands of lion fans across the city and beyond. 

When sponsors first came on board, they were asked to choose an artist to decorate their lions to their own design.  They could either select one of the artists who had registered their interest in decorating lions for the project, or any artist of their choice. 

Some of the artists who initially registered to decorate lions sent in a biog and examples of their work for sponsors to browse through.  A pdf of their work can be downloaded here.

Not all of the Lions of Bath artists are featured on this list.  To see details of the final Lions of Bath artists' work, please visit the lion sculpture page, where photographs of all of the lions in the pride can be seen, along with live links to the artists' websites.

Winsor & Newton lion artist prize

A prize of £500 worth of artists' materials has kindly been offered by Winsor & Newton, known as the world’s leading supplier of fine art materials.  F J Harris and Minerva Art Supplies in Bath have very kindly offered a discount card to all of our lion artists.

Artists receive 25% of the auction sale price of their lions as payment for their work, so we would ask people to help take good care of the Pride as they need to be in tip top condition for the charity auctions in October!