Shelagh Wakely

Shelagh Wakely
Born
Shelagh Barton Worthington

(1932-10-22)22 October 1932
Died19 March 2011(2011-03-19) (aged 78)
EducationChelsea College of Art
Known forSculpture

Shelagh Wakely (22 October 1932 – 19 March 2011) was a British sculptor and experimental artist.

Wakely was born in Madingley, Cambridgeshire in 1932. She studied painting and screen-printing at the Chelsea College of Art in the late 1950s. She also studied at the Royal College of Art and won a Rome Award to The British School At Rome in 1990. She began her career as a textile designer.

Her work is included in the collections of the Tate Museum and the British Council.

References

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