Russ

Russ Coleman is a sculptor, artist, and creator who transforms stone, concrete, and paper into powerful stories about the world around us.

Through his roots in the hands-on craft of a Monumental Masonry and letter carving, Russ honed his skills during years of work in the stone and construction industries and further blending them with an arts education in the early 1990s.

For over 30 years, Russ has brought his bold vision to public art projects across the UK, creating works that weave together humanity and the landscapes we inhabit. 

His sculptures are a love letter to the timelessness of stone, the versatility of concrete, and the fleeting beauty of life itself. Each piece invites you to pause, reflect, and connect with the deep rhythms of geological time and the brevity of human experience.

Russ’s current 1 Million Drawings project is an audacious artistic journey that captures the raw essence of creativity one drawing at a time. This epic mission isn’t just about filling pages—it’s a celebration of curiosity, exploration, and the endless possibilities of the human imagination.

Whether carving monumental stoneworks or sketching his way toward 1 million drawings, Russ Coleman’s art is an invitation to see the extraordinary in the everyday and to find beauty in the balance between simplicity and depth.

Contact 
russcoleman@me.com

Major Contracts and Commissions

2024 Everton Way 

Ultramarine concrete specialist paving of approximately 80 square meters for the new Everton Football Ground

2024 Pershore Poem plaques and sculptures Birmingham

Large format wall plaques with brass letters set into a concrete made of recycled plastic and glass plus 3 Stone sculptures on recycled concrete plinths.

2023 Featherstar Mantle St Cuthbert Memorial 

A modern memorial to St Cuthbert for Lindesfarne Priory and English Heritage.

2022 Church Inn Bench  Manchester

 Large bench made from recycled bricks and ceramic panels

2021/22 Cliffords Tower

Bespoke concrete lecterns and seating for York Castle. For English Heritage

2021 Park hill Plaques Sheffield

A series of large steel and concrete signage plates celebrating brutalism and park hill residents

2020-21 River Tees revisited

5 polished erratics and benches along the River Tees

2017-20 Cheeseburn Sculpture Gardens

Exhibitor and technician

2019  Whitby Abbey Benches 

Set of 24 bespoke concrete benches for the visitor center renovations For English Heritage

2019 Maryhill Waystones

Lettered polychrome concrete crystaline boulders for Maryhill Housing Association

2015 Pelton Pylon

3 ton Celebration monument to Pelton village life.

2014 Album pathway Barrowlands

A 300m2 polychrome concrete path with for artist Jim Lambie as part of the commonwealth games area improvement scheme.

2013 Against Gardens. Andrew Marvell enterprise Academy Hull.

A set of 4 abstract concrete trees and a concrete tulip field based on the poem by Andrew Marvell

2012 Hester Pit Memorial Path New Hartley Northumbria

A memorial pathway commemorating the deaths of 204 men and boys in a mining disaster in 1862.

2008/11 The Comedy Carpet Blackpool

A celebration of British Humour 2400m2 concrete and granite public square with 200,000 letters

2007 THE 7 STANES

A series of large stone interventions one for each of seven cycle trails developed by the Forestry

Commission.

2006 SOMERSET CIDER TREE

A 3m high copper and steel tree bearing the names of over 100 cider apple varieties. Placed on the site of an

old orchard now Clarks retail village. Commissioned by the Realm Group.

2003 WHALE BOAT BRIDGE, FLAMBOROGH

A 9 ton galvanised steel foot bridge for the Flamborough access to all trails part of the Heritage Coast trail.

2003 A FLOCK OF WORDS

A 320m long coloured concrete, stone and metal path, containing bird-related poetry and verse.

2001 STEEL WALL, CARLISLE

A 40m long steel wall 3m high steel wall containing stone and metal objects relating to the industry and

people of Carlisle.

1999 ERIC MORECAMBE MEMORIAL

Collaborative design and installation of the Eric Morecambe memorial area as part of the TERN project.

1997 JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM

70 items for the museum including bespoke seating, Setting of poetry and WW2 POW Memorial

1994 THE STONE JETTY, MORECAMBE

A major phase of the TERN Project, an arts - led urban regeneration initiative

(winner of the British Gas working for cities award)

1993 NEPTUNE

A seven ton carving in Cumbrian slate for the Hull Marina