Ron Dutton is an internationally recognised sculptor and medallist and is at the forefront of medal design in Britain.
Ron attained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Fine Art from the University of Durham in 1960. He held a post at Sunderland College of Art before moving to the former Wolverhampton Polytechnic to take up the post of Head of Sculpture, where he remained until 1984.
Since then he has sustained a remarkable output of medals in bronze which demonstrate originality, inventiveness, humour and a sensibility for the British landscape.
He is a passionate advocate of his craft, writing extensively on it. He is a founder member of the British Art Medal Society which has contributed enormously to the strong international profile which the art medal now enjoys. He has introduced and led many courses in medal making in schools, colleges and museums.
Ron’s interest in the art of the medal began in 1970. He made several British Council research visits to Eastern Bloc countries during the 1980’s to study the role of the medal as an art form in communist countries.
He has exhibited his work widely including in Hungary, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. He had a retrospective of his work at the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm in 2004, an exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Nantwich Museum and another marking his own 70th birthday in 2005. His medallic work is in many national collections including those in Britain, Holland, France and Sweden.
He had undertaken medal commissions for clients including the Royal Mint, the British Museum, the National Trust, churches, commercial organisations and the University of Wolverhampton in the form of the unique graduation bronze medal offered to each year’s successful graduates.
Ron is currently President of the British Art Medal Society and British delegate to the International Art Medal Foundation.
