Remco de Fouw

Remco de Fouw was awarded the inaugural 2016 RCSI Art Award for his work 'Random Access Memory V' at the 186th RHA Annual Exhibition.

His commission for RCSI is titled 'Atlas and Axis’. Drawing inspiration from the anatomy of the human body and made from Spanish alabaster and glass, it is a sculptural diptych depicting the two uppermost bones in the vertebral column. In human anatomy, the atlas and axis bones support the skull, facilitate movement of the head and neck, and protect the spinal cord. De Fouw's piece situates them as the transitional point at which matter and signal somehow become spirit or consciousness.

About the artist

Remco de Fouw is an Irish sculptor based in Carlow, Ireland. He initially trained as a carpenter before graduating from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, with a First Class Honours degree in Fine Art Sculpture. He has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions, and his work can be seen in the many large-scale public commissions he has completed in Ireland and internationally.

De Fouw lectures in sculpture and photography at South Eastern Technological University in Ireland. He was elected a full member of the RHA in 2018.