Biography

Alan Thornhill was born in London in 1921 and has spent most of his working life in South West London where his studio remains. He is now mainly resident in Gloucestershire, UK. His chosen medium throughout has been clay.

His teaching, both at Morley College, London and the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture where he was a founding trustee, has empowered a number of former students including sculptors Jon Edgar, Sarah Smith and Caro Sweet in the UK, Simon Everington in Japan and Kerry O'Neill in the USA.