A true polymath - academic, writer, sculptor, poet and priest, born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Moelwyn Merchant cultivated many significant friendships with writers and artists including Ezra Pound, Barbara Hepworth, Josef Herman, John Piper and Elisabeth Frink. His career as a sculptor began in 1964, influenced by his close friend Barbara Hepworth - 'When Barbara Hepworth with a single challenge - "Let's see if you have hands" - had enabled me to break out of my obsession with words, sculpture became a third vocation as natural and inevitable as the first two, of priest and academic.'
We are pleased to announce the first exhibition of Merchant's sculpture since the 1980s - the exhibition will include unique stone carvings and bronzes, some of which were made with the guidance of Barbara Hepworth.
Exhibition - 17th September - 17th October 2026
