Anuradha Patel (sculptor) explained

Anuradha Patel, known as Anu, is an Indian-born^[1] sculptor, who works in the United Kingdom.

A number of her works are on public display in the West Midlands and Leicester; several of these were commissioned by the local transport authority, Centro, to decorate information points at transport interchanges.^[2] She was also featured in the 'Transition of Riches' exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1993.^[3]

Works

• Jewellery Quarter gateway posts, Birmingham^[4]
• Railings for the relocated statue of Hebe by Robert Thomas, Birmingham
• 24 hour Route - railings on the ramp between the Bull Ring and Moor Street station, Birmingham
• Railing for St. Thomas' Peace Garden, Birmingham
• Cutting Edge railings along Northbrook Street, Birmingham above the Birmingham Canal Main Line
• Wednesbury Parkway windmill
• "Lotus Flowers" - ten internally illuminated freestanding structures on Burley's Way roundabout, Belgrave Gate, Leicester.

For Centro

• Aspire, The Hawthorns railway station
• Cascading Mountain, Wake Green Road, Moseley
• Furnace, Halesowen Street, Oldbury
• The Peacock, Sandwell & Dudley railway station
• Spirit, Alcester Road, Moseley
• Voyage, Bearwood bus station
• Wing Wheel, Alcester Road South, Kings Heath

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anuradha Patel Designs. Patel. Anuradha. 6 February 2015.
2. Centro publication, details tbc
3. Book: Chambers, Eddie. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s. 2014. I.B.Tauris. 9781780762715.
4. News: Jewellery Quarter is going up in the world. https://web.archive.org/web/20150329164302/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-97718294.html. dead. 29 March 2015. Marsh. Paula. 15 February 2003. Birmingham Evening Mail. 6 February 2015 . .