After an initial career as a marine biologist John Coll turned to his passion for making sculpture
fulltime 21 years ago. Since then he has become one of the best known figurative sculptors with
many public works such as the monument to Patrick Kavanagh on the Grand Canal at Baggot Street,
Dublin and his celebration in bronze of Brendan Behan on the Royal Canal in Drumcrondra, Dublin.
Other large scale works include a life-size portrait of the racehorse "Bobbyjo" and a 4 meter monument
to Countess Markievicz at Rathcormac, Co Sligo. His most recent commission is a 4.5 meter sculpture of
the Galway footballer legend Enda Colleran for his hometown of Moylough, Co Galway.
Coll has exhibited nationally at the RHA and Oireachtas exhibitions and also in Ney York and Amsterdam.
His work in the Arts was recognised by the National University of Ireland, Galway when he received
the Hewlett-Packard Award for Arts and Communication in 2005.
Click here for some examples of Johns large works.
