This is a list of public art in Swansea, Wales.
Swansea City Centre Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source CoordinatesSir Henry Hussey VivianAdjacent to St. David's Shopping Centre1886Mario Raggi Orchard Street muralCentral Clinic, Orchard Street1969Harry Everington and Swansea College of Art studentsLeaf BoatCastle Square, Swansea City Centre1996Amber HiscottPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Leaf Boat Accessed 7 Sep 2017Amber Hiscott Website Accessed 7 Sep 2017Wall sculpture, quotingFern Hill by Dylan Thomas8 Salubrious Passage, Swansea City Centrec. 1996 Poem for the Good SettlerChristina Street, Swansea City Centre1997Nigel Jenkins (poet)ThumbprintSwansea Central Police Station2001Andy HazelStainless steel columnsPrincess Way, Swansea City Centre2006David Mackie, Andrew Rowe and Heather Parnell :Swansea Boulevard & Waterfront Connections: Steel Columns Accessed 18 January 2019Madonna and ChildWalkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)Wall SculptureWalkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)Wall SculptureWalkway between Tesco and St. David's Shopping Centre (Swansea)Swansea Blitz MemorialQuay Parade Junction with New Cut Road1995 Blitz Memorial Quay ParadeAccessed 28 June 2022:Air-raid victim's memorial - History PointsAccessed 28 June 2022 Flying FigureheadQuay Parade, near Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea Waterfront1988David BackhousePublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Flying Figurehead Accessed 7 Sep 2017Ambition is CriticalSwansea railway station1993David Hughes (poet)
Brynmill Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source Coordinates British Empire Panels Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Guildhall 1932 Sir Frank BrangwynCity and County of Swansea: Brangwyn Hall Panels Accessed 7 Sep 2017 William Thomas, Mayor of Borough 1877, 1878 Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea 1906 Ivor J. ThomasPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: William Thomas statue Accessed 7 Sep 2017 Boys' Brigade fountain Victoria Park, Brynmill, Swansea Reinaugurated 1987 Memorial to the second of the Boer Wars 1899-02Esplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea1904Mr Littlejohn (designer)Roll of Honour.com: Boer War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017Listed Building Index: Boer War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017Swansea War MemorialEsplanade, Mumbles Road Brynmill, Swansea1923Ernest E Morgan (after Edwin Lutyens’ Whitehall Cenotaph ) Accessed 7 Sep 2017Swansea Jack memorialEsplanade, Mumbles Road, Brynmill, Swansea1937J. Cecil JonesPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Swansea Jack Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017 Henry Evans Charles Memorial FountainOystermouth Road, Brynmill, Swansea1907Ivor J Thomas, J. Cecil JonesPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Henry Evans Charles Fountain Accessed 7 Sep 2017
Blackpill and Mumbles Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source CoordinatesMusical Osprey – Leaving the NestBlackpill Lido, Swansea1998'Urban Strawberry Lunch' Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Musical Osprey Accessed 7 Sep 2017Painted National Cycle Network Millennium Milepost Blackpill, Swansea1998Andrew Rowe (designer)Sustrans: National Cycle Network Millennium Mileposts Accessed 7 Sep 2017War MemorialSouthend Park, Mumbles1939 (plinths with names added 2006).Mumbles War Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017Breathing at SeaSouthend Park, Mumbles2000Hideo FurutaBreathing at Sea information plaqueSwansea Coat of ArmsAbove entrance to Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles1935E E Morgan (Architect) Maritime Quarter Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source CoordinatesCopper FlameMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1988Robin Campbell (designer), Martin Williams (sculptor), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Copper Flame Sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017Wall SculpturesMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 'Zeta Mnemonical', sculpture and weather vaneMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1985-90Robin Campbell (designer), Andrew Rowe, Theo Grunewald (metal workers)Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Mnemonical Accessed 7 Sep 2017Navigation buoyMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, SwanseaThe SirenSeaward end of the Marriott Hotel, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1989Globe Sundial sculptureMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1987Wendy TaylorPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Globe Sundial Accessed 7 Sep 2017Lighthouse Tower sculptureMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1987Robert ConybearPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Lighthouse Tower sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017Helwick Lightship. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history.Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1985–1990Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor)see belowThe copper ore barque, Zeta. One of four wall sculptures featuring nautical history.Marine Walk, walkway to Ocean Crescent, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1985–1990Robin Campbell (designer), Philip Chatfield (sculptor)Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Zeta Wall Sculpture Accessed 7 Sep 2017The Boatshed DoorsMarine Walk, close to the Marina Towers Observatoryc1985–1990Robert Conybear, Robin CampbellPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Boatshed Doors Accessed 7 Sep 2017'Ecliptica' sculpture and weather vane, Marina Towers ObservatorySea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1989 (building), 1991 (sculpture)Robin Campbell (architect), Robert Conybear, Uta Molling (sculptors – 'Ecliptica' weather vane)Explore Gower: Marina Towers Observatory Accessed 7 Sep 2017Google Books: Observatory Weather Vane Accessed 7 Sep 2017Sculptures on the Marina Towers ObservatorySea promenade, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1989 (building)Robin Campbell (architect) The MermaidMarine Walk, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1989Gordon YoungPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: The Mermaid Accessed 7 Sep 2017 'Baron' Spolasco, a quack doctor who lived in Swansea in the 1830sPatagonia Walk, just off Trawler Road, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1985–1990Robin Campbell, Richard Porch (designers), Jonah Jones, Meic Watts, Brian Denman (sculptors)Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Spolasco Accessed 7 Sep 2017Captain Cat from Under Milk Wood by Dylan ThomasAbernethy Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1990 Robert J R Thomas (sculptor)Public Monument and Sculpture Association: Captain Cat Accessed 7 Sep 2017Turbo Pharos wall sculptureMaritime Quarter, Swansea Mannheim Quay wall sculptureMaritime Quarter, Swansea Pumphouse Quay wall sculptureNext to the Pump House, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1984 John DoubledayPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Dylan Thomas Accessed 7 Sep 2017Dylan Thomas Theatre wall sculpture and muralWest wall of Theatre, Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1979 (see below)Dylan Thomas Theatre mural, depicting scenes from Dylan Thomas's life.Dylan Thomas Square, Maritime Quarter, Swanseac1979 BBC Wales: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed Accessed 7 Sep 2017Dylan Thomas Theatre: Dylan Thomas Theatre mural Accessed 7 Sep 2017History and development of steam railwaysVictoria Quay, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1983Whitegates Ltd (Architects)John Henry Vivian M.P. Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea 1857 John Evan ThomasPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: John Henry Vivian statue Accessed 7 Sep 2017Commemorating the twinning of Swansea with Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Square, Maritime Quarter, Swansea Plaque, Ferrara Square Accessed 7 Sep 2017 Monument to twinning of Swansea with Mannheim, GermanyNear Cambrian Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1985R.Campbell (architect)Wall Sculpture Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)Wall Sculpture Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)Maudslay, Sons and Field, Marine EnginesPocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects)Wall SculpturePocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1993 Lovell Urban Renewal (architects) Wall mounted sculpture (one of two)Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea1993Robin Campbell: Pocketts Wharf wall sculpture Accessed 18 January 2019 Door sculptures Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, SwanseaMerchant navy MemorialTechnium Square, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea2005Philip ChatfieldBBC Wales: Merchant Navy Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017City and County of Swansea Press Release: Merchant Navy Memorial Accessed 7 Sep 2017Riverside sculpture By River Tawe, outside Sainsbury's, SA1 Swansea WaterfrontLight WaveCrescent Park, Swansea Point, Swansea2009Peter FreemanAcoustic Sculpture 1Swansea Point, Swansea2009Rob Olins Acoustic Sculpture 2Swansea Point, Swansea2009Rob OlinsKinetic Monument (an example of Kinetic Sculpture)Outside the LC, Swansea, Oystermouth Road, Swansea1977Kenneth MartinPublic Monument and Sculpture Association: Kinetic Monument Accessed 7 Sep 2017
Morriston Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source CoordinatesPoetry BenchesMorriston Hospital, Morriston2015David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet) Poetry BoardsMorriston Hospital, Morriston2015David Jones (artist), Menna Elfyn (poet), David Hughes (poet), Nigel Jenkins (poet) & Rhys Owain Williams (poet)
Uplands Image Title / individual commemorated Location Date Sculptor / Designer Source CoordinatesDylan Thomas Memorial StoneCwmdonkin Park, Uplands1963Dylan Thomas (poet), Ronald Cour (sculptor)
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