This is a list of public art in Cardiff, Wales, within the city and county boundary, including statues, sculptures, murals and other significant artworks located outside in public view.

Adamsdown Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Crucifixion with Mary and John Sculpture St German's Church, Star Street 1965

Bute Park

Canton Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Notes Source Joyance Sculpture Thompson's Park 1899 Billy The Seal Sculpture Victoria Park 1997 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council.

Cardiff Bay and Butetown

Cathays Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil Architectural sculpture St Michael and All Angels church, Whitchurch Road

Cathays Park

Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Notes Statue Alexandra Gardens Gorsedd circle Stone circle Gorsedd Gardens 1899 Previously erected elsewhere in the park for the 1899 National Eisteddfod; relocated here in 1905. Science and Education Architectural sculpture Cardiff Crown Court Commerce and Industry Architectural sculpture Cardiff Crown Court Poetry and Music Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall Unity and Patriotism Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall The Sea Receiving the Severn Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall The Taff, the Rhymney and the Ely Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall George V Statue in niche Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation Edward VIII as Prince of Wales Statue in niche Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation Welsh Dragon Architectural sculpture Cardiff City Hall (roof) 1904 Statue Gorsedd Gardens South African War Memorial Memorial King Edward VII Avenue Statue Outside Cardiff Crown Court Mining Sculptural group Glamorgan Building Navigation Sculptural group Glamorgan Building Equestrian statue City Hall lawn 1909 Mining Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Shipping Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Prehistoric Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Classic Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Medieval Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Modern Period Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Learning Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Art Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Music Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Dragons and Lions Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Smith and Brewer Statue Gorsedd Gardens Welsh National War Memorial Memorial Alexandra Gardens Statue Friary Gardens 1930 Relief sculpture Redwood Building Statue Gorsedd Gardens Agriculture Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff and Gordon Slate Quarrying Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff and Gordon Three Obliques (Walk In) Sculpture Outside Cardiff University School of Music 1968 Falklands War Memorial (Cardiff) Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 1982 Red Dragon Sculpture Bute Building 1984 Reguarding Guardians of Art Architectural sculpture National Museum Cardiff Memorial to Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 1992 Girl Sculpture Gorsedd Gardens 2005 Mind's Eye Ceramic relief sculpture Tower Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University, Park Place The Gift of Life Stone Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2007 Welsh National Falklands War Memorial Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2007 Thalidomide Memorial Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2016 Parasitoid Attacking An Aphid Sculpture Sir Martin Evans Building (faculty of Biosciences), Cardiff University 2016 Memorial to Black and Ethnic Minority Service Personnel Commemorative stone Alexandra Gardens 2019

City centre The area is bounded by the River Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations – Central and Queen Street – to the south and east respectively.

Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Notes Source Alight Sculpture Mary Anne Street, outside Tŷ Admiral 2014 Unveiled 17 December 2014. A 10-metre-tall, illuminated steel and glass lightning bolt. Allegories of the drapery business Relief sculpture Howells department store 1930 — All Hands Sculpture Custom House Street 2001 Sculpture runs on the path of the Glamorganshire Canal depicting canal workers pulling boats with ropes. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. Alliance Sculpture Hayes Place 2009 Jean-Bernard Métais Includes glowing liquid, projected light and text (written by Peter Finch). Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Land Securities. An Eye for People Mosaic Thomson House, Havelock Street 1959 In 1958 Howard-Jones won a national competition held by the Western Mail for a mosaic outside their new headquarters. The mosaic (and building) was destroyed in 2008. Statue Queen Street 1987 Betty Campbell Bust with sculpture group Central Square 2021 Painting Queen Street Original design is mosaic which would be behind the painting. Cardiff Central Station Mosaics Mosaic Cardiff Central railway station 2003 Chess Sets Street furniture The Hayes 2009 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Land Securities. Connect 4 or 5 Light sculpture Wood Street Railway Bridge 2009 DO-Architecture Ltd Illuminated LED installations beneath the arches of the bridge. Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well Drinking fountain Dock Feeder 1862 Donated by William Alexander, Mayor of Cardiff from 1859 to 1860. Statue Bute Terrace 1997 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. Family Group Sculptural group Queen Street 2009 Giant Daffodils Mural Cardiff Central Water Tower 1984 Work was carried out in June 2012 to repaint the tower in beige and brown. Grecian Woman Statue in niche The Prince of Wales public House (formerly a theatre), St Mary Street Installed when the building was a theatre Statue The Hayes The statue of this Liberal politician John Batchelor roused opposition from his opponents when it was first erected. The council was presented with a petition for its removal and, in 1887, the statue was daubed with coal tar and paint. Statue Callaghan Square John Evan Thomas Originally located in front of the old Town Hall in St Mary Street and moved to Callaghan Square in 2000. Miner Statue Queen Street 2005 Mother and Son Sculptural group Queen Street 2005 Nereid Sculpture Kingsway Pierhead Clock Clock St Mary Street 2011 The clock mechanism, dating to 1897, was formerly used by the clock of the Pierhead Building. It was replaced in 1973 and sold to an American collector, who decided to return it to Cardiff in 2005. The monkeys on swinging on the pendulums are a reference to the 3rd Marquess of Bute's opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution. Statue Outside the Millennium Stadium 2009 Untitled Sculpture Formerly on The Hayes (now removed) 1972 40-metre long black steel sculpture commissioned by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation in 1972 and exhibited for 6 months. Returned to The Hayes in September 2019 for another 6 months. Without Place Sculpture Junction of Charles Street and Queen Street 2011

Grangetown Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Notes Source Fountain Canopy - Grange Gardens’ Sculpture Grange Gardens Park 1909 A Private View Stainless steel sphere A4232 link road 1995 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of South Glamorgan County Council. Grange Gardens War Memorial Memorial with statue Grange Gardens 1920 International Mother Language Monument Sculpture Grangemoor Park 2019 Sevenoaks Park Graffiti Wall 130m mural Sevenoaks Park 2007 – Various Mural first created in July 2007 as part of the Roxe Jam festival and renewed each year thereafter by local and international graffiti artists. Silent Links Sculpture Grangemoor Park 2000 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. The Marl Railings Sculpture The Marl Urban Open Spaces’ Sculpture Grangemoor Park 1999 Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

Heath

Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source War Memorial Memorial Maindy Barracks 1924

Leckwith Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Statue Cardiff City Stadium 2012

Llandaff Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source The City Cross Cross The Cathedral Green War memorial Memorial The Cathedral Green 1924 Statue The Cathedral Green Map of Llandaff’ Sculpture High Street 1981

Radyr Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Radyr War Memorial Memorial with statue Heol Isaf / Kings Road

Riverside Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Seeds and Spices Four sculptures Fitzhamon Embankment 2007

Roath

Splott Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Notes Source Blue Flash, Power Box and Mesh Chips Sculpture Electricity sub-station, Tyndall Street 1994 Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of SWALEC. Landmark Sculptures Roundabout, Tyndall Street/Ocean Way 1992 Also known locally as the Magic Roundabout. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.

Tremorfa

Whitchurch Image commemorated Type Location Date Sculptor Designer Source Whitchurch War Memorial Memorial with statue Outside Whitchurch Library 1920

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