Nicholas Monro

[3] He is known for being one of the few British pop artists to work in sculpture[3] and is known for his use of fibreglass.

[1] After graduating he began teaching at Swindon School of Art,[3] then returned to Chelsea School of Art in 1968.

[3] In 1969 he received an Arts Council Award[4] and was included in the exhibition Pop Art Re-Assessed at the Hayward Gallery.

[5] His work was included in the 2004 pop art retrospective "Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow" at Tate Britain,[1] and Birmingham Gas Hall[6] and, in the same year, "British Pop Art 1956–1972" at the Galleria Civica di Modena.

[3] Monro's works are in the collections of the Berardo Collection Museum, Tate Modern and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.

The repaired and repainted Statue of King Kong , at Penrith, in April 2008