M+R are known internationally for their large scale site-specific artwork ranging from permanent sculpture to performance. Their projects, which explore the connections between heritage and humanity, have received high profile critical acclaim including a Civic Trust Award.
The studio is a collaboration between artists Neil Musson and Jono Retallick who trained at the Royal College of Art and Winchester School of Art respectively. The duo share a desire to see people’s stories woven into architecture and public spaces to enhance a sense of belonging. M+R are experts in building culture and creativity into communities by linking historic research to contemporary society. Their artwork exists in diverse mediums which are suited to the nature of the place in which the work is sited.
"Our work responds to people; to conversations, social structures and inhabited landscapes. We create experimental interventions, which change the way people behave. Those who experience and reflect on our work become the ongoing and ever changing expression of that work - we consider the viewer to be the artwork as much as anything we make."