Richard Stone is a British sculptor and painter and a fellow and trustee of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.^[1] He was born in 1974 in England and graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2000. In 2014 Stone was awarded the Brian Mercer Residency for Bronze Casting^[2] and in 2013 was awarded Arts Council England funding.^[3] Stone works between London and Pietrasanta, Italy.

Works by Stone were included in Sweep~Landskip (2018), an exhibition of international artists whose work use landscape as a concept.^[4] In 2018, Stone exhibited marble works and a series of abstract paintings at Art Brussels.^[5] He was included in the exhibition Nature Morte, which toured museums in Norway, Sweden and Poland before returning to London's Guildhall in 2017.^[6] Recent solo exhibitions include everywhen (2017)^[7] and gleam (2014).^[8]

Stone has been referred to as "one of the most talented emerging artists working in the UK today"^[9] and his practice seen as seen as "intrinsic to consider our place and purpose within an ever-changing world".^[10] Stone was also included in Michael Petry's Nature Morte which explored the timeless tradition of still life, bought up to date by international contemporary artists including Matt Collishaw, Elmgreen & Dragset, Gabriel Orozco and Gerhard Richter.^[11]

Stone has been featured in many media articles including Artdependence,^[12] Elephant and Wall Street International Magazine.^[13] In 2018, a documentary entitled Hard Beauty screened on Sky Arts in the United Kingdom. The documentary featured Stone discussing his mentor Helaine Blumenfeld's sculptural practice.^[14] In 2017, Stone appeared on London Live, where he spoke about the exhibition Nature Morte.^[15]