{"id":2475,"date":"2025-06-03T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/?page_id=2475"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:52:00","slug":"ross-wilson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/program\/speakers-artists\/ross-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2475\" class=\"elementor elementor-2475\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6491ddbc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6491ddbc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5352497b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"5352497b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-breadcrumbs__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\">Home<\/a> <span class=\"eael-breadcrumb-separator\">\/<\/span> <span class = \"eael-current\">Page<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76029731 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"76029731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bee097 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26bee097\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5353e94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5353e94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ross-Wilson.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ross-Wilson.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ross-Wilson-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ross-Wilson-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782e7044 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"782e7044\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ff5105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ff5105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Afternoon Lewis &amp; Belfast Session Speaker<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a159c13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a159c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ross Wilson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f1e816e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f1e816e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>&#8220;C.S. 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He studied Fine Art at the University of Ulster and at the Chelsea School of Art and has been a visiting speaker at Harvard and Oxford Universities. The year 1997 saw Wilson&#8217;s first public sculpture commission in bronze being placed at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. The following year he was commissioned for the centenary C.S. Lewis Sculpture in 1998, also in Belfast. Wilson&#8217;s many portrait commissions have included Nobel Laureates <em>Derek Walcott<\/em> and <em>Seamus Heaney<\/em>, and the playwright <em>Arthur Miller<\/em>. His artwork is displayed across the world among several public and private collections. 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