List of public art in Cardiff

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.

The Welsh National War Memorial (Sir Ninian Comper, 1924–8) in Cathays Park, showing sculptures by Bertram Pegram

Adamsdown

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Crucifixion with Mary and John	Sculpture	St German's Church, Star Street	1965	Frank Roper	—	[1]

Bute Park

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Animal Wall	Bute Park	1887–8; 1930–1	Thomas Nicholls and Alexander Carrick (Architect: William Burges)	Sculptures			Grade I		[2]
	Awen	Outside the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	1975	Charles l'Anson	Sculpture					[3]
	Fox and Owl	Bute Park	2004	Nansi Hemming	Tree carving					[4]

Canton

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	Joyance	Sculpture	Thompson’s Park	1899	William Goscombe John	—		[5]
	Billy The Seal	Sculpture	Victoria Park	1997	David Petersen	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council.	[6]

Cardiff Bay and Butetown

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	3 Ellipses for 3 Locks		Cardiff Bay Barrage	2007	Felice Varini	—	The first work by Varini in the UK, this sculpture was a year in planning and cost £25,000. Commissioned on behalf of the Harbour Authority by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency.	[7][8]
	A Meeting Place on the Plinth		Senedd	2006	Richard Harris	—	Richard Harris created the 45 tonne sculpture from 39 slate slabs. The slate was from Cwt y Bugail Quarry in north Wales.	[7]
	Animal Wall		Century Wharf	2009	—	Gitta Gschwendtner	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[9]
	Antarctic 100 Captain Scott Memorial	Mosaic sculpture	Waterfront Park	2003	Jonathon Williams	—		[9]
	Beastie Benches	Sculptures	Britannia Quay and Waterfront Park	1994	Gwen Heeney	—	The nine brick sculptures are based on creatures mentioned in Dylan Thomas's "Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait". The bricks were made by Dennis of Ruabon, the same firm which a century earlier had produced the exterior terracotta decoration of the Pierhead Building. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.	[10]
	Cader Idris	Sculpture	Cardiff Bay Wetlands Reserve	1999	William Pye	—	Previously located in Central Square outside Cardiff Central Station. Pye drew his inspiration for the work from the mountains, lakes and valleys of Wales and in particular Cader Idris in Snowdonia	[11][12][13]
	Cardiff Bay Rugby Codebreakers	Statue	Landsea Gardens	2023	Steve Winterburn	—	The statue depicts rugby league players Gus Risman, Billy Boston and Clive Sullivan.	[14]
	Cargoes	Architectural sculptures	Bute Street and Stuart Street	2000	Brian Fell	—	The work is inspired by the John Masefield poem 'Cargoes'. Sculptures depicting the various cargoes and ships from the poem are attached to the gables and walls throughout Mermaid Quay. A floor mounted cast iron plaque also quotes the poem in full. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of then site.	[15]
	Celtic Ring	Sculpture	Roald Dahl Plass	1993	Harvey Hood	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[16]
	Equity	Architectural sculpture	Portland House, West Bute Street	c. 1926–1927	J. A. Stevenson	F. C. R. Palmer and W. F. C. Holden		[17]
	Mahatma Gandhi	Sculpture	The Flourish	2017	Ram Sutar and Anil Sutar	—	6 ft (1.83 m) bronze statue near the Wales Millennium Centre at the end of Lloyd George Avenue cost £65,000 and was funded by the Hindu Council of Wales.	[18]
	From Pit to Port	Sculpture	Roath Basin	2005	John Clinch and John Buck	—	The sculpture was developed from an original maquette by John Clinch, enlarged and modelled by Michael and Caroline Crofton.[citation needed]	[19]
	Landsea Square Water Feature	Sculpture	Landsea Square	2000		Jo Johnson Landscape Architects		[20]
	Lighthouse (Blue Beacon)	Sculpture	Cardiff Bay Police Station	2009	Mark Renn	—	60 feet tall steel sculpture of a lighthouse (with blue flashing light) commissioned by Safle on behalf of South Wales Police at a cost of £75,000.	[21][22]
	Looking Both Ways	Sculpture	Lloyd George Avenue	2001	David Kemp	—	The silhouette sculpture is approximately 10 feet tall by 10 feet wide. It is made from painted mild sheet steel, with pink on one side and blue on the other.	[23][24]
	Merchant Seafarers' War Memorial	Sculpture	Near the Senedd	1994–1996	Brian Fell	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of the Merchants Seafarers Association, funded through various private donations supplemented by Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[25]
	Ivor Novello	Statue	Roald Dahl Plass	2009	Peter Nicholas	—		[26]
	Pobl Fel Ni / People Like Us	Statues	Boardwalk	1993	John Clinch	—		[27]
	Portrait Bench	Statues	Pont y Werin	2010	—	—	Two-dimensional figures of Sybil Williams, founder of the Cardiff-based cycling charity Pedal Power, Jason Stone, an ice hockey player for Cardiff Devils and Lydia Harris, a 10-year-old pupil of Mount Stuart Primary School, laser cut in Corten steel. Three people from the Vale of Glamorgan are commemorated on the Penarth side of the bridge.	[28]
	Sails	Sculpture	Cardiff Bay Retail Park	1996	Richard Thornton	—		[29]
	Ship in a Bottle	Sculpture	Cardiff Bay wetlands	2004	Melissa Gibbs	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[30][31]
	Water Tower	Sculpture/Fountain	Roald Dahl Plas	2000	William Pye	—		[32]
	Wife on the Ocean Wave	Sculpture	Graving Docks	1993	Graham Ibbeson	—		[33]
	Lampstandards	Sculpture	Along the waterfront at Roath Basin, Britannia Park and Britannia Quay	1994	Tess Jaray, Tom Lomax	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.	[34]
	Yellow Bench	Sculpture	Longueil Close	1999	Andrew Rowe	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the Premier Inn Hotel. This work has recently been relocated to the opposite corner of the Premier Inn, to make way for an extension of the hotel. The work is dedicated to the brother of the original commissioner, who had died in car accident.	[35]
	Balcony Grills	Sculpture	Amity Court	2001	Andrew Rowe	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[36]
	Tree In The Bay	Sculpture	Cardiff Bay Trail	2005	Angharad Pearce Jones (with children from Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd)	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.	[37]
	Assembly Field	Sculpture and wind break	Left hand the side of the Senedd main entrance	2005	Danny Lane	—		[38]
	World Harmony Peace Statue Statue of Sri Chinmoy	Statue	Waterfront Park	2012	Kaivalya Torpy	—	Unveiled 11 March 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the World Harmony Run.	[39][40]
	Funnel and Smoke	Sculpture	Hemingway Road	2004	Andrew Hazell	—		[41]
	Palisade	Sculpture	Waterfront Park	1991	Denys Short	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Grosvener Waterside.	[42]
	Triple Spout	Sculpture	Roald Dahl Plass	2000	William Pye	—		[43]
	Water Quarter	Sculpture	Galleon Way	2006	Howard Bowcott	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[44]
	West Close Square	Sculpture	West Close Square'	1993	Nina Edge and David Makie	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[45]
	Angelina Street	Sculpture	Angelina Street	2004	Ray Smith	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Council.	[46]
	Atlantic	Sculpture	Tyndall Street	1991	Doug Cocker	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[47]
	Atlantic Echo	Sculpture	Ocean Way	2000	Dan Archer	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[48]
	Monorail	Sculpture	Railway Embankment	1995	Sokari Douglas Camp	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.	[49]
	Bute Street Works	Bespoke bollards and paving inserts	Bute Street	2000	Parnell, Mackie and Rowe.		Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
	Deep Navigation	Sculpture	Roald Dahl Plass	2000	Stephan Gec		Consists of two cast iron pillars, modelled on those from a nearby bank building. The first pillar is cast from metal retrieved from the former Oval Basin and includes the names of all of the South Wales coal mines that were operational in 1964. The second pillar is cast from metal retrieved from Tower Colliery and identifies all of the ports to which Cardiff exported coal. Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
	The Big Egg	Sculpture	Henke Court, Schooner Way	2000	Rachel Joynt		Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of the developer of the site.

Cathays

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil	Architectural sculpture	St Michael and All Angels church, Whitchurch Road	c. 1995	Theo Grunwald	—	[50]

Cathays Park

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes
	Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare	Statue	Alexandra Gardens	1895–1898	Herbert Hampton	—	[51]
	Gorsedd circle	Stone circle	Gorsedd Gardens	1899	—	—	Previously erected elsewhere in the park for the 1899 National Eisteddfod; relocated here in 1905.[52]
	Science and Education	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff Crown Court	1901–1904	Donald McGill	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[53]
	Commerce and Industry	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff Crown Court	1901–1904	Paul Raphael Montford	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[54]
	Poetry and Music	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff City Hall	1901–1904	Paul Raphael Montford	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[55]
	Unity and Patriotism	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff City Hall	1901–1904	Henry Poole	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[56]
	The Sea Receiving the Severn	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff City Hall	1901–1904	Paul Raphael Montford	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[57]
	The Taff, the Rhymney and the Ely	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff City Hall	1901–1904	Henry Poole	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[58]
	George V	Statue in niche	Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation	1903 c. 1903	?	W. D. Caröe	[59]
	Edward VIII as Prince of Wales	Statue in niche	Cardiff University Main Building, Museum Avenue elevation	1903 c. 1903	?	W. D. Caröe	[59]
	Welsh Dragon	Architectural sculpture	Cardiff City Hall (roof)	1904	Henry Charles Fehr	Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards	[60][61]
	John Cory	Statue	Gorsedd Gardens	1904–1906	Sir William Goscombe John	—	[62]
	South African War Memorial	Memorial	King Edward VII Avenue	1905–1909	Albert Toft	—	[63]
	Gwilym Williams	Statue	Outside Cardiff Crown Court	1906–1910	Sir William Goscombe John	—	[64]
	Mining	Sculptural group	Glamorgan Building	1908–1912	Albert Hodge	—	[65]
	Navigation	Sculptural group	Glamorgan Building	1908–1912	Albert Hodge	—	[66]
	Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar	Equestrian statue	City Hall lawn	1909	Sir William Goscombe John	—	[67]
	Mining	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Thomas J. Clapperton	Smith and Brewer	[68][69]
	Shipping	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Thomas J. Clapperton	Smith and Brewer	[68][69]
	Prehistoric Period	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Gilbert Bayes	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Classic Period	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Gilbert Bayes	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Medieval Period	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Richard Garbe	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Modern Period	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Richard Garbe	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Learning	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Thomas J. Clapperton	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Art	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Bertram Pegram	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Music	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	David Evans	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Dragons and Lions	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1914–1915	Bertram Pegram	Smith and Brewer	[68]
	Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart	Statue	Gorsedd Gardens	1915–1919	Sir William Goscombe John	—	[70]
	Welsh National War Memorial	Memorial	Alexandra Gardens	1924–1928	Bertram Pegram	Sir Ninian Comper	[71]
	John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute	Statue	Friary Gardens	1930	James Pittendrigh Macgillivray	—	[72]
		Relief sculpture	Redwood Building	1960–1961	Edward Bainbridge Copnall	Percy Thomas and Son	[73]
	David Lloyd George	Statue	Gorsedd Gardens	1955–1960	Michael Rizzello	—	[74]
	Agriculture	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1962–1965		T. Alwyn Lloyd and Gordon	[75]
	Slate Quarrying	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1962–1965		T. Alwyn Lloyd and Gordon	[75]
	Three Obliques (Walk In)	Sculpture	Outside Cardiff University School of Music	1968	Dame Barbara Hepworth	Sir Alex Gordon	[76][77]
	Falklands War Memorial (Cardiff)	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	1982			[78]
	Red Dragon	Sculpture	Bute Building	1984	David Petersen	Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas	[79][80]
	Reguarding Guardians of Art	Architectural sculpture	National Museum Cardiff	1988–1990	Dhruva Mistry	—	[81][82]
	Memorial to Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	1992			[83]
	Girl	Sculpture	Gorsedd Gardens	2005	Robert Thomas	—	[84]
	Mind's Eye	Ceramic relief sculpture	Tower Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University, Park Place	2006–2007	Peter Randall-Page	—	[85][86]
	The Gift of Life Stone	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	2007			[87]
	Welsh National Falklands War Memorial	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	2007			[88]
	Thalidomide Memorial	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	2016			[89]
	Parasitoid Attacking An Aphid Mark Jervis	Sculpture	Sir Martin Evans Building (faculty of Biosciences), Cardiff University	2016	Darren Greenhow		[90]
	Memorial to Black and Ethnic Minority Service Personnel	Commemorative stone	Alexandra Gardens	2019			[91]

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	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	Alight	Sculpture	Mary Anne Street, outside Tŷ Admiral	2014	S. Mark Gubb	—	Unveiled 17 December 2014. A 10-metre-tall, illuminated steel and glass lightning bolt.	[92]
	Allegories of the drapery business	Relief sculpture	Howells department store	1930	—	Percy Thomas		[93]
	All Hands	Sculpture	Custom House Street	2001	Brian Fell	—	Sculpture runs on the path of the Glamorganshire Canal depicting canal workers pulling boats with ropes.[93] Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[93]
	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.	[94][95]
	An Eye for People	Mosaic	Thomson House, Havelock Street	1959	Ray Howard-Jones	—	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.	[96]
	Aneurin Bevan	Statue	Queen Street	1987	Robert Thomas	—		[97]
	Betty Campbell	Bust with sculpture group	Central Square	2021	Eve Shepherd	—	[98][99]
	Boots, 36 to 38 Queen Street	Painting	Queen Street			Stephen Bonutto	Original design is mosaic which would be behind the painting.	[100]
	Cardiff Central Station Mosaics	Mosaic	Cardiff Central railway station	2003	Rob Turner	—		[15]
	Chess Sets	Street furniture	The Hayes	2009	Bedwyr Williams	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Land Securities.	[101]
	Connect 4 or 5	Light sculpture	Wood Street Railway Bridge	2009	Adrian Stuart	DO-Architecture Ltd	Illuminated LED installations beneath the arches of the bridge.	[102][103]
	Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well	Drinking fountain	Dock Feeder	1862	W. and T. Wills	—	Donated by William Alexander, Mayor of Cardiff from 1859 to 1860.	[104]
	Jim Driscoll	Statue	Bute Terrace	1997	Philip Blacker	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[26]
	Family Group	Sculptural group	Queen Street	2009	Robert Thomas	—		[105]
	Giant Daffodils	Mural	Cardiff Central Water Tower	1984	Dennis Bridge (team leader)	—	Work was carried out in June 2012 to repaint the tower in beige and brown.[106]	[107]
	Grecian Woman	Statue in niche	The Prince of Wales public House (formerly a theatre), St Mary Street	c. 1920	—	—	Installed when the building was a theatre[108]	[109]
	John Batchelor	Statue	The Hayes	1883–6	James Milo Griffith	—	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.	[110]
	John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute	Statue	Callaghan Square	1848–53	John Evan Thomas	—	Originally located in front of the old Town Hall in St Mary Street and moved to Callaghan Square in 2000.[111]	[112]
	Miner	Statue	Queen Street	2005	Robert Thomas	—		[85]
	Mother and Son	Sculptural group	Queen Street	2005	Robert Thomas	—		[113]
	Nereid	Sculpture	Kingsway	1995–6	David Nathan	—		[114]
	Pierhead Clock	Clock	St Mary Street	2011	Marianne Forrest	—	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.	[115]
	Sir Tasker Watkins	Statue	Outside the Millennium Stadium	2009	Roger Andrews	—		[116]
	Untitled	Sculpture	Formerly on The Hayes (now removed)	1972	Garth Evans	—	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.	[117][118]
	Without Place	Sculpture	Junction of Charles Street and Queen Street	2011	Denis O'Connor and Bernie Rutter	—		[119]

Grangetown

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	Fountain Canopy - Grange Gardens’	Sculpture	Grange Gardens Park	1909	MacFarlanes of Glasgow	—		[120]
	A Private View	Stainless steel sphere	A4232 link road	1995	Kevin Atherton	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of South Glamorgan County Council.	[7]
	Grange Gardens War Memorial	Memorial with statue	Grange Gardens	1920	Henry Charles Fehr	—		[84]
	International Mother Language Monument	Sculpture	Grangemoor Park	2019	—	—		[121]
	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.	[122]
	Silent Links	Sculpture	Grangemoor Park	2000	Ian Randall	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[123]
	The Marl Railings	Sculpture	The Marl			—		[124]
	Urban Open Spaces’	Sculpture	Grangemoor Park	1999	Jeremy Waygood	—	Commissioned by CBAT the Arts & Regeneration Agency on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[125]

Heath

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	War Memorial	Memorial	Maindy Barracks	1924	—	Sir Edwin Lutyens	[126]

Leckwith

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Fred Keenor	Statue	Cardiff City Stadium	2012	Roger Andrews	—	[127]

Llandaff

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	The City Cross	Cross	The Cathedral Green	13th century; restored 1897	—	—	[128]
	War memorial	Memorial	The Cathedral Green	1924	Sir William Goscombe John	J. P. Grant	[129]
	James Rice Buckley	Statue	The Cathedral Green	1924–6	Sir William Goscombe John	—	[130]
	Map of Llandaff’	Sculpture	High Street	1981	Jeremy Waygood	—	[131]

Radyr

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Radyr War Memorial	Memorial with statue	Heol Isaf / Kings Road	—	Alfred Turner	—	[132]

Riverside

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Seeds and Spices	Four sculptures	Fitzhamon Embankment	2007	David Mackie, Heather Parnell, Andrew Rowe	—	[133]

Roath

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	Christ the Pantocrator of Roath[134]	St Martin's Church	2013	Aidan Hart	Paul Mitchell (stonemason for frame)[135]	Mosaic	—	The mosaic was blessed by Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and of Wales.[134] It was based on mosaics in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (the Deësis) and the Sancta Sanctorum chapel of St John Lateran, Rome.[136]

Splott

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	Blue Flash, Power Box and Mesh Chips	Sculpture	Electricity sub-station, Tyndall Street	1994	John Gingell	—	Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of SWALEC.	[100]
	Landmark	Sculptures	Roundabout, Tyndall Street/Ocean Way	1992	Pierre Vivant	—	Also known locally as the Magic Roundabout. Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.	[137]

Tremorfa

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Notes	Source
	Secret Station	Sculpture	Rover Way, Ffordd Pengam (off the A4232 road)	1992	Eilis O'Connell	—	This was originally commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust on behalf of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation. In 2019 several external bronze panels were stripped and stolen, leaving the work severely vandalised. To date (May 2022), the work has not been repaired and is in a very poor state.	[123]

Whitchurch

Image	Title / individual commemorated	Type	Location	Date	Sculptor	Architect / Designer	Source
	Whitchurch War Memorial	Memorial with statue	Outside Whitchurch Library	1920	—	—	[138]

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External links

• Media related to Sculptures in Cardiff at Wikimedia Commons
• "Cardiff Public Art Register" (PDF). Cardiff Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014.
• Mortimer, Dic (1 September 2013). "Public art in Cardiff". Cymru Culture. Retrieved 27 January 2014.