Sculptor and draughtsman, born in County Durham, who studied at Newcastle Polytechnic, 1974–7, then Royal College of Art, 1978–81. Bainbridge said that he needed to “play around with the size of objects – increasing them to above human scale – and also to remake them … into the world of sculpture”, as in the giant spoons forming More Blancmange in the South Bank Centre’s touring The British Art Show 1990. In 1999 30 huge metal and limestone spheres by Bainbridge, meant to depict heaven, earth and universe, were sited on a roundabout at Marina Way, Hartlepool. Bainbridge participated in many group shows from New Contemporaries, at ICA, in 1981. His solo exhibitions began with Ayton Basement, Newcastle, 1978, later ones including Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, 1988, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1989–90, and Cornerhouse, Manchester, 1997.