Edward Allington (Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland, 1951–2017) was an English artist and sculptor, best known for his part in the New British Sculpture movement of the 1980s. His work draws on the classical world of Greece and Rome and often includes references to architectural details and ancient artefacts.
He trained at Lancaster College of Art, the Central School of Art and Design in London and the Royal College of Art. He won the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Prize in 1989 and was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University of Leeds from 1991 to 1993. He exhibited widely in America, Japan and across Europe, and his work is held in collections including the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Among his public works are The Tilted Vase in Ramsbottom and Cochlea at Jesus College, Cambridge. He lived and worked in London, where he taught at the Slade School of Fine Art.