Sculptors and Sculpture in Australia

• Sculptors Associations
  
  
• Contemporary Sculptors Association The Contemporary Sculptors Association Inc. was founded in 1997 as a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting contemporary sculpture and to extend and develop the role it plays in the Australian community. The Association aims to work with individual artists, government and professional organisations, the commercial sector and the community to expand public awareness of contemporary sculpture and to stimulate the growth of sculpture as a professional practice.
  
  
• South Australian Visual Artists - S.A.V.A. is a recently formed group of Adelaide-based professional artists.  See Sculptors listed below.
  
  
  
• Australian Sculpture Server This site aims to showcase the work of Australian sculptors.  Sculptors
  
  
• Gold Coast Global Sculpture Prize 1999 - The Gold Coast Global Sculpture Prize is an annual sculpture prize exclusively for sculpture. It is the only non-acquisitive art exhibition featuring International and Australian Sculptors in Queensland. It is organised by the members of the Society of Sculptors Gold Coast Inc. on a voluntary basis and enjoys the support of the Gold Coast City Council and the sponsorship of local business. uhl@hotkey.net.au
  
  
• Adelaide Arts Ring - While the intention of the Ring is to expose the arts of Adelaide, it is not intended to be filled with artists' personal home-pages. Exceptions are for arts organizations, or where the primary focus of a site is an exposure of the art, rather than the artist's personal life and CV.  See: Artists
  
  
• Foundries
  
  
• Kurandy Castings -  for Kurandy Fine Art Bronze Foundry
  
  
• Phoenix Foundry http://www.phoenixfoundry.com.au/  - Phoenix Foundry Head Office, Walcha Rd, PO Box 5, Uralla, NSW 2358  -  Ph: (02) 6778 4803, Fax: (02) 6778 5069, email: info@phoenixfoundry.com.au
  
  
• Here is an interesting one that used to have info on bronze casting - http://kadina.yp-connect.net/~tcents/metal/ - Metal Crafts Australia
  
  
• Sculptors
  
  
• Rudi Jass Metalcraft & Design - Superbly designed interior and exterior architectural pieces to grace a residence or commercial project and add that touch of individuality are now available through a true artisan of metalcraft and design.  See: Bio, Designs Contact: designs@jassdesign.com.au or 03 9728 3146 in Montrose, Victoria
  
  
• Carol Frost, Sculptor - There is no image more in control of my creative force, than the image of the horse. The horse has been a part of who I am for almost as long as I have had a memory. The horse has both ruined me and saved me and I have hopelessly and happily surrendered to this love affair.  See: Bio, Gallery  Contact: Email or 0417 787 612
  
  
• Stephen Glassborow - "Sculpture today has no rules - anything can be used and explained. Using the figure, however, requires a discipline and a skill that takes years to master. Being a contemporary sculptor, I like to extend the boundaries of more traditional sculpture by overlapping the figures with current aesthetics."  Classical, Contemporary, Public, Wall Reliefs  Contact: glass@ihug.com.au or (02) 9918 7450 in Australia.
  
  
• Bill Clements Just as in the last 40 years, the human image has all but disappeared from Australian landscape painting, a similar reductiveness has occurred in sculpture.  Artist's CV, Improbable Images in Public Spaces  Contact: clements@dragnet.com.au
  
  
• Everlasting to Everywhere - Shaun Gray - Technical Notes on Castings
  
  
• Des McKenna - Woodcarver - Sculptor  Des McKenna and his wife Carmel live in the hills of Upper Beaconsfield in Victoria, Australia where they have raised a family of eleven many of whom are practising artists.  Des is a member of the Victorian Woodworkers Association and regularly exhibits with them and is a professional member of Craft Victoria where colour slides of his work are available for public viewing.  See: Bio, His work, Galleries  Contact: djmsculp@net2000.com.au or Within Australia [03] 5944 3516
  From outside Australia [613] 5944 3516 in Upper Beaconsfield Victoria.
  
  
• James Powditch Mixed media constructions.  Bio, Exhibitions,  Reviews and Articles Contact: james@jamespowditch.com.au in Sydney
  
  
• Peter Taylor Australian Sculptor The subject of my work is investigating the complex irreconcilability of human values, with special concern for the proposition that, for humanity generally, "the contained determines the container"   Christopher Trotter Sculptor - Sealife, Vitae, Public Art (including insects), Birds, Workshop
  
  
• John Cornwell is a fifth generation Australian, born (1930) and brought up in Sydney.  A noted Australian artist, John is also an accomplished sculptor.  His work includes Flinders' cat Trim, in bronze for the New South Wales State Public Library (Sydney 1996); and bronze bas-reliefs of an Infantryman and Land Army girl, for the Memorial Arch in Kiama Rotary Park, for "Australia Remembers," 1996, placed near his bronze bas-relief, The Pioneers, done in 1988.
  
  
• Ron Rowe Artist - Developing aspects of Multimedia and New Technologies linked to computer and video processes related to my work in three dimensional installations  Bio, Exhibitions
  
  
• Robert Hague, Sculptor - Folded and Welded Steel, monumental and personal - The First Stone, Index of Works  Contact: r_hague@hotmail.com 
  
  
• Adriano Gemelli - Adriano works with a diverse range of mediums for his art works. Traditional mediums such as oils are available, however, the majority of his recent works have been created using the new patented technique of working with holospectral material.  Corporate Works, CurriculumVitae, Gallery  Contact: adriano@adriangemelli.com.au or (03) 9328 5963 in North Melbourne Vic 
  
  
• Edward Ginger - My recent work which I think of as re-invented spiritual images that embody an imagined global mysticism, consist of approximately fifty 3D and 2D art works. The 3D works are in a variety of materials including wood and metal.  Sculpture Global Village Series, Bio  Contact: edginger@alphalink.com.au 
  
  
• Alex Kolozsy Bronze Sculpture, Portraits - Bronzes, Galleries, Studio  Contact: askolozsy@kolozsy.com.au or 612  9831-3919 in Blacktown NSW
  
  
• Vlase Nikoleski - Vlasé (pronounced Vlasay) Nikoleski lives and works in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. You can contact him via email at mail@vlase-nikoleski.com.au, or telephone +61 2 4961 3733  Recent Work
  
  
• Buchel - Artist, Sculptor.  Sculpture using Metalic enamels, brass, metalic materials, gemstones and timber.  
  
  
• South Australian Visual Artists
  
  
  • Carol Argent Casting shapes and objects is my passion. I like to create tactile and 3 dimensional works, drawing inspiration from nature and other cultures.
    
    
  • Christine Pyman The excitement, pleasure, humour or poignancy of my surroundings, whether actual or intellectual, I express in my work.
    
    
  • Cristina Metelli My ceramic sculptural work explores the form of horses in a range of different characters combining natural, earthy elements.
    
    
  • Don Swales-Smith - The recent find of the Lindow Man in Wilmslow, near where I was born, and remembered customs and superstitions of my boyhood in the high peak district of Derbyshire, thought now to be of Celtic origin, have inspired my latest work with a Celtic theme
    
    
  • John Rogers The figure has always captured my imagination. I feel  my task is to find the soul of a piece with chance allowing the pieces distortion within their development.
    
    
  • Marilyn Daws My fascination with the images I have of childhood and its pastimes, from bygone eras to present day, are created through the "Krystal Kids". Qualities that only children possess are often lost, so I endeavour to capture precious moments, sculptured in high-fired clay.
    
    
  • Reneta Slikboer Study reality but not through text books. Walk past the wonders of Psychology through a mirror. Observe the knots of the world through your neighbour's mask. This is how I read the book of life, my sculptures are the text and pictures.
    
    
  • Steve Davidson - "Life's first dilemma is survival, then there is its value, that value is in our creativity. Our combined creativity is our culture, yet our combination is indistinct, our dilemma is in assessment of life and art our practice of evaluation."
    
    
• Melbourne: Australian Sculpture Server This site aims to showcase the work of Australian sculptors.  Sculptors
  
  
• Ballarat: Australian Sculptors Server at the University of Ballarat Arts Department
  
  
  • Lauren Berkowitz - Andrew Burnham - Sandy Caldow - Marc Clark - Jock Clutterbuck - Augustine Dall’ava - Elwyn Dennis - Antoinette Edmunds - Jutta Fedderson - Anne Elizabeth Ferguson - Herbert Flugelman - Ernst Fries - Gregory Johns - Inge King - Mary Knott - Michael Le Grand - Adrian Mauriks - Trefor Prest - Ron Rowe - Michael Santry - Laurens Tan - Paul Trappe - Ronald Upton - Ray Woolard - Dan Wollmering
    
    
• SEEN Seen was founded in Melbourne in 1999 by Painter Mike McLean to ... publish and promote artist's of all stature for free.  See Articles, Sculptors
  
  
  • J. Kinder Hollis - Pamela Irving - Neil McClure - Merryn Spencer
    
    
• Wild Anvils bring together like-minded people thereby providing a focus for local jewellers and metalsmiths - particularly recent graduates and students, who may be working in isolation. 
  
  
  • Anna Small - Annie Brownsworth - Bronwen Watts - Carole-Anne Fooks - Christine Pyman - Daniel Schütt - Deb Miller - Elizabeth Gordon-Mills - Racquel Austin - Robert King
    
    
• Woodcarving and Woodworking
  
  
• Des McKenna - Woodcarver - Sculptor - The Artist - His work
  
  
• Sculptor and Artist Leigh Morgan creator of sensuous timber sculpture and carvings in red cedar and native Australian woods.  Artist Profile, Sculpture
  
  
• Kevin Gilders Began Chainsaw Carving in the early 1980's and has been full-time, self employed in chainsaw carving and fine woodworking since 1995  Public Sculptures, Gallery
  
  
• Australian Wood Artisans Promotions We offer a broad range of topics ranging from trade enquiries for building supplies to carvings, sculpture, miniatures, marquetry, woodturning and furniture created by a number of Australian artists.  
  
  
  • Ainslie Pyne - Ainslie has become well-known for having carved the figurehead of the South Australian historical sailing ship The One And All. She is also known for carving a life-size statue of The Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop, which is the shrine at the convent of the Sisters of St Joseph at Norwood, South Australia.
    
    
  • John Nelson - His work is of a quite individual, detailed style.  Much of John's miniature work depicts small creatures of the Australian environment, some of them from the "endangered species" list.
    
    
• Victorian Woodworkers' Association - Members Gallery
  
  
  • WoodLink - Excellent resource!
  • Wood events 2001
  • Woodwork clubs in Australia
  • Oz Woodworkers
  • Australian Woodwork schools, teachers, lectures & workshops
    
    
• Galleries
  
  
• Contemporary Australian Art Gallery 
  
  
• National Gallery of Australia - sculpture garden - Sculpture Search
  
  
• National Gallery of Victoria 
  
  
• Queensland Art Gallery - Queensland Art Gallery links to other Queensland art sites
  
  
• Art Gallery of Western Australia - Exhibitions, Links
  
  
• Perth International Arts Festival 2002 - Visual Arts, Visual Arts Events
  
  
• Northern Territories Department of Arts and Museums
  
  
  • Arts Links in Australia <-- Great Resource!
    
    
• Art Gallery of South Australia - Australian Collection
  
  
• Aartlinks.com an excellent jumping off place for art in Australia
  
  
  • Arts Publications in Australia
  • Australian Sculptors - Beecroft, Chris - Hamilton, David -  
  • Aussie Indigenous Art
    
    
• Inta Goddard Western Australian Abstract Artist Sculpture, Resume
  
  
• Artclique - Lyn Marshall Sculpture Gallery
  
  
• Helena Bischof Gallery - Representing some of the finest Craft produced in Australia, 'Helena Bischof Gallery' represents a wide variety of craft forms, covering everything; exquisite glassware, ceramics, sculpture, paintings and Jewellery etc  See: Artists' Gallery Pages  Contact: hb@helenabischof.com.au or (612) 9281 2510 in Darling Harbour NSW
  
  
• Art Gallery of New South Wales Formally established in 1874, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is home to some of the world's most outstanding collections of art.  Collection,  About Us  (you will find this gallery excruciating to navigate, but it might be worth the trouble.)
  
  
• Schools and University Art/Sculpture Departments
  
  
• Sydney College of the Arts Academic staff at SCA believe studio-based learning is integral to any visual arts degree and understand the importance of working with professional artists, designers and crafts people.
  
  
  • Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery+Metal, Sculpture, Staff
    
    
• The University of Melbourne
  
  
  • Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
    • Australian Sculpture Server - Artists
      
      
• University of Ballarat - School of Arts - Visual Arts Home
  
  
• Australian National University - ArtServe - Arts, Faculty of - Arts Centre, ANU
  
  
  • Art, Canberra School of (CSA)
  • Art History, Humanities (Faculties)
    
    
• South Australian School of Art The South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia, has a long and proud history. It is one of the oldest art schools in Australia commencing in 1856.  What you can study, Related Links
  
  
• University of New South Wales - COFA - School of Art
  
  
• Flinders University Fine Arts
  
  
• Adelaide Central School of Art - School of Art
  
  
• MLC Home Page - SS Handbook - Studio Arts - Sculpture-Ceramics
  
  
• Southern Cross University - School of Contemporary Arts - Gallery - Studios -  Sculpture Studio
  
  
• The Helpmann Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts
  
  
• Links and Databases
  
  
• The Australia Foundation for Culture & the Humanities
  
  
• Artstralia.com.au - The Australian arts and crafts search engine - ARTstralia lists all Australian arts, crafts and related industries, state by state. All in one easy to use search engine.  
  
  
• Australia Council for the Arts
  
  
  • Arts councils
    • Queensland Arts Council - Arts Queensland
    • Arts Council of New South Wales
    • Byron Shire Arts Council
    • Gunnedah Arts Council
    • Mallacoota Arts Council
    • Regional Arts Australia
    • Victorian Arts Council
    • Wagga Wagga Arts and Cultural Advisory Council
      
      
• Australian Network for Art and Technology
  
  
• Australian Art - Art Tour, Australian Artist Index (primarily print)
  
  
• Australian Art - Artseek resource index
  
  
  • Australian art organisations
    • ORCA - Online Resource for Community-based Arts
    • Artsinfo
    • Australian Visual Arts Resources
    • Sydney Arts Net
  • Artists' Pages
  • Australian art related publications
    
    
• Museums and Sculpture Parks
  
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney) -  (another beast to navigate) - Exhibitions
  
  
• Macquarie University Sculpture Park
  
  
• National Association for the Visual Arts
  
  
• Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  
  
• Australian National University - ArtServe
  
  
  • Sculptures in the Grounds of the National Gallery of Australia
    
    
• Art Magazines in Australia
  
  
• Art and Australia Magazine Taking pride of place as Australia's premier visual arts publication, Art and Australia provides contemporary perspectives on Australian and international art of relevance to a global art community.  ART Directory, Contents, Back Issues
  
  
• Art Seen in Western Australia by Judith McGrath - The aim of this site is to provide an open venue for reviews and comments on the visual arts scene in this state. Reviews, Links including Western Australia sculptors:
  
  
  • Alan Fox - Glass Artist
  • Graham Hay - Sculptor
  • Nick Horn - Sculptor
  • Andrew Kay - Sculptor
  • Irene Poulton - Ceramicist
  • Gerry Reilly - Glass Designs
  • Ian Young - Sculptor
    
    
• Artist Services and Suppliers 
  
  
• 200 Gertrude Street 200 Gertrude Street was founded in 1983 as a non profit contemporary art complex of gallery spaces and studio facilities. The organisation provides professional support to artists in the early stages of their careers.  
  
  
• Arts Law Centre of Australia
  
  
• Australia Business Arts Foundation
  
  
• National Association of Visual Arts
  
  
• Fuel4Arts
  
  
• Australian manufacturers wholesalers and services guide 
  
  
  • Millennium Art Services
    
    

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• Sculpture by Priya (broken link)
  
  
• Bryan Newell - Sculpture - Cold cast bronze, cast marble, figurative - About the artist  (link broken)
  
  
• Anna B Holan (link broken)
  
  
• William Glavin, sculptor - About me - Gallery 1 - Gallery 2 (link broken)
  
  
• Sculptress in the Culture Garden (link broken)
  
  
• People Craft (link broken)
  
  
• Mike Adams - Cast Bronze Sculpture, Visit the Foundry, Artist's Statement
  
  
• Tasmania: Ruth Waterhouse was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She studied Sculpture at the Tasmanian School of Art, and completed an Associate Diploma of Fine Arts in 1984. During this time she gained experience in bronze foundry techniques and developed skills modelling in wax. In 1986 Ruth established her own small business, With a workshop, studio and foundry facilities, pleasantly situated in the foothills of Mt. Wellington, south of Hobart. Examples of Ruth's work