Braddon Snape

Education / Qualifications (selected)

2020 Doctor of Philosophy (Fine Art) The University of Newcastle

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2019 An Act of Restraint, Nanda Hobbs, Chippendale
Internal Pressure, The Lockup Contemporary Art Space, Newcastle
2018 Intangible Content, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, East Sydney
2017 The INvisible Void, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, East Sydney
2016 Materiality Performed – Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Internal Forces – Braddon Snape, Spot 81, Chippendale
2008 Braddon Snape – unclassified, John Miller Gallery, Newcastle
2006 Braddon Snape – John Miller Gallery, Newcastle
2004 Installation, Negotiating The Void – Newcastle Region Art Gallery
2002 Braddon Snape – John Miller Gallery, Newcastle
Installation, The Matrix Configurations – Intrados Gallery, Newcastle
1999 MFA Exhibition – Angst, Equilibrium & The Other – John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
1996 Braddon Snape – von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2020 Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020
Spring Show, Nanda Hobbs, Chippendale
2019 Response, Hunter Region Botanical Gardens
Hunter Red: Corpus, Newcastle Art Gallery
2018 Incubating Fibre, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle
Sydney Contemporary, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Carriageworks
2017 Soft Core Artist Showcase, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Conny Dietzschold Gallery, East Sydney
2016 Next to Nothing (Art as Performance), The Lockup, Newcastle
2015 Just Paper, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Clouds Intersected, China Cultural Centre, Sydney
2014 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
25 Watt, Watt Space 25th Anniversary, Newcastle
2013 Sculpture 2013, Syndicate @ Danks, Sydney (Waterloo)
2012 Inspiring Artists, Pat Corrigan Grant Recipients, Maitland Region Art Gallery
Absence, Forsight Gallery, Newcastle
Absence, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Waterloo
International Sculpture Festa 2012, Seoul, Korea
Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize – Woollahra, Sydney
2009 Arousing Newcastle – Art Systems Wickham, Newcastle
Art Works – Staff show Newcastle Art School, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle
Now – Art Systems Wickham, Newcastle
Jam – Newcastle Art School Staff Exhibition, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle
2008 Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
2007 McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award – Langwarrin, Victoria
2006 Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
Sculpture 2006 – Maunsell Wickes @ Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
2005 Art and About, curated by Stella Downer – AMP Headquarters, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
Sculpture Inside – Maunsell Wickes @ Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
Recent Acquisitions – Newcastle Region Gallery
2004 Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
Sculpture 2004 Global Gallery – Paddington, Sydney
2003 Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi
Byrnes, Snape, Speight – Maitland City Art Gallery
Sculpture 2003 (Objective forms & Formal Objects) – Global Gallery, Paddington
2001 Yesterdays River Today – Maitland City Art Gallery
2000 Inaugural exhibition – Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle West
1999 Drawing from the Word – Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
1998 Future Perfect – ACUADS Conference, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
Iced Novos – PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney
1997 Guest Sculptor – Bretton Hall, College of Arts, The University of Leeds, UK

Awards (selected)

2018 Winner – Sculpture on the Farm, Acquisitive Prize Dungog NSW
2011 Lower Hunter Urban Design Award: Vantage Public Art
2009 Finalist – Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2007 Finalist – McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award, Langwarrin, Victoria
2004 Highly Commended – Casuarina Sculpture Walk, Casuarina, New South Wales
2003 The Australian Unrepresented Sculptor Award – Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
Central Coast Festival of Arts Sculpture Award Highly Commended
2002 Central Coast Festival of Arts Sculpture Award Winner
Winning Sculpture – Newcastle Regional Art Competition
1998 Macquarie Manufacturing Post Graduate Award for Sculpture
1994 Finalist – National Tertiary Art Prize, Hobart

Grants

2003-06 NSW Ministry of the Arts, Regional Artist Subsidy – Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
1999 The Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
NSW Government Ministry for the Arts Marketing Grant

Public Art / Commissions (selected)

2018 Clouds Gathering Maitland Riverlink, Maitland City Council NSW
2014 Water Wandering, Woolworths Medowie, NSW
2012 Re-entering the Exit, Crown Hatai, Seoul, south Korea
2011 Revealed – by time & tide, A History Passed, Exposed and Oared Walk,
Four Public Art projects for Vantage Landcom, Port Stephens
2009 Public Sculpture/Installation: The Journey – The Mater Hospital, Newcastle, Australia
2008 Public Sculpture: The SubWharfyen – Sydney Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney Commissioning agent – Charter Hall. Approval: Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
2007 Consultant – Public Art & Urban Design team for Vantage, Port Stephens
2005 A Drop in the Ocean – Linwood play sculpture, Newcastle City Council

Residencies/Symposia

2012 International Sculpture Festa 2012, Seoul, South Korea
1997 Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

Publications (selected)

2020 Artlink, Biopic Issue 40:4 December 2020, pp62-65
2016 Art Monthly, Issue 293, Oct 2016, PP36-37
2012 Sculpture is Fun ISF 2012, pp222-227
Public Art (Korea), 067, 2012-04, p46
2011 Sculpture by the Sea – the first fifteen years 1997-2011
2010 The Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum) p12, Nov 6, 2010
2009 Back to the City, Strategies for Informal Urban Interventions
2008 Indesign magazine, August 2008, Vol 34, p36
2004 Art Monthly – Artnotes, May 2004, No 169

Collections

Crown Hatai, Seoul, Korea; Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority; Port Stephens Council; Bretton Hall, College of Arts, The University of Leeds, UK; Newcastle Art Gallery; Newcastle City Council; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery; Maitland City Council; Maitland Regional Art Gallery; The University of Newcastle; Private Collections: Australia, Great Britain, China, USA.