Nicole O'Regan | Sculpture on the Farm Dungog

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Sculptor

Nicole O’Regan

With 17 years experience in structural steel fabrication, my practice bridges industry and art through figurative sculptures. I select natural stones for their unique shapes, encasing them in steel to highlight their raw, unaltered presence. My work explores strength, vulnerability, and the body as both structure and symbol. My sculptures have been exhibited extensively, from city centres to regional spaces. I have completed two public commissions and fabricated seven more for other artists, contributing to public art nationwide. I am dedicated to making art accessible to all.

Exhibitions
Somewhere down the Lachlan, Forbes 2016
Sculpture in the Gardens, Mudgee 2016 – 2024
Regional art exhibition, Condobolin 2016
Regional art exhibition, Oberon 2016
Rydal and district show, Rydal 2016
Orange Regional Art Gallery 2017, 2023, 2024
Camden art prize, Camden 2018
Sculpture in the Scrub, Rydal 2018, 2019
Sculpture in an Orange garden 2019
Lake Light Sculpture, Jindabyne 2019, 2023, 2025
Sculpture for Clyde, Batemans bay 2019, 2024
Bathurst regional art gallery 2019, 2021, 2023
Sculpture on the Farm, Dungog 2018, 2023
6 x 6 x 6 miniature sculpture show, Defiance Gallery 2021, 2022, 2023
Sculpture at Sawmillers 2022
Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi 2022, 2024
Ceramic Break 2022
Finalist Mudgee portrait prize 2023, 2024
Sculpture @ Scratchley 2023, 2024
HIDDEN, Rookwood cemetery 2023
Eden Unearthed 2023
North Sydney Art Prize 2024
Urunga small sculpture prize 2024
East Gippsland Art Gallery 2024
Quadrant Gallery, Feel good 2025

Awards and Prizes
2016 Winner, people’s choice award. Oberon Regional art exhibition
2016 Winner, three dimensional. Oberon art exhibition
2016 Winner, overall. Condobolin Regional art exhibition
2016 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, sculpture Rydal and districts show
2017 Winner Tarana art prize
2018 Winner Tarana art prize
2018 People’s choice award. Sculpture in the Scrub
2019 Winner Sculpture in the scrub
2021 Winner, Friends of Sculptures in the Garden Mudgee
2022 People’s choice award. Ceramic Break sculpture park
2023 Finalist, portrait prize Mudgee arts precinct
2023 Winner, peer award Sculptures @ Scratchley
2023 Winner, stone award Sculpture on the Farm
2023 People’s choice award 2nd. Hidden in Rookwood
2024 Finalist, North Sydney art prize
2024 Finalist, Urunga Small Sculpture prize
2024 Highly commended Rydal art show
2024 People’s Choice Urunga Small Sculpture Prize
2024 Winner, Sculpture Prize East Gippsland
2025 Finalist Naked & Nude Art Prize