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Megan McCarthy

Phone: 0457 523 793 Email: Address: 8 Regent Street, Tingira Heights Education 2019 Enrolled in MA Teaching Secondary at Avondale College 2013-2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts at Newcastle University 1992 Completed HSC at Pittwater High School Group Exhibitions 2019 Response, 22nd June-4th August, Hunter Regional Botanical Gardens 2019 Printed, February, Cessnock Regional Gallery 2018 NEAP, November Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize, Newcastle Art Space 2018 Festival X – The Grad show, November 7-18, Watt Space Student Gallery 2018 The F Word, 6-31 March, Watt Space Student Gallery 2018 Libris Awards, 6 May – 19 August, Artspace Mackay 2018 Hunters Hill Art Prize, May, Hunters Hill Council 2018 Temp, May 16 – June 3 Watt Space Student Gallery 2018 Reframe, August, Watt Space Student Gallery 2018 Memoranda, June, Newcastle University Gallery 2017 Beyond the Book, 6-23 April, Acrux Gallery 2017 What is Art, March, Watt Space Student Gallery 2017 Lessons in Print, 16-2 April, Watt Space Student Gallery 2016 Show of Strength, 25 November -10 December, Alchemy Art Space 2016 Art4Trog, 6-16 May, Newcastle Art Space 2016 Fuel For Thought,…

Nathan Keogh

I did not initially set out to engage in the creative realm. However, through adverse circumstances this newfound passion ultimately found me. My academic background includes a Masters Degree in Philosophy from The University of Newcastle in 2016, with a focus on painting and sculpture. Through this experience, I came to recognize that the art of creation can convey a depth of meaning beyond what language can articulate. Primarily, my work is rooted in abstractionism, with the human form serving as key inspirations. As mentioned above I’m a Newcastle based artist, predominantly playing with paint or getting dirty in the workshop attempting to make art. I share a studio with my partner at the Creator Incubator in Newcastle Primarily, my work is rooted in abstractionism, I’m lucky enough to be working in the arts. Which serves as motivation to be constantly contemplating and questioning. The Creator Incubator is where I’m fortunate to have my studio, a community of 38 other creatives. I have been fortunate to have my work displayed in numerous private collections and exhibited at regional galleries. Additionally,…

Patricia Van Lubeck

I’m a self-thaught artist (1965), born in Amsterdam, moved to New Zealand 10 years ago and then moved to Australia, Maitland in 2017. In 2010 I received a grant of 25.000 USD of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation to boost my carreer. Crystel Chen of gallery iShen said: “Patricia’s latest series ‘Unveiled’ pinpoints familiar human characteristics and paints them as refreshingly positive statements of individualism. Her series of landscapes are though-provoking metaphors personifying the endless roles we all inhabit throughout life. Trees are painted as symbols to represent particular characteristics. Patricia encourages the viewer to compose their own meanings from her paintings, but believes that the universality of these subjects will prompt people to identify fragments of their own selves in her work.” (group) Exhibitions: 2019 Blackstone gallery, Newcastle, Australia (18 May – 22 June) 2018 ‘Trades hall’, Bendigo, Australia First Prize WINNER (October) 2018 Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan (18 – 21 May) 2017 Lethbridge gallery, Brisbane, Australia FINALIST (10 – 19 June) 2017 ART Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan 2015 ‘100 Days of Dutch art’ Ishen gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2015 Ishen…

Peter Read

|19 Pulver street, Hamilton South, Newcastle, 2303 | 0406007914 Education Diploma of Visual Art (Sculpture), Canberra, School of Art, Canberra, A.C.T, 1978. Foundry Certificate, School of Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 1980. Graduate Diploma of Education, Newcastle College of Advanced Education, Newcastle, NSW, 1985. Employment History 1984-2009 Head Teacher of Sculpture, Full time teacher-Sculpture and Drawing, School of Art & Media, Hunter Institute of Technology, Hunter Street Campus, Newcastle. 1983 -1984 Part-time teacher of Sculpture, School of Art & Design, East Sydney College. 1981 Part-time Lecturer in Sculpture, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne. 1980 Employed in Foundry, School of Sculpture, Royal College of Art, UK. Selected Exhibitions; 1980-2019 1980 – Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize, Sydney, NSW. 1981 – Creative Space, Studio Access, Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW. 1982 – Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Object Sculpture, Biennale of Sydney, NSW. 1984 – Recent Works, Group Exhibition, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW. 1985 – Meridian Show, Sturt and Nolan Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria. 1987 – Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW. 1988 – Painters Gallery, Amnesty International, Figurative Art…

Peter Simmons

I’m an artist that loves the natural world and uses my interactions with it to make my creations in the form of stone and or wooden sculptures as well as illustrations and the use of pyrography (woodburning) I’ve always been interested in art from an early age but over the years I’ve let life interfere with it. I left the Navy and went to art Newcastlead college of advanced education to do plant and wildlife illustration but after a year I decided I needed a job more than an arts degree. I started dabbling in sculpture at Rodger Mcfarlane’s studio in Newcastle at the end of the 90’s and stayed the course with just sculpture and didn’t pick up my pens and pencils again until 2015 and haven’t stopped since. I also acquired a love for Pyrography over the last few years and now I’m retired I’m at it with a vengeance. Exhibitions and Prizes March 2000 installed “Snowgums” in Thredbo. 2001 highly recommended Wyong arts festival. 2001, 2002, 2003 Darling Park sculptors society exhibitions. 2003 Tilligerry art prize 1st…

Rebecca Pierce

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019, Cheesecake Pavlova and Jelly Beans, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2018, Bouquet Garni, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2018 Give me a Spoon, Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle 2018 The Beach, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2017 The Simple Life, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2017 Harbouring the Beach, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2016 Transitionalism, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney– Split Persona–Poles Apart, 2015 Like Baking A Cake, Brisbane Modern Gallery, Brisbane, The Happy Point, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney – Sun & Moon, Traffic Jam Galleries , Sydney – Solid Rock, Traffic Jam Galleries Sydney 2013 Wild Child and Scapes, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney, 2014 Soft Edges + Hard Centres, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2012 Bordering on Spring, Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle – Above, Beyond & Below, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney 2011 Colour and Light, Gadfly Gallery, Perth 2010 A Textured Perspective, Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle – A Textural Panorama, ABD, Perth 2009 Collection, ABD The Gallery, Perth – Daisy and Lizzie (my only friend), Blacksphere Gallery, Melbourne – The Colour of Flowers, Galerie Dauphin, Singapore – Stories Upon Stories, Cooks Hill Galleries,…

Ren Thackham

Making animals out of jackets, not the other way around. Ren Thackham is an award winning film maker and artist based in Manly, she only produces a small number of sculptures each year around her film career and has exhibited in Australia, England and Spain. Second Coat is a simple reversal of killing an animal to make a jacket and a lot of her pieces focus on endangered animals. The seed of the idea came from a production design job where Ren had to make a wolf mask out of leather for a film and she chose to recycle a broken leather jacket for the materials. Over the last couple of years she has created and sold many of these eco-friendly animal trophies. I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to exhibit in various galleries in Australia and abroad and I recently had the honour of bringing home 2nd Prize at the Barcelona International Art Fair at Museu Marítim de Barcelona in December 2016. Sculpture on the Farm marks her final exhibition before production of her debut feature film, an action comedy called ‘Ridgy Didge’ starring…

Rhonda Castle

Rhonda Castle is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her work integrates bronze, Corten steel, sheet metal, sandstone, acrylic, timber and found objects. Rhonda explores and experiments with techniques and the use of these materials to produce sculptures that aim to convey emotional energy through form that lends itself to her expressive work. She holds a Diploma in Visual Arts (Newcastle) and has graduated from National Art School (Sydney) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Castle has exhibited widely including Sculpture in the Vineyards (Hunter Valley), Kangaroo Valley, Bermagui, Sculpture in the Gardens (Mudgee), Lake Lights (Jindabyne), Sculpture By the Harbour (Hunters Hill), Coal Loader Art Exhibition (Waverton) and many others throughout regional NSW. Castle involves herself with many of the local community events on the Central Coast including being principal organiser and curator of Sculpture at Kooindah, curating Sculpture on the Greens, Yarramalong Arts Trail and Forest of Tranquility. Castle has held workshops focusing on youth vocational activities along with Online Seasonal Youth Workshops with National Art School assisting tutors in delivering interactive Colour Workshops. She also facilitates and supports community workshops in…

Rod Buckland

I started sculpting in 2016 mainly using scrap metal, a MIG welder and an oxy torch. I incorporate old tools, farm machinery, timber and occasionally other mediums to create unique one off pieces of sculpture. I have developed my Sculpting style over the years by finding unique shapes that mimic nature whether they are lying in a scrap heap or items listed on the market place as my inspiration and ideas. I am a born and bred local from Toowoomba Queensland. I discovered my passion for making sculptures back in 2016 when my mother Robyn, who is an avid frog collector, asked me if he could make her a steel frog. The project was put into motion in my backyard shed. I am a Boilermaker by trade and downed tools some 18 years ago and took up an office-based role in the structural steel industry. I mainly make one off pieces of art mainly from scrap metal and I try to incorporate a personal part in every sculpture whether it be an old spanner or a piece of machinery that…

Rudi Jass

Born 1953 in Germany Full time artist since 1990 Working primarily in stainless steel and corten steel. Member of the Association of Sculptures of Victoria Member of Contemporary Sculptors Association Member of Kinetic Art Organisation Exhibitions 2009 Toorak village sculpture exhibition 2010 Toorak village sculpture exhibition 2010 association of sculptors of Victoria at MIFGs 2010 association of sculptors of Victoria at Tesselars 2007 Montalto sculpture exhibition 2011 Salt Gallery, Queenscliff 2011 Montalto sculpture exhibition 2011 association of sculptors of Victoria at MIFGs 2011 Kooindah Acquisitive Sculpture Prize Exhibition, NSW 2012 Salt Gallery, Queenscliff 2012 Montalto sculpture exhibition 2012 association of sculptors of Victoria at MIFGs 2012 finalist Mt Buller Award & Exhibition 2012 finalist at Yerring Station sculpture award 2012 association of sculptors of Victoria at Tesselars 2013 finalist at Mt Buller Sculpture Price 2013 association of sculptors of Victoria at MIFGs inalist A 2013 Yerring station outdoor sculpture exhibition 2013 association of sculptors of Victoria at Tesselars 2014 association of sculptors of Victoria at MIFGs inalist A 2014 Yerring station outdoor sculpture exhibition 2014 association of sculptors of Victoria…

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