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Samantha Hanicar
I am an Australian-Croatian sculptor working primarily with cast concrete. After 14 years as a gallery assistant, I recently stepped away to focus on my own sculptural practice, which I began quietly in 2022.
My work investigates how architecture and material hold memory, drawing on fragments such as slabs, core samples, and foundations.
Influenced by brutalist architecture and post-war infrastructure, I create cast forms that suggest excavation, buried systems, and the slow erosion of built environments — objects that sit between construction and collapse, surface and depth.
Exhibitions and Prizes
2025 – Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize
2023 – Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
2023 – Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2023 – Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize
2023 – Solo Exhibition, Lost Bear Gallery, Katoomba
2023 – Finalist, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize
2022–23 – Duo Exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
2022 – Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2022 – Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Collections
Private collections in Australia and the United Kingdom