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Now in its 16th year, the ‘Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize’, Australia’s pre-eminent national award for small sculpture presented by Woollahra Council, has announced the 46 finalists for 2016. From 614 entries, the guest judges – CEO and Group Fairs Director of Art Fairs Australia Barry Keldoulis, Senior Curator at Macquarie University Art Gallery Rhonda Davis and Ambassador for the visual arts and cultural icon, Wendy Whiteley OAM – the finalist works showed innovation and diversity in their take on an original, freestanding sculpture measuring up to 80cm in any dimension.
Works spanned a range of materials including stone, ceramic, paper, thread, wire, metal, resin and electronic detritus. The works address political, social, personal and playful themes and showed a high standard.
The 2016 finalist artists are: Andrew Rogers (Vic); Alan Constable (Vic); Alan Rose (NSW); Andrew Southall (Vic); Carol Lehrer Crawford (NSW); Craig Waddell (NSW); Cyrus Tang (Vic); Daniel Templeman (Qld); David Capra (NSW); Del Kathryn Barton (NSW); Dinni Kunoth Kemarre (WA); Emma Coulter (Vic); Glenda Kent (SA); Hugh McLachlan (TAS); James Parrett (Vic); Jan Downes (NSW); Jason Waterhouse (Vic); Joan Ross (NSW); Julie Rrap (NSW); Jurek Wybraniec (WA); Kirsteen Pieterse (Hong Kong); Kris Coad (Vic); Lauren Brincat (NSW); Louis Pratt (NSW); Louise Haselton (SA); Louise Kerr (NSW); Lucy Barker (NSW); Lynda Draper (NSW); Nerissa Lea (TAS); Owen Leong (NSW); Peter Zappa (WA); Phil Cousins (Vic); Philip Jarvis (NZ); Rocket Mattler (NSW); Rodney Pople (NSW); Rose Nolan (Vic); Seb Brown (Vic); Shane Forrest (NSW); Sherna Teperson (NSW); Stephen Benwell (Vic); Stephen Bird (NSW); Susanna Strati (NSW); Tetsuro Yamasaki (Japan); Todd Robinson (NSW); Walter Auer (NSW); Yioryios (NSW).
Prize winners will be announced at the launch of the 2016 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize on Friday 14 October 2016 at Woollahra Council in Sydney.
