Since starting my professional career as a sculptor and ceramicist in the late 1970s, I have accumulated over 40 years full-time studio practice in the visual arts. In 1991 I successfully completed post-graduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. From 1993 I coordinated and was a design participant in a regionally based urban design program. From 1996 I have completing a substantial number of public sculpture commissions and built an extensive exhibition history.
The years spent as a ceramicist, mastering the precise discipline of clay and fire and developing a strong eye for form has honed a substantial skills set. This foundation has given me the ability to undertake a diverse range of projects, utilising a range of materials from ceramics to resin, steel and bronze.
In my search for dynamic coherence within the image, I draw on a conceptual foundation and intuition to create sculpture that reflects my interest in describing the phenomena of community, the interplay between the individual and the collective, intimacy and anonymity, and how each of these influences our relationship with the various environments in which we exist.
CURRICULUM VITAE
1958 Born Edenhope, Victoria, Australia
Qualifications
1978 Started full time ceramics studio
1991 Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts
Commissions
2018 private commission, J Robson
2017 Commutable Spaces, acquisition, The City of Greater Geelong
2016 Farmer Pete, The community of Minyip and shire of Yarriambiack
Oasis, The community of Brim and the Shire of Yarriambiack
2015 Flux, commission City of Greater geelong
2013 Dingo commission, the community of Warracknabeal
2012 Werribee river sculpture commission, Wyndham City Council: Private commission, R & R Berry
2011 Laverton Train Station, City of Hobsons Bay
2010 Somerset Estate, Bannockburn: Narri Warren Tennis Precinct, City of Casey
2007 Wyndham City council Tarneit Community Centre. Warracknabeal Streetscape Project.
2006 Short-listed, City of Cardinia, Lakeside Public Art Program
2005 Short-listed, City of Hume, Public Art Project. Short-listed, City of Greater Dandenong Trading Places Public Art Project. Short-listed, City of Wodonga Public Art Project.
2004 Commissioned, Autumn Place Public Seating Project, City of Casey. Commissioned Berwick Hands on History Project, City of Casey. Short-listed Bundoora Public Art Project, City of Darebin.
2003 Commissioned Warracknabeal Streetscape Project. Commissioned Autumn Place Public Art Project, City of Casey. Short-listed City of Greater Dandenong Public Art Project.
2001 Short-listed Golden Plains Shire and Vic Health Meeting Place Art Project.
2000 Commissioned, City of Moreland Old Brunswick Town Hall Sculpture Project.
1999 Commissioned, Warracknabeal Streetscape Project. Commissioned, Central Dandenong Façade Improvement Scheme, Palm Plaza.
1998 Commissioned, City of Greater Dandenong Falkiner Reserve Sculpture Project. Commissioned, Central Dandenong Façade Improvement Scheme, Thomas Street.
1997 Commissioned, Victorian Work Cover Authority. Commissioned, Gardiners Creek Sculpture Project, City of Whitehorse (collaboration).
Professional Experience
2015 Guest Tutor, Department of graphic design, Gordon TAFE. Streetscape design for the communities of Minyp & brim
2008 Othello Cars Youth Project, Preston Secondary School
2001 Design of William Fry Reserve amenity building, City of Kingston. Guest tutor RMIT Public Art Faculty, Bundoora.
1998 Community Artist, Hampton Foreshore Project. Guest Tutor, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne. Pride of Place funding approved for Hopetoun Creative Village Project. Pride of Place funding approved for Beechworth Creative Village project. Advisor Pride of Place urban design program, Department of Infrastructure, Victoria.
1995- Sculpture and ceramics teacher, Centre for Community and Industry programs, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE. Artist in residence, Furlong School for the Deaf.
1994-
1997 Coordinator, Creative Village urban design program, Victorian Arts Council.
1994 Artist in Residence, Arts Woodend.
1993 Researcher, Creative Village urban design program, Victorian Arts Council.
1989 Freelance graphic artist, Holeproof. Sculptor’s assistant, Peter Corlett.
1987 Guest tutor, Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education.
1985 Established ceramics workshop and art gallery, Phillip Island.
1984 President, Green Triangle Craft Council
1983 Coordinating artist, City of Portland Mural project.
1980 One year’s work experience with Joe and Ray Finch, Britain.
1978 Established ceramics workshop, Portland, Victoria.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 ‘Village Life’ Intrude Gallery, East Malvern
1994 Kennedy and Co Gallery, Prahran.
1993 ‘Please Don’t Sit On The Grass’ Alliance Francaise, St Kilda
1989 Rathdowne Street Gallery, Carlton
1988 Etherlings of Malmsbury.
1987 Heathmere Gallery, Phillip Island. Switchback Gallery, Churchill.
1983 Red Hill Gallery, Red Hill.
Group Exhibitions
2018 Surfcoast Arts trail
2017 Surfcoast Arts Trail
2010 Artscape sculpture Exhibition, Byron Bay
2009 Banks Road Winery Sculpture Exhibition, Point Lonsdale
2008 ‘Sculpture By The Sea’, Sydney. Tessalar Sculpture Prize. Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
2007 ‘Sculpture By The Sea’, Sydney. ‘Lorne Sculpture Exhibition’. ‘Mount Buller Art Prize and Exhibition’. Werribee Park Sculpture Walk.
2006 ‘Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award’. Werribee Park Sculpture Walk. ‘9 x 5 exhibition’, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. ‘The 11th 6x6x6 Miniature Sculpture Show’, Defiance Gallery, Sydney.
2005 ‘He Who Inspires’, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Maribyrnong Arts Festival, 26 Nicholson Street, Footscray.
2004 ‘The Motor Show’, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood. Contemporary Sculptors Association exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood.
2000 ‘Saloni Mediterranean Goes South’, Roar Studios, Fitzroy.
1998 Association of Sculptors of Victoria exhibition.
1997 ‘Central Goldfields Sculpted’, Maryborough, Victoria. ‘3rd Annual Working Art Visual Arts exhibition’, Steps Gallery, Carlton. ‘The 13th biennial Spring Festival of Drawing’, Mornington Peninsula, Regional Gallery.
1996 ‘6th Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition’, Gasworks Park, Port Melbourne. Association of Sculptors of Victoria exhibition.
1995 Hyde Street Gallery, Footscray. Collaborative Instillation, Footscray MAP project, Footscray Library. Northcote Pottery.
1994 Philip Island. Hyde Street Gallery, Footscray.
1993 Philip Island.
1991 Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne.
1990 ‘Sculpture In The Moat’, National Gallery Of Victoria. Kyneton Botanical Gardens.
1998 Grey Street Gallery, Hamilton. Warrnambool Regional Gallery. Jam Factory, Adelaide. Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne.
1987 Gippsland Touring Exhibition. AMP Building, Melbourne. Meat Market Craft Centre, Melbourne. Warragul Regional Gallery.
1986 Heathmere Gallery, Philip Island. Warragul Regional Gallery.
1984 Edenhope, with father, John Finck. Warrnambool Regional Gallery, with Robert Ullman.
Collections
FCL Containers
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education
Hamilton Regional Gallery
Latrobe Valley Arts Centre
Realty Resources
Sale Regional Gallery
Warrnambool Regional Gallery
Private Collections In Australia and overseas