EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

19 – 28 July 2017 | 9am – 5pm weekdays Central Park, 152- 158 St George’s Terrace,

Presented by Principal Partner WELCOME

A very warm welcome and thank you for joining us for a Sculpture by the Sea presentation of ‘Sculpture Outside In’, an exhibition of large contemporary sculpture by prominent Western Australian artists.

We congratulate the exhibiting artists Kathy Allam, Kerrie Argent, Mikaela Castledine, Jennifer Cochrane, Tom de Munk-Kerkmeer, Britt Mikkelsen, Denise Pepper and Andrea Vinkovic.

We hope you enjoy these works that resist the categorisation of outdoor sculpture by being presented inside, in a transformed state, with the memory of display at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe still vivid and relevant.

David Handley AM Founding Director Sculpture by the Sea KATHY ALLAM (WA)

Plastic Paradise Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017

MATERIALS: plastic, metal BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: variable Kathy Allam is an emerging artist The artist has exhibited in who graduated from Central numerous exhibitions. Her works PRICE: $18,850 Institute of Technology majoring have been recognised through in Sculpture in 2012. She has many awards and are in many exhibited regularly at Sculpture private collections and several by the Sea, Cottesloe since 2011, public collections including: the ARTIST STATEMENT receiving the Kids’ Choice Prize in Department of Premier and 2013, and exhibited at Sculpture Cabinet, WA; Ronald McDonald I am mulling over the issues concerning the mountains of by the Sea, Bondi in 2013. House; and Central Institute of consumer waste our society produces. The work re-uses Technology. and re-values discarded items by exploring the aesthetic Allam creates works which seem and material limits of plastic water bottles. to melt into the landscape, starkly juxtaposing the materials from which they are made. Her works create an awareness of the harsh realities of the prolific use of plastics in our daily lives and their detrimental effect on the environment.

Photo: Jessica Wyld KERRIE ARGENT (WA)

Homeless V Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017

MATERIALS: upcycled/recycled knitted fabrics, calico, steel BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: Pyramid: 240 h x 180 w x 180 d cm Working mostly with recycled and in 2007, the artist has participated Beanbag 1, 2 & 3: 120 diameter cm each upcycled materials, Kerrie Argent in five solo exhibitions, selected is an installation artist who collects sculptural exhibitions including regularly PRICE: Pyramid: $4,000 found objects in order to create her at Sculpture by the Sea, including Beanbags: $480 each sculptural works. With the concept internationally in , Denmark in for her works largely centred around 2013, and has undertaken many site- environmental issues both globally specific commissions. and locally, Argent collects everything Awards received by Argent include: ARTIST STATEMENT man made from textiles and fine silk Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2010 threads, to thousands of plastic lids, Homeless. Mountainous excess of unwanted unloved textiles. People’s Choice Award and Kid’s steel and corrugated iron. Sculpture by the Sea, Landfill homes for the homeless. Choice Award; Working with the concept of over- Cottesloe WA Sculptor’s Scholarship in consumption, Argent creates particular 2014 (joint recipient); Sculpture by the forms that remind us how we, living Sea, Bondi Mayor’s in the first world, are single-handedly Award in 2014; and the Sculpture by the consuming and destroying our natural Sea, Bondi Water and environment. Environmental Subsidy in 2014. Her Since completing a Bachelor of Arts, work is in private collections nationally and internationally. Photo: Ben Reynolds Visual Arts from Curtin University MIKAELA CASTLEDINE (WA)

Princess and the Pea Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017

MATERIALS: paracord, wood, aluminium BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: 80 h x 120 w x 120 d cm Of her practice, Mikaela Castledine Award in 2016 and the NAB Artist states: ‘Crochet is such an adaptable Support in 2017. Since 2013 she has PRICE: $17,500 medium and perfect for exploring exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi organic shapes. Every stitch is three times. important and plays its part in the She was born in the Wheatbelt of growth of the sculpture so you WA and grew up in the Perth hills ARTIST STATEMENT have to take care and pay attention, in a family of artists and makers. which makes it a very absorbing and She has qualifications in science and A reaction to abuse and child suicide, this work satisfying process.’ references how damage can be felt through the layers of interior design, is a published writer subsequent years. The crochet circles represent years and Castledine has been working as a and graduated in 2015 with an MA in the distortion shows the way we are shaped by our professional artist since 1992. She Writing and Literature from Deakin experiences. has participated in many solo and University. group shows at Perth galleries, and While Castledine is known for her 2D has won several prizes. In 2015 she work in the medium of paper collage, received the Melville Art Award. since winning the WA Sculpture Sculpture by the She has exhibited at Scholarship Award at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe four times since 2013, Sea, Cottesloe in 2013, she has been receiving the WA Sculptor Scholarship concentrating her attention on her 3D 2013, the Rio Tinto Sculpture Inside Photo: Richard Watson crochet works. JENNIFER COCHRANE (WA)

Steel Stack Monument Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2015

MATERIALS: mild steel BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: 120 h x 120 w x 120 d cm; Jennifer Cochrane graduated with Cochrane has exhibited at 120 h x 120 w x 120 d cm a Bachelor of Art in Fine Art Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi and from Curtin University in 1988. Cottesloe regularly since 2005 PRICE: $16,800 Her practice is predominantly and Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus in object based, creating sculptures 2013. She is a member of the and installations for public spaces Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe over the last 15 years. She has Decade Club. ARTIST STATEMENT exhibited throughout Cochrane’s works are and internationally including represented in various public and This work represents the beginning of another chapter in large-scale permanent works and an ongoing investigation of sculpture as monuments. private collections. Her public intimate site specific installations. commissions are numerous and At the core of her practice is an include sculptural works for: emphasis on process oriented Harvest Lakes Estate, Perth; the production, this production City of Mandurah Council inevitably involves repetitive Chambers; Parliament House, labour-intensive techniques to Western Australia; Anzac Park, create works that investigate Mount Hawthorn; and the Pilbara notions of interpretation and Police and Community Justice point of view. Photo: K. Drennan Services Complex, Karratha. BRITT MIKKELSEN (WA)

Aqua Fauna Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017

MATERIALS: acrylic, pvc, polyurethane, concrete BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: 146 - 246 h x 35 - 74 w x 35 - 65 d cm Britt Mikkelsen graduated from juxtaposes the natural subject Curtin University in 1993 with matter of her sculptures, PRICE: $1,800 to $2,800 each a Bachelor of Art in Fine Art, reminding us of man’s influence majoring in Sculpture. Until on nature, but also of nature’s 2006, she worked as scenic artist, resilience in spite of man. commercial interior designer, Mikkelsen exhibited at Sculpture ARTIST STATEMENT university lecturer and sculptor by the Sea, Cottesloe in 2015 and however from 2007 her focus 2017. She has received many We are often so busy we forget to appreciate the intricate shifted to sculpting. beauty of nature, and yet it is everywhere. Washed up, commissions and more recently discarded and unassuming, tiny wonders from an ocean so Mikkelsen’s artworks investigate has participated regularly in vulnerable, yet so extraordinary. the miniscule parts of nature. group exhibitions, those of which Her sculptures are informed by include in 2016: the Bayswater beachcombing and nature walk Arts Awards; City of Melville Art finds. Through her practice, Awards; and Wanneroo Arts objects are supersized, allowing Awards. the audience to appreciate Mikkelsen is represented in their unseen beauty. The use Western Australia by The Studio of industrial materials such Gallery, Yallingup. Photo: Ben Reynolds as acrylics and polyurethanes TOM DE MUNK-KERKMEER (WA)

Mega Pixel Power Tower Exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017.

BIOGRAPHY MATERIALS: wood, steel, aluminium, acrylic paint DIMENSIONS: 400 h x 120 w x 120 d cm Tom de Munk-Kerkmeer design, all of which manifest completed an Advanced Diploma throughout his works. PRICE: $10,000 in Fine Art Central TAFE in 2004 The artist has exhibited regularly and a Bachelor of Art and including: Sculpture by the Sea, Communication at Edith Cowan Cottesloe five times since 2011 University in 2009. and Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi ARTIST STATEMENT Born in Australia but raised in the twice since 2012, Melville Netherlands to an artistic family, Sculpture Walk in 2014 and The artist once played with LEGO, but has moved on to the artist has spent most of his Castaway in 2014. play with wooden blocks. With this playful, multi-coloured life understanding the notions of structure the artist wants to create an imaginary space for art, culture and migration. the light-hearted contemplation of human endeavour. De Munk-Kerkmeer merges these every day experiences into his creative journey which uses a diverse range of mediums including painting, writing, sculpture, puppet making, performance, installations, Photo: Jessica Wyld sustainable architecture and DENISE PEPPER (WA)

Leaden Hearts Exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017.

BIOGRAPHY MATERIALS: hand embossed copper shim (repousse), copper rivets and nails, In 2006 Pepper graduated with a several commissioned works fibreglass, timber, paint Bachelor of Visual Arts from Edith including Ronald McDonald House DIMENSIONS: 110 h x 150 w x 370 d cm Cowan University. The artist’s work and QEII Medical Centre in Western considers the craftsmanship in the Australia. PRICE: $27,000 fabrication of lace and embroidery The artist’s awards and prizes by translating her textiles-based include: the Ausglass Vicki Torr research into unique art. Her Prize for emerging glass artists in practice, predominantly as a glass 2009; the Ranamok Glass Art Prize artist, specialising in pâté de verre, ARTIST STATEMENT in 2012; the Sculpture by the Sea, applies an innovative dexterity to Cottesloe 2015 EY People’s Choice Journeys are intimate stories of those who leave and construct an imaginative fusion of Prize; Kirra Gallery Illuminating those who are left behind. Women were brought to the concept and materials. Glass Award 2016; the Joondalup Australian colony, along with other commodities including Pepper has regularly exhibited Community Invitation Art Award copper and lace, useful and beautiful. They were accepting nationally and internationally 2016; City of Bayswater Sculpture of extreme difficulty for a vestige of freedom, solvency including at Sculpture by the Sea in Award 2016; and recipient of and respectability. Leaden hearts were convict tokens Cottesloe on five occasions. Her the WA Sculptor Scholarship at fashioned from copper coins, left as farewell mementos for work is held in public collections Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017 loved ones. such as Corning Glass Museum, for her work, Leaden Hearts.

Photo: Jessica Wyld New York, and she has undertaken ANDREA VINKOVIC (WA)

In the Grain of Sand Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2017

MATERIALS: ceramic, mild steel BIOGRAPHY DIMENSIONS: 165 h x 155 w x 170 d cm Born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1965, of Technology for over five years, ceramic artist Andrea Vinkovic and a ceramic lecturer at Midland PRICE: $19,500 has been showcasing her works campus of Polytechnic West for both nationally and internationally two years. since 2001. Vinkovic’s work has led to The artist is inspired by the many achievements including: ARTIST STATEMENT fragility and organic beauty of an invitation to exhibit and This work encourages the viewer to consider the beauty microscopic images of pollen, participate in a workshop in of the infinite number of small particles that surround us. plankton and fragments of Gangjin, South Korea; exhibiting skeletons that form natural sand. at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe She encourages the viewer to three times since 2015 and consider the beauty of the infinite Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi in number of small particles that 2015; and founding member surround us. of exhibiting group Clay Feet, Vinkovic completed an Advanced whose philosophy is to take Diploma of Ceramics at Central art out of the galleries and into TAFE in 2002, after which she the public spaces, making it became a ceramic technician and more accessible to the wider community. Photo: Ben Reynolds casual lecturer at Central Institute For all sculpture sales enquiries please contact Sharon Callow Sculpture Sales Assistant Supporting artists and the sustainability of [email protected] Sculpture by the Sea exhibitions +61 431 189 567 Presented by

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