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2017 Exhibition Archive
Thirty three international and Australian artists transformed Scenic World’s natural Jurassic rainforest in the Blue Mountains with world-class sculptures for Sculpture at Scenic World, which exhibited from April 8 – May 8, 2016.
In its fifth year, the exhibition featured international artists from Korea, New Zealand and Slovenia, alongside Australian artists from Victoria and New South Wales, including five Blue Mountains’ artists.
2017 Awards
2017 Artists
Tully Arnot– NSW, Australia
Claire Becker – Mexico
Chris Bennie – QLD, Australia
Aldo Bilotta – VIC, Australia
Noah Birch– WA, Australia
Mark Booth – NSW, Australia
Jan Cleveringa – NSW, Australia
Jennifer Cochrane –WA, Australia
Merran Esson – NSW, Australia
Harrie Fahser– NSW, Australia
Marta Ferracin – NSW, Australia
Martin George – VIC, Australia
Jody Graham – NSW, Australia
Billy Gruner, Graeme Davis King & Craig Johnston – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Georgina Humphries – VIC, Australia
Koichi Ishino – NSW, Australia
Emily Kaar– Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Elin & Keino – Finland
Sally Kidall – NSW, Australia
Louisa Magrics – NSW, Australia
Denese Oates – NSW, Australia
Rachel Peachey & Paul Mosig– Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Julian Pereira – NSW, Australia
Louis Pratt – NSW, Australia
Deborah Redwood – NSW, Australia
Adam Rish – NSW, Australia
Jimmy Rix – NSW, Australia
Selena Seifert & Chris Wellwood – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Sally Simpson – NSW, Australia
Kevina Jo-Smith – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Mark Surtees – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Christopher Trotter – QLD, Australia
Miguel Valenzuela & Francois Limodin – NSW, Australia
Jacek Wankowski – NSW, Australia
Kayo Yokoyama – Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
2017 Exhibition Gallery
2017 Judges
Wendy Teakel
Wendy Teakel is a Canberra based artist who works from her studio at Murrumbateman. Her practice includes sculpture, installation, painting and drawing. Her work is held in major national, regional and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Museum and Gallery, The National Glass Gallery Wagga. She has exhibited extensively in Australia and Thailand. She has practiced professionally since 1980. Wendy holds a Diploma of Art (Charles Sturt University 1980), a Postgraduate Diploma (Australian National University 1985) and a Masters by Research Project (RMIT 2004). She has lectured in art at the Australian National University full time since 1990 and is currently the Head of Sculpture at ANU.
Dr Josh Wodak
Dr Josh Wodak is a researcher, artist and design educator in the Faculty of Art and Design, University of New South Wales. His work critically engages with cultural and ethical entanglements between environmental engineering and conservation biology as means to mitigate species extinction and biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene. He holds a BA (Honours) in Anthropology (Sydney University, 2002), a PhD in Interdisciplinary Cross-Cultural Research (Australian National University, 2011) and has exhibited his media art, sculpture and interactive installations in art galleries, museums and festivals across Australia and internationally.
Joan Ross
Joan Ross is an established artist working across the platforms of video animation, print, sculpture and installation. She grew up in Western Sydney and is an alumna of UNSW Art & Design, where she has also worked as a lecturer. Joan’s work reconfigures the colonial Australian landscape, drawing attention to first contact and the complex, ongoing issues surrounding this. Joan has exhibited extensively since the mid-1980s, including numerous solo exhibitions locally and internationally. In 2016 her work was included in Today Tomorrow Yesterday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in Hong Kong, as well as exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, UQ Art Museum and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.
Joan was included in Edmund Capon’s 2013 BBC TV series The Art of Australia and Hannah Gadsby’s Oz on ABC in 2014. Recently she was awarded the Glenfiddich Artist in Residency for 2016, which saw her spend four months living and working in the Scottish Highlands. Joan has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including Australia Council Projects and New Work grants. Her work is held in major public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Macquarie Group Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art.