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With an extensive background in the prosthetics industry, Paul now sculpts portraits for the commercial and private sectors.
Works are approached with an unpretentious but holistic view, with bronze and resin used for the finished castings.
Paul's studio is located in Melbourne, Australia.
1973 - 1977 Auckland University School of Fine Arts, sculpture, with Jim Allen, head of department.
1978 - 1986 Orakei Marae project with sculptor Dennis Conway, head carver and designer.
1987, 1989 workshop of Terry Edgar, London (then president of the British Master Carvers Association)
1989 - 2011 established Gray Nicol Studio, a studio workshop in Auckland for conservation of historic art objects, furniture and frames, sculpture work and design.
2012 - studio workshop in Melbourne.
Brad Gunn is a sculptor working in a range of contemporary materials and techniques. Balancing a professional sculpture and fabrication business with his own personal practice he has worked for an array of private and commercial clients. His own practice is often figurative and explores the human condition through surreal characters. Brad completed a Bachelors Degree at the Victorian College of Arts and has since exhibited in solo and group show both in Australia and overseas establishing himself as an artist and maker in Melbourne
After graduating in 1995 from the University of Melbourne (Bachelor of Art) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Fine Art -Sculpture) in 1998 Maudie pursued a career in the Film and Television Industry and over the course of the next 12 years learnt a wide range of skills within the Art and Construction Departments where she developed a love for sculpting. Realising there was much more to learn specifically about figurative sculpture she sought out some of the best training on offer in 2013 at the Florence Academy of Art. In 2016 she completed the Figurative Sculpture Diploma at FAA with a student teaching scholarship, and continued to teach for the sculpture department for another year. Awards include Joint Winner for the Tom Bass Prize 2016, Best Nude for her Life Size sculpture ‘Laura’ at the 12th ARC International Salon Competition, and Best Drawing of the FAA Sculpture Program (2016). ‘Laura’ was purchased by Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno (‘MEAM’, Barcelona) in 2017 for their Permanent Collection.
FIONA ABICARE completed a Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts (1994) and Honours in Sculpture at RMIT University (1999). In 2006 she was awarded a Masters of Arts in Interior Design from RMIT University, and she undertook an Australia Council London Studio residency in 2012. Abicare has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions including, most recently, In some places it’s illegal to hang your washing out to dry, curated by Rosemary Forde for Sarah Scout Presents, (2014); Why not walk backward?, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2014); De-Pose, Sarah Scout Presents (2013); Scandinavian Freestyle, foyer commission, Hero Building, Russell Street Melbourne, (2013); Appointments, curated by Spiros Panigirakis for Sarah Scout Presents (2012); NEW11, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (2011); ART#2, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Regional Touring (2011); Artist Actor, Artist Auteur, Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne Art Fair (2010) and COVERS, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2008-09).
Louise Paramor is well known for her large-scale public art commissions, which often combine formal concerns with a pop-inspired sensibility.
Fred Ganim is a furniture maker living and working in Melbourne, Australia.