Well this is Auckland!

Hi, hope you're going well!

I've just returned from a lovely few days in Auckland showing new work with MARS Gallery at the Aotearoa Art Fair!

Photo by Emmy Clifton

It was my second time exhibiting in Auckland and I just love it there. Thanks so much to everyone for the amazing response!

Photo by Abigail Dell'Avo

Big thanks to everyone who came along to my artist talk too!

Photo by Emmy Clifton

Thanks as well to Becky Hemus who wrote a profile about my work for the new issue of the Aotearoa based art magazine Current!

Photo by Emmy Clifton

In other exciting news, you can now see my piece Discarded Shopping List (Bath Bombs) on display in the 2026 Bayside Painting Prize!

 Discarded shopping list (bath bombs)
120cm x 81cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025

Photo by Mark Ashkanasy

The Bayside Painting Prize is open at Bayside Gallery until June 14 and features a great group of artists. Drop in to see it if you can!

Bayside Painting Prize 2026,
Bayside Gallery installation view. Photo: Mark Ashkanasy

For more info about the 2026 Bayside Painting Prize click here!

Bayside Painting Prize 2026,
Bayside Gallery installation view. Photo: Mark Ashkanasy

And in other news, I'm so pleased to donate a new little painting to the upcoming Incognito Art Show fundraiser exhibition!

All money raised goes towards funding the amazing programs at Studio A, The Art Factory, and Access Arts, three fantastic organisations that support professional development for artists living with disability.

Thanks so much for reading, hope to see you soon and hope you have a nice rest of the week!

Never pear us apart!

Hi there, quick question- What's better than one picnic?

Answer- 2 picnics!

2 picnics
7.7cm x 7.6cm
Acrylic on ceramic
2026

2 Picnics is one of 35 new ceramic sculptures I've made of shopping lists that I found while working at a supermarket. These lists read like poetry and act as anonymous portraits of the people we pass in the aisle.

I'm so pleased to be presenting this new series next week with MARS Gallery at the Aotearoa Art Fair!

To preview the full catalogue before it goes live next week, click here!

For all purchase enquiries please email andy@marsgallery.com.au

Potato bake
7.7cm x 12.4cm
Acrylic on ceramic
2026

The Aotearoa Art Fair takes place from April 29 to May 3rd. 

I'll be doing an artist talk at the fair in the MARS Gallery stand (booth 12) on Friday May 1st at 11.30am, if you happen to be in Auckland come say hi!

For more info click here!



In other exciting news, I'm so pleased to share that my inflatable sculpture The World's Gone Pear Shaped has just been acquired by the Gippsland Art Gallery!

I'm so pleased this piece has found a pear-ticularly wonderful home!

The World's Gone Pear Shaped
300cm x 200cm x 200cm
Durable PVS coated vinyl. Fan. Internal lighting.
2022
Image courtesy of Lindsay Roberts and Gippsland Art Gallery

And in other exciting news, the Bayside Painting Prize opens next week, where you can find my work showing alongside a great group of artists!

The Bayside Painting Prize is open at Bayside Gallery from May 1st to June 14. For more info click here!

Discarded shopping list (bath bombs)
120cm x 81cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

Thanks so much for reading, hope you have a nice rest of the week, perhaps even treating yourself to a picnic or two!

Keep me post-it!

Hi there!

In exciting news, I have a new series of 35 ceramic sculptures of found shopping lists showing later this month with MARS Gallery at the Aotearoa Art Fair in Auckland!

Honey
Acrylic on ceramic
7.7cm x 7.7cm
2025

This will be my first time showing my shopping list sculptures overseas which I'm really looking forward to!

To jump on the mailing list and be among the first to receive the full catalogue email andy@marsgallery.com.au

Spaghetti
Acrylic on ceramic
7.7cm x 6.5cm
2026

The fair takes place from April 29 to May 3rd. If you happen to be in Auckland, hope to see you there!

I'll be doing an artist talk at the fair at the MARS Gallery stand (booth 12) on Friday May 1st at 11.30am, come say hi! For more info click here!

Flowers
Acrylic on ceramic
7.7cm x 7.7cm
2025

In other exciting news, I'm so pleased to share that my work Discarded shopping list (bath bombs) has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Bayside Painting Prize!

Discarded shopping list (bath bombs)
120cm x 81cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

Huge congrats to the other finalists and entrants! The Bayside Painting Prize is open at Bayside Gallery from April 30 to June 14. For more info click here!

Discarded shopping list (bath bombs)
120cm x 81cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

And in exciting acquisition news, I'm so pleased to share that six of my ceramic ice-cream sculptures have officially joined the VCAT collection!

The six ceramic sculptures from left to right, top to bottom, are Razz Raspberry Sunny-boy, Bubble'O Jill, Boomy, Raspberry Pineapple Calippo, Pine-Lime Splice and Vanilla Drumstick.

Thanks so much for reading, hope you're going well and have a nice rest of the week!

One step at a time

As we say goodbye to 2025, I just wanted to say thanks so much for all your support this year. Whether you've bought a work, come to a show or even just by reading this, it really means the world to me.

Speaking of the world, I'm pleased to share a few last announcements for 2025! My inflatable sculpture The World's Gone Pear Shaped is currently on display in a new group exhibition that's just opened last week at Gippsland Art Gallery.

The World's Gone Pear Shaped
300cm x 200cm x 200cm
Durable PVS coated vinyl, fan, internal lighting.
2022
Image courtesy of Lindsay Roberts and Gippsland Art Gallery

Titled Synchron City, the exhibition's been beautifully curated by Cassie May and features an inspiring lineup of artists including Patricia Piccinini, Darren Sylvester, The Huxleys, Kate Beynon, Heidi Yardley, Paul Yore and many more.

The exhibition's open until February 22, 2026. For more info click here! 

Install photo of the exhibition Synchron City at Gippsland Art Gallery.
Image courtesy of Lindsay Roberts and Gippsland Art Gallery

In other news, my painting Swanning around (4) is currently on display in the group exhibition Summer Curated, on now until January 31 at Olsen Gallery.

Swanning around (4)
Acrylic on canvas, framed in white painted Tasmanian oak timber
123cm x 97cm
2023

If you're interested in this painting, email cailyn@olsengallery.com And in other news, earlier this year I painted a series of murals throughout the stairwell and elevator of a new building in Northcote, titled One step at a time. While most signage in stairwells is discrete and literal, these larger-than-life signs are both poetic and playful.

Special thanks to MARS Gallery and also Emmy Clifton for the photos 💛

Wishing you a safe and happy final week of 2025. Look forward to seeing you in 2026!

Foster the people

Hi, hope you're going well!

Here's a ceramic sculpture I made in 2023 of a can of Foster's.

Ceramic sculpture of a can of Foster's
2023

This sculpture is based on a can from the 1960's that was found by excavators while they were digging the new Melbourne metro train tunnel.

The full series of artworks I made based on objects that were found during this dig is now on permanent display in the Melbourne Town Hall. For more info on this project, and to see the full series, click here!

In related news, I'm excited to share that this series has just been featured in a new book, titled Embellish, which launched this week at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Photo by Emmy Clifton, taken at the book launch for Embellish: A Celebration of the Metro Tunnel Creative Program.

In other news, it was so nice to be in Sydney recently to show some new works with MARS Gallery as part of Sydney Contemporary.

Here's a pic with three of my sign paintings, all of which have found wonderful new homes.

Three sign paintings at Sydney Contemporary 2025
Photo by Andy Dinan

Thanks so much for reading, hope to see you soon!

One for the books!

Hey there!

Do you ever find yourself looking for a sign? I know I do. A sign that you're making the right choice, going the right way or that something good's going to happen.

I'm always on the lookout for a sign, and so to make my life a little easier, and hopefully yours too, I started painting them.

IT MUST BE A SIGN (Blue)
46cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2025

If you happen to be in Sydney this week you can find a few of my new sign paintings on display at Sydney Contemporary, in the MARS Gallery booth stockroom from September 11 to 14.

EVERY THING SEEMS LIKE A SIGN (Green)
46.4cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2024

If you're interested in snapping up one of these new paintings, please send an email to embie@marsgallery.com.au

ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES (Yellow)
46cm x 22.8cm
Acrylic on board with hand-sculpted ceramic bolts
2025

In other exciting news, I'm so pleased to share that my ceramic series titled Life Is Like A Box Of Crayons (2020), which was bought by Artbank, has been featured in a book!

The book's titled On Display, The Story of Artbank. Huge thanks to Laura Couttie, Zoë Rodriguez, and everyone at Artbank for including me in such a cool book.

Photo courtesy of Artbank

If you'd like to view my work in the Artbank collection, click here!

Life is like a box of crayons (detail)
Ceramics
2020
Acquired by Artbank in 2020

In other exciting news, as of this week you can now find my bronze sculpture Throw Caution To The Wind on display at Orange Regional Gallery, as part of the Wynne Prize touring exhibition, from September 6 to November 19.

For more info click here!

Throw caution to the wind
57.5cm x 29.6cm x 42cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on bronze
2025
Image courtesy of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Diana Panuccio

In other news, I recently gave a talk about my art to a class of very talented grade 6's who made some fantastic sculptures in response to my work. Big thanks to Montrose Primary School for having me!

And in some non-art related news, I recently ran my first half marathon!

Thanks so much for reading, hope to run into you sometime soon!

The Wynne beneath my wings

Hi there, hope you're going well!

I'm so pleased to share that two of my works have recently gone into new collections!

My big aluminium shopping list Raspberry Iced Tea has been acquired into the brilliant Deakin University art collection.

Discarded Shopping List (Raspberry Iced Tea)
120cm x 90cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

And my bronze sculpture Hold Your Horses (6 of 6) has been acquired by the wonderful Nillumbik Shire Council.

Hold Your Horses
20cm x 16cm x 8cm
2023
Bronze
Edition 6 of 6 (plus 2AP)
Photo by Emmy Clifton

So happy for both these pieces to have found such great new homes.

Big thanks to Deakin University, Nillumbik Arts and MARS Gallery.

Photo by Emmy Clifton, at the opening of the 2025 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art.

In other exciting news, if you're in Sydney you can find my new bronze sculpture Throw Caution To The Wind on display in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales!

Throw caution to the wind
57.5cm x 29.6cm x 42cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on bronze
2025
Image courtesy of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Diana Panuccio

I'm so honoured for this piece to be a finalist in such a special exhibition alongside such fantastic work. 

The Wynne Prize is on now until August 17. For more info click here!

Photo by Emmy Clifton at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

And in other exciting news, a big thanks to Katya Wachtel at Broadsheet for writing about my ceramic shopping list sculptures. You can read their article by clicking here!

I was also recently invited onto ABC Radio National to talk about shopping lists with the awesome Julian Morrow, you can listen to our discussion by clicking here!

Discarded Shopping List (Fancy Feast)
120cm x 90cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

Thanks so much for reading, hope you're having a nice start to the week and hope to see you soon!

Throw caution to the Wynne!

Hi there, hope you're going well!

I'm so pleased to share that my new bronze sculpture 'Throw caution to the wind' has been selected as a finalist in the Wynne Prize!

Huge congrats to the other finalists and entrants. It's a bit of a dream come true to be showing this new piece alongside so many great artists at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Here I am putting the finishing touches on the piece before I drove it up to Sydney to enter.

Throw caution to the wind
57.5cm x 29.6cm x 42cm
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on bronze
2025
Photo by Emmy Clifton

"Re-imagining the ubiquitous yellow caution sign, 'Throw caution to the wind' playfully speaks to the courage we find in moving forward despite the uncertainty ahead. Unlike the plastic, mass-produced sign, this sculpture was made slowly by casting and hand-painting heavy bronze, giving it more weight, both conceptually and physically, to elevate the seemingly mundane object."

The Wynne Prize is on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from May 10 to August 17. For more info click here!

In other news, I'm so pleased to share that my piece Discarded Shopping List (Fancy Feast) has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Bayside Painting Prize!

Discarded Shopping List (Fancy Feast)
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
120cm x 120cm
2024
Photo by Emmy Clifton

"I first began collecting discarded shopping lists when I was 15 and got a part time job at a supermarket. Despite their anonymity, found shopping lists read like poetry, and act as portraits of the people we pass in the aisles.

Most shopping lists are written quickly and without aesthetic consideration, and it's through the act of slowly recreating them that I allow myself the time and space to appreciate these seemingly mundane everyday objects, creating a permanent record of a fleeting moment."

Discarded Shopping List (Fancy Feast)
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
120cm x 120cm
2024
Photo by Emmy Clifton

Huge congrats to the other finalists and entrants, the Bayside Painting Prize is on display at Bayside Gallery from May 9 to June 22. For more info click here!

Discarded Shopping List (Fancy Feast)
Enamel and synthetic polymer paint on aluminium
120cm x 120cm
2024
Photo by Tobias Titz

And in other news, I'm so pleased to donate a new little painting to the upcoming Incognito Art Show fundraiser exhibition.

All proceeds go towards funding programs at Studio A and The Art Factory, both of which are amazing organisations that support professional development for artists working with disability.

The Incognito Art Show is on display at the Garden Gallery in the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens from May 31 to June 1. For more info click here!

Photo by Emmy Clifton

Thanks so much for reading, really appreciate your support and hope to see you soon!