JOHN PETRIE
John Petrie is a Sydney based sculptor working primarily in stone. He has won several awards and is represented in collections at Tweed Regional Gallery, Thursday Plantation Sculpture Park and Macquarie University.
Commissions include Newcastle City Council Commission for the memorial sculpture to commemorate the grounding of the Pasha Bulker and a sculpture for Western Sydney University.
In 2011 he won Artist in Residence for a sculpture commission at Australian Botanic Garden.
In 2012 he was the Australian participant in the International Stone Sculpture Project, Iksan, South Korea.
He exhibits regularly in Sculpture by the Sea Bondi and Cottesloe as well as the biannual Western Sydney University Sculpture Award.
Exhibiting Sculpture
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The pieces of carrara marble have been cut, broken and shaped into three figurative forms to a scale appropriate for the landscape.
Dimensions: 305h x 30 x 20 cm
Materials: Carrara marble