Michael Snape is a sculptor of national significance, who deftly composes structures using combinations of silhouetted human figures. Snape’s continuing fascination with the literal and metaphysical interconnectedness of people resonates poetically through his captivating and masterfully formed steel sculptures, which range from small to considerably large scale. Snape’s works are derived from laser cutting, which is then radically reworked to allow the artist to leave his worked mark. Aesthetically satisfying curves and familiar human forms blend and connect with a rhythmic flow, leading the viewer to find and make connections both visual and conceptual.
Michael Snape has held solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and New York and has received a number of major public sculpture commissions in locations across Australia including Melbourne, Darling Harbor, Bondi, Kings Cross and Balmain. Snape’s work is held in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland; Macquarie University, Sydney; McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Melbourne; Orange Regional Gallery, Orange; the Melbourne Powerhouse Museum and in numerous Private Collections.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
The judge for this year’s HarbourSculpture Award is acclaimed Australian artist and Balmain local, Michael Snape. HarbourSculpture first began in 2014, …
Image: Peter Lundberg, Return to Sea (2013), bronze, edition 1/2 22 October – 8 November 2020 Sculpture by the Sea returns to the Bondi …
Michael Snape, Covert (2006) For a dose of inspiration, follow the daily musings of celebrated sculptor Michael Snape on his …
Image above: Rodney Forbes Shrove Monday 2010 oil on canvas 122 x 138 cm (private collection) In a collaboration between …
Glenn Morgan’s work is currently on view in a public art exhibition at the soon-to-be-completed State Library Station, Franklin Street …
Congratulations to Glenda Orr who has been presented with a highly commended award in the 2021 Artists’ Book Award for …
Image above: Philip Noakes Eclipse I 2019 Britannia silver and sterling silver (1503gms) 30 x 29 x 6 cm and …
Congratulations to Greg Johns, who has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Andrea Stretton Memorial Invitation to exhibit …
Rosalind Atkins and Heather Shimmen have been involved in a long-distance international arts exchange project between a group of twenty …
‘If Collaboration Is the Method, Activism Is the Intention’ FEM-aFFINITY brings together female artists from Arts Project Australia and wider …
Above image: Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Wattle, 2020, charcoal on paper prepared with acrylic, 114 x 180 cm A huge …
Image above: Danielle Creenaune Silent falls: Carrington 2020 stone lithograph and chine colle 52 x 43 cm Congratulations to the …
Image above: Cameron Hayes Angry angels help Adam with the first dictionary 2020 oil on canvas 198 x 254 cm …
