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
Image above: The Voice Sculptures, image courtesy of Michael Snape In the following text, prominent Sydney Sculptor, Michael Snape, reflects …
Image above: installation view, Camie Lyons Impromptu Making and Shadow steel, paint 350 x 250 x 190 cm. Australian Galleries …
Image above: Ron Robertson-Swann Nijinsky 2020 steel, painted 195 x 215 x 215 cm, seen with the artist. Image courtesy …
Image above: Days of Summer 2008-23 hand-coloured woodcut with lapis lazuli on paper edition unique 44 x 59 cm “…I was …
In the Arnhem Land community of Ngukurr, elder Clarry Rogers is worried plans to allocate water to new gas fracking and …
This beautiful painting from Marina Strocchi‘s current exhibition, The vineyards of Madden’s Lane was one of a selection of the …
Image above: Still Life: West Australian gum blossoms 1985 synthetic polymer paint on hardboard 122.7 x 91.5 cm Vicki Varvaressos, …
John Wolseley The life of inland waters – Durabudboi river (detail) 2015 – 2018 watercolour, graphite and woodcut on paper …
Image above: Rona Green Petal 2023 hand coloured linocut edition 57 38 x 28 cm Photography by Tim Gresham Printmaker …
Image above: Kevin Mortensen and Stuart Purves at Australian Galleries Melbourne, 2016 All at Australian Galleries are deeply saddened to …
Image above: Sue Anderson Swift 2022 multi coloured lithograph edition 12, 59 x 42cm unframed The Victorian Forest Alliance recently held …
Congratulations to Camie Lyons on her latest commission of sculptures and works on paper for the Trenery flagship store in …
Image: Jenny Rodgerson Self portrait with mudras 2023 oil on linen 165 x 107 cm Congratulations to Michelle Hiscock and …
