Orest Keywan, Michael Snape and Ayako Saito – Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival

Image above: Orest Keywan  That Line 2023  steel  168 x 271 x 190cm

 

Congratulations to Orest Keywan, Michael Snape and Ayako Saito for their wins in the Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival!

Michael Snape – Winner of the Governor’s Prize

Orest Keywan – Winner of the Open Prize

Ayako Saito – Winner of the HSoA Gallery (Hampstead School of Art) Prize


Image above: Michael Snape  Copus 2024  corten steel  253cm wide x 235cm deep x 310 cm

 

Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival, presented by Sculpture in the Vineyards, is Australia’s longest-running regional outdoor sculpture exhibition. A Biennial Event, taking place across Wollombi and surrounds, this year’s festival ran 14 – 29 September and featured over 150 works by award-winning and international sculptors.

To learn more about the festival, see the Sculpture in the Vineyards website here

Image above: Ayako Saito  Dancing in the void 2021  painted steel  19 x 27 x 16.5cm

 

Orest Keywan’s upcoming exhibition ‘edges, limits and totalities’ opens at Australian Galleries in Sydney on October 8th, and will be showing until October 26th. Read more about the artist here