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BIOGRAPHY

Dominique Sutton is a multi-disciplined artist and graduate of John Moores University UK, ( 1995) and San Francisco Art Institute (1996). Dominique works across multiple disciplines, her main practice being site-specific sculpture and installation. Her major commissions include three figurative sculptures for AMP Tower as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, The Australian Railway Memorial in Werris Creek, and a signature piece for the Taiwanese Government Cultural Centre, Taiwan. Her installation work entitled Melt was the major prize winner at arts Cape Biennial.

Dominique has exhibited nationally and internationally. She has had several solo shows in Sydney and London and her work is held in national and international Private and Public collections. Dominique has extensive teaching experience and lectures for universities, galleries, and arts organisations across the country including the National Art school, Sydney, Australia and Southern Cross University, Queensland, Australia. She was director of ArtWorkshops Australia where she has lead two artist expeditions to Africa with Elisabeth Cummings and to the South of France with Wendy Sharpe.

CURRICULUM VITE

1970 Born in Sydney, Australia
1989-90 Foundation Diploma Farnham Art College, Surrey, UK
1991-93 Bachelor of Fine Arts, John Moore’s University, Liverpool, UK
1992 Exchange at San Francisco Art Institute 1995 Moved back to Australia
1996-97 Worked at Crawford Fine Art Foundry

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2022 Rust – 3 meter high horse sculpture, Corten steel. UK
2020 Wisdom Tree, 2.5 meter high sculpture, Corten steel, Byron Bay AU
2019 Running Man, West Connect M4 Olympic Collection. Sydney AU
2017 Windward 3 Meter high, mirrored steel kinetic sculpture, UK
2015 “Taiji” 8 Meter sculpture for Taiwanese Government, Taiwan
2011 “FLOW” two 3 metre sculptures for the Galaxy Casino, Macau
2009 Finalist for the Randwick City Council Public Sculpture Commission
2008 Finalist for the Snowy River Gateway Project
2004 The Australian Railway Memorial, Werris Creek
2003 Finalist for Leura public sculpture, Blue Mountains
2002 HSBC Sydney, “Walking in Time” two steel figures
2001 Finalist for Taree public sculpture
2000 Neutrometics, life-size bronze torso
2000 AMP Tower Olympic Sculptures, three 16 metre steel sculptures, Sydney

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Hidden seas, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2001 Scenes from the Bedroom, Grafton Regional Gallery
2000 La Vie, PCL Gallery, Sydney
2000 Still Life, Paradise Two Gallery, London UK
1995 Sculpture at Depot, Depot Gallery, London UK
1993 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2017 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Denmark
2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Show, Sydney
2010 Winner – Artscape Sculpture by the Sea, Byron Bay
2004 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2003 The Sculpture Show, Danks St Depot, Sydney
2003 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2002 Creative Madness, Danks St Depot, Sydney
2002 Pairs, Dank St Depot, Sydney
2000 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2000 Hung Drawn and Painted, PCL Gallery, Sydney

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS

Held in Australian and international collections.