LYONS
My work explores the transformative journey through transition and rebirth. Drawing inspiration from Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ “Women Who Run with the Wolves,” I examine how we navigate life’s pivotal moments of metamorphosis—when we find ourselves in unknown territories yet instinctively seek regeneration.
The collection continues my long exploration of instinctual making—a process where intuition guides creation. I immerse myself in the rhythms and steps of making without excessive questioning, allowing the work to lead me to unexpected revelations. This approach has evolved over years through what I variously refer to as impromptu making, process-driven making, and nature making.
Water serves as both metaphor and method in this exhibition. During its creation, I swam daily in the wild crashing blue ocean, passing through portals of innocence and meaning. This immersion taught me that, like water, transformation cannot be tightly contained—it must be held with gentle, cupped hands. Th e works reflect this understanding through their flex and tension, restraint and release, mirroring the experience of being tumbled by waves, whether from the sea or our own tears.
The collection encompasses diverse media: bronze sculptures cast from organic materials, minimalist paintings on linen that embrace negative space, dense black charcoal drawings from multiple perspectives, and self-supporting forms. Many pieces have no designated front or back, inviting viewers to engage from various angles and positions—to physically participate in the act of sh ifting perspective.
The works navigate the darkness of transition—the dirt, grime, betrayal, hurt, loneliness, and exile that often accompany profound change. Yet they simultaneously celebrate the wild instinct that guides us through this territory toward beauty and renewal. They offer portals and vistas that untangle personal truths, capturing the internal shifts and external waves that ultimately reveal the “ridiculously exquisite beauty of it all.”
To engage with these works is to witness the possibility of return— enriched and transformed—after heeding the call of the wild spi rit and following its instructions to create beauty from the depths.
MOVING YOUNG TO A NEW PLANET
UNTANGLING FROM TIES
LOOSENING TIES 1, 2 & 3
YOU MADE YOURSELF OPAQUE
OVERFLOW INTO UNKNOWN TERRITORY
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Fine Art (Sculpture) College of Fine Arts, Sydney (COFA)
2003 Granite Course, Sten Academy & Chalmers University, Sweden
2001 Studied Butoh and Laban Movement Techniques, Soros Foundation, Bulgaria
2000 Concrete Course, Chalmers University, Sweden
1999 Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 I Am the Water, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2024 From the Centre, Australian Galleries, Sydneuy
2023 Undulation, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2022 Bush Calligraphy Australian Galleries, Sydney
2020 Making Meaning, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2020 A Physical Response Australian Galleries, Sydney
2019 A Physical Response Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2019 Humming Space’ Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Untethered,Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2017 Out on a Limb, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2016 Spirit Recovered, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016 Tenderness and Tenacity, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2015 Rural Romance, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2015 The Sinuous Line, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2014 Finding Beauty, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2012 Butterfly Effect, sculpture, drawings and paintings, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2011 Wallflower, sculpture and drawings, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2009 In the Zone, sculpture and drawings, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 Lyrical, sculpture and drawings, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2008 Falling, sculpture and drawings, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2007 Ionosphere, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2005 Casting Into Space, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollumbi, NSW
2023 Sculpture in the Gardens, Wollongong Botanical Gardens, NSW
2022 6 x 6 x 6 Miniature Sculpture Show 2022, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2022 Artists at Home: Book Launch 2022, Olsen Gallery, Sydney`
2022 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2022 Sculpture Inside, Bondi, Sydney
2022 Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul, NSW
2021 Sculpture at Scenic World 2021, Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
2021 Sculpture Other, Katoomba Cultural Centre, Booragul, NSW
2020 Sydney Contemporary, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2020 Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (CONTINUED)
2020 Persona, gallery HZ, Hong Kong
2020 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Sydney
2020 Navigating the Line (online exhibition) Australian Galleries
2020 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney
2020 Live in Art 2020 (Highly Commended) Live in Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 Sculpture at Scenic World 2020, Blue Mountains, NSW (postponed 2021)
2020 Scupture Other, Katoomba Cultural Center, Blue Mountains, NSW
2019 Sydney Contemporary Works on Paper, Australian Galleries, NSW
2017 ‘At Bull Bay’, Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2015 ‘At Bull Bay’, Delmar Gallery, Hobart
2014 Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Loaded: The Ned Kelly Exhibition at the Australian High Commission, Singapore
2013 Grounded, the Australian High Commission, Singapore
2013 Sydney Contemporary, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Australia
2012 Just This Moment, sculpture and drawings, Australasian Art Projects, Singapore
2012 Melbourne Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011 Wattle: A Survey of Contemporary Australian Art, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2010 Sculpture 2010, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2010 Signal 8 (Summer Show), Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2010 Melbourne Art Fair, Tim Olsen Gallery
2009 Hong Kong Art Fair, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2008 Signal 8, sculpture, Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
2006 Friend Lyons Petrie, collection of sculpture, Stella Downer Fine Art, Waterloo
2006 Sculpture 2006, Heavy Metal Ballet series, Global Gallery, Paddington
2004 e:Motion Exhibition of sculpture & paintings, Spence & Lyda, Surry Hills, Sydney
2004 Art In The Park Exhibition, Maundrell Park, Marrickville Council
2004 Without Reason, Biennale of Sydney, COFA Exhibition Space, UNSW
2004 Push Hard, Cut Deep, Collection of granite sculptures, Avja yards, Sweden
2003 Granite Plays Granite, sculptures and earth drawings, Hunnebostrand, Sweden
2002 Urban Pods Bronze and steel installation, foyer of Bouverie Close, Melbourne
2002 Breath Becton Sculpture Biennale, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
2002 Working Drawings Series of drawings on canvas, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
2001 ARCA Bronze dance studies, Australia Council for the Arts, Surry Hills, Sydney
2000 Moebius Dance Bronze sculpture, Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Paddington, Sydney
1999 Emerge, Multiply Work, Sydney Design Week by Spence and Lyda, Sydney
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024 Winner of the Mt Eyre Art Prize with ‘Vines Reflecting Light’ bronze
2024 Residency at AiRSpace, Oatlands, Tasmania
2024 Highly commended Hawkesbury Art prize with ‘Bush Telegraph’ work on paper
2024 Finalist, Arts in the Valley outdoor sculpture prize, Kangaroo Vallery NSW
2023 Highly Commended Award at Sculptures in the Gardens, Wollongong, NSW
2022 Finalist in the Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul, NSW
2022
Finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize 2022, The Coal Loader Cenre for Sustainability, Sydney
2021 Residency at Umbi Gumbi, Cutagee, NSW
2021 Winner of Sculpture at Scenic World Award, Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
2021 Winner of Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Award, Katoomba, NSW
2020 Highly Commended Award for the Live in Art 2020 Invitational Art Prize, Zobon Group, Sydney/China
2020 Artist Residency at BigCi Australia, funded by Scenic World Blue Mountains
2020 Finalist for SXS 2020, Bondi
2020 Received the Umbi Gumbi Creative Residency, June 2020, Cuttagee NSW
2018 Hill End Residency, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
2017 Bull Bay Artist in Residency, Bruny Island, Tasmania
2016 Natures Waltz, Kerry Hotel foyer sculptures, Hong Kong
2014 Bull Bay Artist in Residency, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
2011 True Project’ sculpture commission for Phuket, Thailand
2009 Many Leaps Towards You’ wall installation, Pullman Project, Homebush Bay, Australia
2005 Awarded Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
2004 Guest Artist, Stone Academy Hunnebostrand Sweden
2003 Chalmers University Sweden- Artist in Residence, stone sculpting course
2001 Scholarship to attend Butoh and Laban Techniques in Sofia, Bulgaria, Soros Foundation
2000 Winner of the Baron Edson Public Art Commission, Waverly Council, Bondi Junction
2000 Artist in Residence (Concrete Course) at Chalmers University Sweden, and Earth Cycle - selected for permanent display in Slottskogen Gardens, Gothenburg, Sweden.
1999 Finalist in the Green Square Sculpture Commission, City of Sydney
1997 RMIT Arts Union Grant, project funding
1997 RMIT Student Union Grant - performance funding
1996 Ella Donald Fine Art Scholarship, Department of Education
COLLECTIONS
AMP Capitol, Sydney
Classic, East Melbourne (development by Cbus, designed by BatesSmart)
Deloitte Australia, Sydney
Gothenburg City Gardens, Slottskogen, Sweden
Hilton Group, Sydney
Hoi Ha Wan Marine Reserve, Hong Kong
Marriot International Collection
Midlands Regional Council, Tasmania
Stonnington Council, Melbourne
Sydney City Council, Sydney
The Langham Group, Gold Coast
Tiffany & Co., Sydney
Waverley City Council, Sydney
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