Four of this years SBTS Bondi works were made at The Foundations Portland.
ENORMOUS congratulations to The Foundations Portland sculptor and absolute champion of the Arts Harrie Fasher on winning the major $70,000 Aqualand Sculpture Award at Sculpture By The Sea for the epic work ‘Unveiling the Edges of the Sky’. Harrie was also a recipient of the Transfield Australian Invited Artist Program ($35,000).
Barkindji and Malyangappa artist David Doyle was named as the recipient of the inaugural NRMA Insurance Indigenous Artist Program, providing $20,000 to an Indigenous artist to create and present an ambitious new sculpture at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. The Broken Hill artist has been an return artist in residence at The Foundations Portland. This work was created at Portland.
In fact, four of this year’s Sculpture by the Sea works were made at the foundry in Portland, NSW.
Other artists who made work at Portland are:
Koichi Ishino – The now Lithgow based artist is celebrating his 20th Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition.
Martin John Oldfield – Revel Sticks. Martin John Oldfield is an emerging post graduate from National Art School, first time SXS exhibitor and proudly works with Harrie within/under the Foundations mentorship program
Arts OutWest is a partner of The Foundations Portland and coordinates The Squatters Residency on site.
David Doyle (NSW), ‘Kaaku-Kaakulinya: Eternal Sentinels’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2026. Photo Charlotte Curd
Header Image: Harrie Fasher (NSW), ‘Unveiling the Edges of the Sky’, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2026. Photo: Charlotte Curd