Artists

Figurative sculpture is Amanda Harrison’s passion. She loves exploring ways to replicate this fabulous living sculpture, the human body. Joy and positivity in relationships, especially the parent and child bond, is a constant motif in her work. In her ceramic pieces, she express this through emotional gestures, using sweeping curves and surface texture to reflect strength and love. In my metal sculptures, I explore the motif through balance and movement. Amanda works mainly in clay and wax from my studio in Greenwich, Sydney, firing ceramic pieces in a solar-powered kiln and sending wax sculptures to the foundry to be cast into metal.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS/PRIZES (selected)
2025 Finalist Lake Light Sculpture – Jindabyne
Finalist Sculpture on the Farm – Dungog
Finalist Sculpture in the Garden – Mudgee
Finalist Sculpture Bermagui – Bermagui
2024 Finalist Sculpture in the Vineyards – Wollombi
Finalist Sculptures for Clyde – Bateman’s Bay
Highly Commended – Camden Art Prize 2024 – Camden, Sydney
People’s Choice Prize – Bowral Sculpture Show 2024
2023 Finalist Sculptures at Scratchley – Newcastle
Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize – Hunters Hill, Sydney
2022 Finalist Brighton Jetty Sculpture Show – Brighton Jetty, Adelaide
1st in Abstract – Sydney Royal Show
2021 1st in Figurative Sculpture – Sydney Royal Show
2nd in Abstract Sculpture – Sydney Royal Show
2020 Acquisitive Prize ‘Fully Resolved Sculpture’ – Sculpture Bermagui
Acquisitive Prize ‘Small Sculpture’ – Sculpture in the Gardens, Mudgee
Finalist – Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Pymble, Sydney
2019 Emerging Artist Award – Sculpture For Clyde
2018 Sculpture Prize – The Sculptors Society 2018 Awards
2017 1st in Figurative Sculpture – Sydney Royal Show
People’s Choice Indoor Prize – Sculpture in the Valley
1st in Sculpture – Ewart Art Prize 2017
STUDY/EDUCATION
2023 Marble Workshop with Alnassar – Tom Bass Sculpture Studio, Sydney
2015-18 Bronze Sculpture Workshops with Michael Vaynmann – WAC, Willoughby, Sydney
2018 Ceramic Studies – Hornsby TAFE, Sydney
2015 Casting Workshop with Alex Kosmos – Tathra, New South Wales
2013-18 Ceramic Study – with Karen Farrell – Willoughby Park Centre Willoughby
2005-12 Ceramics with Barbara Campbell-Allen & Renata de Lambert – WAC, Willoughby
1990-91 Diploma in Graphic Design – Randwick TAFE, Sydney
1986-87 Certificate in Sculpture, Kensington & Chelsea College, Kensington, London
1981-84 BA (Media) – University of Technology, Sydney
POSITIONS/MEMBERSHIP (continuing)
2019 – Board Member, The Sculptors Society, NSW
2012 – Convenor & Publicity, Greenwich Village Arts Trail
2012 – member, The Australian Ceramics Association
2006 – member, The Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby, Sydney