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Zoetrope by Alex Sanson

Zoetrope for Bendigo Art Gallery and the Discovery Centre

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Zoetrope made of Lego for Bendigo Art Gallery and the Discovery Centre Well, that was a lot of fun, just installed a zoetrope at the Discovery Centre commissioned by Bendigo Art Gallery for their Curiosity exhibition…

Taking Flight kinetic sculpture - Alex Sanson - WIP

Taking Flight work in progress

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Taking Flight Sculpture – work in progress Studio shots, shaky camera sorry taken during the making of Taking Flight (Arthur Baird Memorial kinetic sculpture). See here for more detail and photos of the completed the…

Manifold kinetic sculpture

Lot19 Spring sculpture prizes

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Lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize Awards I was very glad to have the chance to show my kinetic sculpture at the Lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize group show in October.  And also delighted to win the award…

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Solidworks CAD Design Professional Certification

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Certified “Professional” in Solidworks CAD mechanical design Had a bit of time on my hands while engineers do the design assessment for a public art project I’m working on… so thought I’d do the exams…

Art/Edit Magazine feature

Art Edit Magazine feature

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Feature in Art Edit Magazine Best of Botanicals Feature Very excited to have some of my kinetic sculpture feature in Art Edit magazine in a Best of Botanicals feature.  Here is the full spread.  A…

Art Edit Magazine feature

Art Edit Magazine feature

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Feature in Art Edit Magazine Best of Botanicals Feature Very excited to have my work in Art Edit magazine  in a Best of Botanicals feature.  A lot of my work lately has been inspired by…

Benalla kinetic sculpture- Alex Sanson

Benalla Arthur Baird Kinetic Sculpture Commission

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Benalla Kinetic Sculpture Commission (Not yet confirmed but is out for public comment – see link below if you live in Benalla) The piece is intended to commemorate the life of Arthur Baird who grew…

Horsham sculpture

Horsham Riverfront Sculpture Commission

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Horsham Riverfront Sculpture Commission Very excited to be starting work on a  sculpture commission for the  banks of the Wimmera river in Horsham.  It will be situated in a central meting place in the middle…

Yering Station opening invite

Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition Opening

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Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards Opening – 2022 After working for much of last year on my kinetic sculpture, Manifold, and installing last week at Yering Station in the Yarra Valley, the opening is…

Manifold CAD design

Yering Station Sculpture Prize Finalist 2021

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Yering Station Sculpture Prize 2021 Very excited to be selected as a finalist in the Yering Station Sculpture Prize 2021. I’ve been working for much of this year on my new piece, Manifold for the…

Murmuring mk2 - kinetic sculpture

Every Artist Ever exhibition

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Every Artist Ever – Exhibition at Stockroom Gallery Excited to have a piece in the Every Artist Ever Show at Stockroom Gallery in Kyneton. Invite from the gallery: OPENING : SAT 3 JULY, 4:30PM We…

Murmuring mk2 kinetic sculpture -wip

Murmuring mk2 kinetic sculpture – work in progress

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Murmuring mk2 kinetic sculpture – work in progress Some work in progress pics of my little whimsy, Murmuring mk2.  In a similar theme to Murmuring, it’s very much inspired by the massed flight of starlings…

Spherophyte-kinetic sculpture in Ballarat

Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat – Night

 Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat – Night 1920 1280 Alex Sanson - Sculpture

Some night shots of Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat Spherophyte stay in central Ballarat is over, but here are some night shots!  It was right next to Queen Victoria in the middle of Sturt St…

Spherophyte kinetic sculpture

Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat

 Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat 1920 1440 Alex Sanson - Sculpture

Spherophyte Kinetic Sculpture in Ballarat Very excited to have installed Spherophyte in central Ballarat, right next to Queen Victoria in the middle of Sturt St and opposite the town Hall.  It will be there though…

Merri Creek Primary School

Merri Creek Primary School gate and panels

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Merri Creek Primary School Gate I was delighted to go back to Merri Creek Primary School and design and build a new custom gate and panels for a new building.  Merri Creek was the site of…

Upstream - Flow States

Upstream Festival Wodonga 2020 – art project

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Upstream Festival – Flow States art installation Over the Labour day long weekend in March, Nici Wright and I had a great trip up to Wodonga for the Upstream Festival jointly put on by Wodonga…

Djalgala Yarra - kinetic sculpture

Blacktown Hospital Kinetic Sculpture – video

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Video of our kinetic sculpture for Blacktown Hospital New video of our kinetic sculpture, Djalgala Yarra, an Arboreal Meditation!   Thanks Rich Mammoliti for the great video! And see here for more about the sculpture design I…

Djalgala Yarra - kinetic sculpture

Blacktown Hospital Kinetic Sculpture – installation timelapse

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Installation is finished on our kinetic sculpture for Blacktown Hospital Installation is finished on our kinetic sculpture, Djalgala Yarra, an Arboreal Meditation!  Check out a time-lapse of the installation below 🙂 And see here for more…

Direct Action 2030 Demonstrator Unit

Awards at Lot19 Artspace

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Awards at Lot19Artspace Spring Sculpture Prize Delighted and honoured to have been a co-winner of the Ron Anstey Big Hearted Award and also a co-winner of The Mill Award for my humble little kinetic and…

Djalgala Yarra - work in progress

Kinetic Sculpture Commission – Work in progress

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Work in progress – kinetic sculpture for Blacktown Hospital Well, after quite a long few months, construction is finished on our kinetic sculpture, Djalgala Yarra, an arboreal meditation. See here for more about the sculpture design I…

Angophera Costata

Kinetic Sculpture Commission – BMDH hospital – Sydney

 Kinetic Sculpture Commission – BMDH hospital – Sydney 1920 1440 Alex Sanson - Sculpture

Kinetic sculpture for Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH) I’m very excited to announce that after working for much of last year on the design, that I am just about to start building a new…

Spilt Milk Festival

Spilt Milk Festival Video, Canberra, 2017

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Great new video just in! thanks to editing by Isabelle Levien! Split Milk wrapped up an epic 3 major events in November, had one day to turnaround between unpacking  from Strawberry Fields and packing and leaving…

Land Art Generator Initiative – Castlemaine Workshop

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Re-Imaging Energy Workshop Very excited to have been invited to take part in the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) workshop starting in Castlemaine this weekend.  Its going to be a great learning opportunity and hopefully we’ll…

Cradle - dusk

Rainbow Serpent Arts and Culture Foundation – Beaufort sculpture

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Rainbow Serpent Arts and Culture Foundation Permanent Sculpture for Beaufort – Pick My Project With a long association with the Rainbow Serpent Festival and much time spent in the local town, Beaufort, I’m delighted to…

student farm flower

Artist in School Project, Rainbow P-12 School

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Dangerous Art – Artist in School Project For the last few weeks I’ve been heading off to Rainbow, a small-ish town in the Mallee in far Western Victoria to participate in an Artist in Schools…

Spilt Milk Festival

Spilt Milk Festival, Canberra, 2017

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Split Milk wrapped up an epic 3 major events in November, had one day to turnaround between unpacking  from Strawberry Fields and packing and leaving for Spilt Milk in Canberra!  A pretty full on project,…

Strawberry Fields Festival

Strawberry Fields Festival, Tocumwal, 2017

 Strawberry Fields Festival, Tocumwal, 2017 1920 1280 Alex Sanson - Sculpture

Great to be back at Strawberry Fields, fabulous atmosphere, very hot, but so nice to be by the Murray river for swimming.  Made a sculptural lighting installation inspired by the cherry tree blossom festivities in…

Spherophyte - Rainbow Serpent festival

Rainbow Serpent Festival, Lexton 2018

 Rainbow Serpent Festival, Lexton 2018 1600 1000 Alex Sanson - Sculpture

After working at many Rainbows in the early 2000s, I hadn’t been for a while, and it was really good to be back.  A beautiful site of rolling hills, amazing selection of artwork, great atmosphere,…

Real Festival

Real Festival Sydney, 2017

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It was such a pleasure to take my kinetic sculpture, Nebulous  up to Sydney and Real Festival.  A lovely music and arts festival on the banks of the Nepean river in Penrith, lots of great…

Sculpture

Alex is fascinated by kinetic sculpture that can be touched and played with, in which movement and interaction drive engagement and participation.

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Festivals & Events

Alex loves to build giant kinetic sculpture, focal points for contemplative wonder, or mesmerising, energetic and euphoric centrepieces.

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Metal Work

Drawing upon his sculptural aesthetic, Alex designs and makes gates, lighting and all manner of artisanal and architectural metalwork.

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