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Sebastian Moody
He is in the business of making compelling stories that connect with audiences. The power of storytelling is central to Sebastian’s work with the prominence of using characteristic text works that speak to the public as messages in communal transitionary spaces such as vehicular underpasses and building walls. Sebastian …
Artworks by 10 Prominent Chinese and International Artists Unveiled at the new Shanghai Library East
Centred around the uniting curatorial theme ? Mediums: The Development of Writing’ the featured artists include some of China’s biggest names in contemporary art many of whom have helped lead and inspire China’s most influential cultural and artistic movements. Public art installations by artists Emily Floyd Gu Wenda Simon …
Artist Interview with Jon Campbell
With a creative practice that explores language and pop culture through paintings drawings light works installations and musical performances Melbourne based artist Jon Campbell’s 2021 public art installation Backyard represents a stylised pop version of his childhood backyard in the western suburbs of Melbourne. With a creative practice that …
What is the Value of Public Art?
Through a synthesis of academic articles from international journals this research identifies public art’s impacts using categories that include placemaking society culture economy sustainability wellbeing wisdom and innovation. The merits of public art are clear. Within this art form artists extend their visual narratives from art galleries into public …
Best of Public Art 2021
In its sixth iteration UAP in collaboration with five influential curators has surveyed top public art projects of the year reflecting trends and recurring themes that artists are addressing in different ways and in diverse locations globally. Brisbane Australia ? Public art has become a prolific creative component to cities around …
Bondi Memorial: Rise
Dedicated to all the victims and survivors targeted during a spate of homophobic and transphobic violence from the 1970s to the 1990s in Sydney and NSW. The Bondi Memorial: Rise is dedicated to all the victims and survivors targeted during a spate of homophobic and transphobic violence from the 1970s …
Decoding the Tree of Life: Maya Lin's Sculpture at Penn Medicine's New Pavilion
Its front facing space a spacious round room ringed with glass facing the other buildings in the medical campus features a 40 foot tall tree like structure covered in several hundred translucent glass balls. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania built its new 17 story building on a grand …
Five Mile Radius
Living in a world where architecture has minimal impact on the environment through the application of appropriate design materials and technologies while also ensuring ongoing benefits for future occupants in the form of comfort wellbeing and energy efficiency has been the lifeblood of Brisbane based architecture and design studio Five …
In the Workshop: Foundry
Occasionally a project will reach the floor that requires an especially complex casting process ? recently this challenge came in the form of Libby Harward’s Piccabeen Basket a work conceived in collaboration with Judy Watson for Gold Coast’s HOTA. Day to day, the UAP foundry produces a plethora of …
National Gallery of Australia announces major sculpture commission by
Lindy Lee
To be built at our Brisbane workshop 'Ouroboros' will be constructed from mirror polished recycled and reclaimed stainless steel and weighing approximately 13 tonnes; it will be the largest acquisition and one of the most significant public art commissions ever in Australia. 'This work will become a beacon for the …
Design Robotics project wins Excellence in Innovation Award
IMCRC congratulates its ? Design Robotics for Mass Customisation’ team on winning the Cooperative Research Centre Association’s 2020 Award for Excellence in Innovation. CRC Association’s 2020 Award presented to UAP the Queensland University of Technology and RMIT University.IMCRC congratulates its ? Design Robotics for Mass Customisation’ team on winning …
Incredible Things Issue One
Looking back at some the incredible things we have delivered recently in Australia China the United States and the Middle East.
Incredible Things Issue Two
Looking back at some the incredible things we have delivered recently in Australia China the United States and the Middle East.
Waka made from hundreds of crystals lands at Toi o Tāmaki
A 10 metre high waka made of crystals created by artist Reuben Paterson has taken pride of place at the Auckland Art Gallery
Sarah Sze Embeds Mirrored Installation into Storm King Art Center's Landscape
Sarah Sze has created an 11 metre wide concave sculpture to capture a pool of reflected sky in the dirt at Storm King Art Center. The work entitled Fallen Sky is made up of 132 individual elements with surfaces of mirror polished stainless steel.
Five Questions with Elisa Jane Carmichael
Quandamooka woman and multi disciplinary artist Elisa Jane Carmichael was born in Brisbane. Her works draw inspiration from her salt water heritage and her connections to country building upon a foundation of cultural knowledge and practice that has been passed down by her family. Quandamooka woman and multi disciplinary artist …
Sydney Harbour ferry features traditional wave designs that recognise local Aboriginal clans
New South Wales First Nations artist Warwick Keen has just completed the biggest artwork of his life and his canvas is a Sydney Harbour ferry.
Leonie Rhodes
An award winning multidisciplinary artist and facilitator from South London now working from Brisbane on unceeded Jagera and Turrbal land. Authenticity, Identity, and Connection Over Standing Out From the Crowd We are living in a world where an individual’s desire to stand out from the crowd equates to their …
Paul Cocksedge's Time Loop Installation Echoes Ongoing Hong Kong Transformation
Paul Cocksedge Studio has teamed up with Sino Group to reveal a new piece of public art dubbed ? Time Loop’ settling at the entrance of Yue Man Square in Hong Kong.
Supply: Craftsmanship, Quality and Durability
Our street furniture collection designed by established creatives can be easily purchased ? off the shelf.’ All of our products are well designed and well made drawing upon UAP’s strength in design and fabrication capabilities. Street Furniture and Streetscape Elements for the Public Realm Trusted manufacturing capabilities combined with an …
