Terrance Plowright Profile

Contents Brief background Awarded Public and Corporate Projects Preview of commissioned artworks from Terrance Plowright
Brief background: Born in Sydney, 1949. Terrance has undertaken some of the largest fine art commissions in Australia. He has large sculptural works in Bangladesh, New Zealand and his 2000 Sydney Olympic Sculptures now resides in New York, throughout the USA, Singapore, Paris, Tokyo, London etc and all States throughout Australia. This particular work raised almost 2 million dollars for the Olympic Athletes. The Paramatta relief mural, which stands 22 metres high, 16 metres wide and 0.6 of a metre deep, at Westfield Shopping Centre is one of Terrance’s major contributions to Sydney. His large sculptural works, some over 11 meters in height, are created in cast bronze, stainless steel, stone, glass, water, etc.. 5 cast bronze figures have just been installed at Echo Point in the Blue Mountains and stand over 3 metres in height. In addition, he has recently completed a 6 metre high, contemporary cast stainless steel sculpture, weighing around 5 tonnes, installed at Twin Waters in Queensland. Terrance has designed and built many water features, one over 50 metres in length for the Deutsche Bank Headquarters in Sydney and his “Dancing Brolga Fountain” at Cockle Bay is famous world wide and features as one of Sydney’s major icons for Singapore Airlines. Terrance has also explored the potential uses of Water Clear Cast Urethane, and was one of the first in the world to use this material artistically, creating a full size clear cast figure as well as a key work for Sydney University. In 1985 Terrance was selected as one of two Australian artists to represent Australian Glass Artists at Craft Expo held in Sydney. In 1986 One of Terrance’s major stained glass works was unveiled by the Governor General of NSW Air Marshal Sir James Rowland at the Garrison Church, The Rocks in Sydney. In 1990 Kangaroo Press published a book "Stained Glass Inspiration and Design" on Terrance’s Glass and Sculptural works. The book was launched by Mrs. Hazel Hawke, the wife of Prime Minister Mr Bob Hawke and went on to sell-out three editions. In 1991, Terrance was invited by the Geneva Headquarters of the World Council of Churches to be artist/sculptor in residence where his sculptural works created during the three week conference, were televised to over 120 countries. In 1995, a bronze sculpture of Mamma Leana MBE was unveiled by the then Federal Minister for Immigration, Phillip Ruddick. 1998 Terrance designed and built his first, and now famous major water feature, the “Dancing Brolga Fountain” at Darling Harbour. 1999 Terrance won a competition to design and create the main Olympic Auction Sculpture. 2002 His Tribute to the Mining Community, a larger than life size bronze is unveiled by the Premier of NSW, Bob Carr. 2003 Terrance is selected to design and create one of the largest cast bronze figurative works in Australia, “The Convict Memorial”. 2004 Terrance is awarded the design and build contract for a huge water feature at the new Deutsche Bank Headquarters in Sydney. This work is 50 metres in length. 2007 Convicts unveiled by the Australian President of Rotary in the presence of Bob Debus who was NSW Attorney General, also, the then sitting Federal Liberal Member and Chief Government Whip for the lower house, Kerry Bartlett and other dignitaries. 2007 Terrance was invited to create a major cast bronze work (larger than life) for the Sydney Cricket Ground. This is a figure of Richie Benaud a respected figure in the field of cricket, internationally. He was unveiled by the New South Wales Governor General, Marie Bashir. 2007 a larger than life size statue for Wollongong Council, a surf lifesaver. This is a cast in bronze, celebrating the Centenary of Surf Lifesaving in Australia. Also, a 7 metre high x 6 metres wide stained glass window for the Holy Family Chapel in Sydney was also completed. 2008 Terrance finished and installed a 3 metre cast bronze figure of Sir Henry Parkes for the City of Parkes, NSW. Also completed was a new Stone, Stainless Steel and Bronze Cenotaph for Honour Park, Penrith. Currently based at Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, the large studio, which Terrance built, is set on 2 acres of bushland. Terrance has now worked in fine arts for 25 years. He also studied Film Editing with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, was lead singer and rhythm guitarist in “Centres of Gravity” and “Sweet Earth” and studied music, privately at the Sydney Conservatorium. In 1976 he founded the “Awareness Centre” in Sydney as well as teaching and lecturing on “Potential of the human spirit”. With a background and deep interest in music, philosophy, science and the relationships of living forms, I work on developing themes that endeavour to reveal the interconnectedness and innate intelligence of all life, as well as the profoundly powerful and beautiful nature of existence.
Awarded Public and Corporate Projects: “Dancing Brolga Fountain”, Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Twelve cast stainless steel (316) full size Brolgas. A spiral water feature driven by three large pumps, lighting, fibre optics. “Aqua-helix”, 11 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Central Station, Sydney. “Convict Memorial”, Five, 2.8 to 3 metres high cast bronze figures, weighing around 1 tonne each, Echo Point, Katoomba, N.S.W. “Wings Of Spirit”, 6 metre high cast 316 stainless steel, 4.5 tonnes, Twin Waters, Queensland. “Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams”, 50 metre water feature, 4 x granite plinths, 8 x 1.5 metre submersible pumps, 1 major 38 kva water wall pump, 5 variable speed drives, computer, 98 nozzles, LED lighting, etc. Deutsche Bank Headquarters, Sydney. “Nurturing:Nature:Profoundly Infinite”, 22 metre high x 16 metre wide, ½ metre deep mural in relief, weighing 8 tonnes, Parramatta, N.S.W. “2000 Olympic Sculpture”, stainless steel, cast glass and solid cast silver, 500 pieces, Paris, Tokyo, New York, London, etc, all states within Australia. “Purity Of Spirit”, 4.5 metres high x 3.3 metres wide, 3.5 tonnes, drawn, slumped, five sided bevel edged glass prisms, granite base. Originally, Neeta City Sydney, now, private collection. “Emergence”, 6 metre high granite and stainless steelsculptural water feature with 3 x sets of stainless contemporary figures surrounding the main feature. City of Newcastle. “Arthur Downes”, Life size portraiture, founder of NSW Rural Fire Service. Cold cast bronze. NSW Museum of Fire Services. “Eienstein”, Life size bust, cast bronze,Moss Family, Sydney. “From Light; Water”, 16 metre high x 6 metres wide, 250mm deep mural in relief. Floor, crushed granite, crushed coloured slab glass and coloured concrete. St.George Private Hospital, Sydney. “St.Johns, 200 metres of stained glass, all sacred furniture including the baptismal font, 4 life size sculptures, 1 cast bronze 1 & 1/4 life size figure with eagle, also forms part of a water feature, 14 “Stations Of The Cross”, (steel with cold cast bronze surface + LED’s), 2 mosaics 1.5 x 1.5 metres each. Mt.Druitt Sydney. “Connection”, 3 metre highstainless steel sculpture, Auckland Airport, New Zealand. “Gordon Uniting Church”, 12 stained glass windows, 1.2m x 3.2m metres, painted and etched. “Ekshonge” (Together), 3.3 metre high, stainless steel with cold cast aluminium coating. C.R.P. hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. “Flowering Streams”, 5 metres high, created from stainless steel plate, weighing 2 tonnes. 18 nozzles, all hydraulics hidden inside, main central sculptured suspended. The Entrance, N.S.W. “Emerging Relationship”, 4 metre high, steel sculpture, Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Aust. “Relationships”, 3.3 stainless steel contemporary figures. Made from plate stainless steel part of a water feature, Kellyville, Sydney N.S.W. “Whales x 2”, 1 x 8 metres and 1 x 5 metres length, cast 8mm polycarbonate skin, stainless steel reinforcing and binding. The entire skeletal structure was carved in dense foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. Darling Harbour, Sydney, N.S.W. “Cobar Miner”, cast bronze 1 & ¼ life size memorial for the mining community, Cobar N.S.W. Unveiled by Bob Carr, State Premier. “Three Sisters Fountain”, seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2 metres high. Part of a fountain, (yet to be completed). Also, a life size Pit Pony and Welsh Miner, cast bronze. Scenic World Katoomba, N.S.W. “Silence”, 3 small bronze contemporary figures, 1 metre high, Adelaide Airport, South Aust. “Champions”, 12 portraitures (busts) of Australian Rugby League Champions, cold cast bronze, Redcliffe, Queensland. “Obsession”, 14 metres x 3 metres, stainless steel mural in relief, 12 different sports activities, all work laser cut with etched and painted stainless steel background. Redcliffe, Queensland. “St.Bernadettes”, 240 square metres of stained glass, painted, etched and fired works. 2 x sculptures, all the sacred furniture, made from marble and timber inlay, Castle Hill, Sydney. “Reconciliation”, 3 metre high stainless steel, with LED lighting, sculptural water feature, Kings School, Sydney. “Surf Lifesaver”, 2.4 metres high, cast bronze. Celebrating 100 years of Surf Lifesaving, Wollongong. Under construction. “Larger than Life Size Figure” (subject under wraps) Sydney Cricket Ground Trust. Under construction. “Sir Henry Parkes”, 3.2 metres high, cast bronze, City of Parkes Council. Under construction. “Stained Glass Window”, 7 metres high x 6 metres wide, Marayong Holy Family Chapel. Under construction.
Some leading companies/councils/churches/organisations who have commissioned major artworks from Terrance Plowright: