Sculpture in the Garden

Every two years we present Sculpture in the Garden at Wollongong Botanic Garden. The exhibition also includes a $30,000 Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award, and a People's Choice Award.

The next Sculpture in the Garden will be held from 18 March - 30 April 2023.

Exhibiting artists for Sculpture in the Garden 2023 are:

Deborah Redwood, Camie Lyons, Bryn Jones (New Zealand), Danny Ivanovski, Janine Bailey, Juliane Brandt, Selby Ginn, Victoria Monk, Greer Taylor, Anthony Battaglia, Gary Christian, Anna and Michael Rofka (Germany), Tegan Georgette Russell, Ben Allen and Erin Arthur, Susan Reddrop, James Rogers, John Fitzmaurice, Michael Ferris, Malvika Satelkar, Katherine Castillo Alferez, Alice Nixon, Scott Marr, Saskia Everingham, Kirli Saunders, and Robyn Rumpf.

Sculptures and installations are displayed throughout the Garden, with the winning work becoming a permanent part of our city’s public art collection.

Sculpture in the Garden (also known as the Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award) is open to local, national and international artists.

If you’d like more information about Sculpture in the Garden, email us or call (02) 4227 7111.

Applications open for interactive artwork

Expressions of interest are invited from community-based artists to create a temporary, interactive artwork as part of our program for Sculpture in the Garden 2023.

See our Public Notice for details, and apply by Monday 30 January 2023.

View the permanent collection

All previous winners can be viewed at Wollongong Botanic Garden during opening hours.

• 2021 Winner: Curious Dream of an Architect by Fatih Semiz (located near #3 on the Garden Map)
• 2018 Winner: Steel City by Michael Purdy (located on the western side of the Kawasaki Bridge)
• 2016 Winner: King Coal by Louis Pratt (located in the northern corner of the Flowering Trees and Shrubs Collection #7 on the Garden Map)

View more about the past exhibitions and finalists below.

Past exhibitions