Mary van den Broek
Mary has 20 years experience in Occupational Therapy and has been pursuing Sculpture for last 15 years, making and exhibiting work in solo and group exhibitions. Her public art commissions include St John of God Hospital, and Ballarat Health Services. She has a Master of Fine Art, RMIT Melbourne and an Honours Fine Art (Sculpture) from Ballarat University. She has undertaken a residency at Imagine Gallery Beijing Feb/March 201. Awards include Dalchem prize at the Annual Awards of the Victorian Sculpture Society at Yarra Sculpture Gallery 2012 and 2015. Emerging artist prize at the Melbourne Flower and Garden Show 2009. Mary van den Broek’s focus around play, numbers and communication is often a subject for exploration in her works. ‘ By working towards playing together in our world we can achieve more than in isolation and fear of other.’
View Mary’s “Spheniscidaes Waddle” Exhibition Catalogue
Girl with Dog Bronze 8/9 $3,000
Spheniscidaes Waddle uses a material commonly used for fabricating heating flue concealer panels in a new penguin shape to draw attention to the possible future survival of penguins and other species that prefer a cooler climate, including humans.
Pengiuns Small $ 500 Medium $ 800 Large $ 1200
Pengiuns Small $ 500 Medium $ 800 Large $ 1200
Mary Van den Broek Changing Track - 3/8 $3,000
Mary Van den Broek Plane Girl - Bronze 2/8 $3,000
Hop Skip Together Edition 8/8 $3,000
Girl with Dog Bronze 8/9 $3,000