Wendy Teakel
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My practice questions relationships between cultural and natural spaces, particularly referencing rural settings. In these sculptures a river stone, formed through time by natural forces balances on fabricated human structures. The sculptures look a bit like agricultural storage faculties where we humans stockpile resources through both greed and necessity. Equally the works advocate the necessity to support and future-proof the natural world and to elevate the natural (stone) above the human (fabrication).
Wendy Teakel has held 38 solo exhibitions in public and private galleries and had work curated into over 80 selected exhibitions in Australia and overseas. She holds a Masters by Research, RMIT, 2004 and was head of Sculpture at the ANU, 2008-2017. Her work is held in significant collections including the NGA and regional galleries in Australia. Recent awards, residencies and grants include; invited artist Chiang Mai International Sculpture Symposium (2018), Echigo Tsumari Australia House Residency, Japan (2016), Australia Council Tokyo Studio (2016), artsACT project grant (2017), Transfield Invited Artist, Sculpture by the Sea Bondi (2018). She has been a finalist in significant prizes, recently including; Sculpture At Scenic World (2019 winner), Ginninderry Drawing Prize (2020 winner), Deakin Small Sculpture prize (2022, 2021). Wendy works as a freelance artist from her studio at Murrumbateman NSW.

Wendy Teakel Cycle 15 x 28 x 18 $990

Inland Pastures Found corrugated iron, timber and steel, soil, paint, found grass H 65 X W 120 X D 355cm POA

Replenish 2021 River stone and steel 27 X 9 X 9 cm $1,800

Reserve 2022 River stone, steel 34 x 11 x 11cm $2,200

Reservoir 2022 River stone, steel 41 x 18 x 14cm $2,200

Paddock-summer flock Found tin, wire, fleece H49 X W 43 X D 43 $3,500

Paddock Dry Dam Found tin, wire and stone 48 x 40 x 40 cm $3,500

Paddock Grass Foynd tin, grasses, solil and wire 53 x 41 x 41 cm $3,500

In Time-gathering moss Pokerwork, soot, charcoal, collage, pastel, graphite Arches 640gsm paper H 152 X 101 cm $4,500

Early Morning-fresh growth Pokerwork, soot, charcoal, collage, pastel, graphite Arches 640gsm paper H 152 X 101 cm $4,500

Tinder dry-breathless Scorch marks, pokerwork, pastel, conte 640 GSM Arche H 152 X W 101 cm $4,500

Seasonal shift-cool change pokerwork, soot, charcoal, collage, pastel Arches 640gsm paper H 152 X 101 cm $4,500

Crop circles-crop cycles Pokerwork, scorch marks, collage, pastel Arches 640 gsm H 152 X W 101 cm $4,500

First Frost Soot, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel, graphite, pokerwork Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Crop Traces soot, sgraffito, pokerwork, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastel Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Green Pick Soot, sgraffito, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Stubble and Wind Soot, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel, pokerwork Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Summer Edges Soot, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Wind Dispersal Soot, graphite, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych) H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500

Burnt Furrows Soot, graphite, pokerwork, acrylic paint, pastel Hahnemuhle 350 gsm on birch panel (triptych)_H 91 X W 45 cm $2,500