David Waters is a Sculptor from Central Victoria.
DAVID WATERS CV
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1986 – 87 Graduate Diploma, Fine Art (Sculpture) Victorian College of the Arts
1982 – 85 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (Sculpture) RMIT
RESIDENCIES
2014 FoodCourt ARI Docklands Melbourne. Mud on glass stencils.
2007 Laughing Waters, Eltham. Victoria
2004 Gisborne Secondary College, Vic – Artist in Residence, Sandblasting Glass
2003 Bundanon, NSW – Artist in Residence
AWARDS
2005 Montalto Sculpture Prize. (Winner)
2004 Yering Station, Yarra Glen – Sculpture Prize (Highly Commended)
2003 Moreland Sculpture Prize (Highly Commended)
2002 Moreland Sculpture Prize (Highly Commended)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Mt Lofty, Victoria. Installations
2015 &Gallery. Melbourne
2015 Old Bar, Fitzroy. SpongeDeath
2015 Stockroom, Kyneton. Grandstand.
2014 Australian Galleries, Collingwood. Sculpture and drawings
2013 Unicorn Gallery Ballarat Monrians Mattress. Foam Rubber.
2011 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. Stone and Glass
2011 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Para Site, Scrap iron installation with Jason and Noah Hartcup.
2010 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Mud on Glass, interactive installation.
2010 Stockroom Kyneton. “ Domain.” Installation.
2009 Brightspace, StKilda. Works on paper
2009 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. “Art of Incidence”
2008 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. “ROOF”
2007 Tarpaulin BRIGHTSPACE, St Kilda
2007 Kings ARI, Melbourne. “INDENT”
2006 Citylights, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne. Works in Foam Rubber
2006 Watch This Space, Alice Springs – “Football” Installation
2005 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford – “Gallery” Sculpture Installation
2005 Brightspace, StKilda – “Compaction” Works on canvas
2005 Über Gallery, St Kilda – Suburban Picnic
2003 Goya Gallery Courtyard, Melbourne – Works in stone
2003 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood – Bus Farm
2002 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood – Crossover
2001, Mistake Creek, Kimberly, WA. ‘Bell’ earth carving.
2000 Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton – Bluestone and Earthworks
1999 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy – Fooling the Moon with a Broom – Sculpture
1999 Preston Creative Living Centre Recent Works
1998 Convent Gallery, Daylesford – Um – Leadlight and Bluestone Carvings
1996 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy – Sculpture and Drawings
1995 Gasworks Theatre Foyer, Port Melbourne – Leadlight
1988 Storey Hall, RMIT – Installation/Performance
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Lorne Sculpture Biennale. Sculpture Trail & Sculpturescape
2015 Gasworks, PortMelbourne. From Nature. Man-U-Her
2015 Upstairs Napier. Fitzroy. Fragility.
2014 Brunswick St Gallery. Celtic Cross, Foam rubber.
2014 Lorne Sculpture Biennale. Bluestone Pills.
2013 The Front, Docklands Melbourne. Artful Dodgers Mentoring program.
2013 Williamstown Contemporary Art prize. Foam Memorial.
2013 Mt Buller Sculpture Prize “Sentinal”
2012 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Chicken, Egg? Drawing/sculpture. Giant Salt Molecule.
2012 Caspa Castlemaine, Stone and Clay with John.A.Smith
2011 Lorne Sculpture 2011 Lorne, Victoria. “Birdbath”
2011 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Para Site
2011 Toorak Village Sculpture Prize
2010 Wiliamstown Contemporary Art prize
2010 Toorak Village Sculpture prize
2009 Toorak Village Sculpture Prize “Milieu”
2008 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford METAL
2008 Brightspace, St Kilda, Winter Salon “Tongue”
2008 Toorak Village Sculpture Prize. “The Gun”
2007 Brightspace, St Kilda. The Summer Salon.
2007 Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Water. Installation
2007 Yarra Sculpture Gallery. Posted
2007 Contempora 2. Docklands. Public Bone.
2006 Brightspace, St Kilda. The Boat Show.
2006 Brightspace, St Kilda, The Winter Salon
2006 The Alice Prize. Araluen Centre, Alice Springs
2006 Toorak Village Sculpture Prize. “Jet Engine” Bluestone
2006 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford – Soft Centre
2006 Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria. Concrete Casting
2006 Montalto Winery, Red Hill – Sculpture Competition
2005 Yering Station, Yarra Glen – Sculpture prize
2005 Contempora 2, Docklands – Outdoor Sculpture
2005 Montalto Winery, Red Hill – Sculpture Competition
2004 Penny School Gallery, Maldon – The Tree Show
2004 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford – The Motor Show
2004 Yering Station, Yarra Glen – Sculpture Prize
2004 Contemporary Sculptors Association, Abbotsford – International Touring Slide Show
2004 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford Wet and Dry – Water Exhibition
2004 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Plastic Fantastic Lover, inorganic materials
2003 Castlemaine Self Portrait Competition, Castlemaine Regional Gallery
2003 Toorak Village Sculpture Show, ANZ Bank – Jet Engine in Bluestone
2003 Mildura Palimpsest – Giant Salt Molecule Installation
2003 Yarra Sculpture Gallery – Hearing Place – sound installations
2003 Yarra Sculpture Gallery – Plastic Fantastic Lover – inorganic materials
2002 Yarra Sculpture Gallery – Members Show
2002 St Kilda Botanical Gardens, St. Kilda – Selected Artists
2001 Yarra Sculpture Gallery – All to Dirt
2001 Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton – Horizons
2001 Castlemaine Fringe Festival, Castlemaine – Sculpture
2000 Wallace Brothers Gallery, Castlemaine – Selected Artists
2000 Lancefield Winery, Lancefield – Bluestone Sculpture and Leadlight
2000 The Boilerhouse Gallery, Sunbury – The Erotic Art Show – Bluestone
1999 Castlemaine Fringe Festival, Castlemaine – Leadlight and Stone Sculpture
1999 Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton One Foot Square
1999 The Artists’ Garden, Fitzroy
1998 Maribyrnong Arts Project, Footscray – Sculpture
1998 Australia Felix, Benalla
1998 Construction in Process VI – The Bridge
1998 The Artists’ Garden, Fitzroy
1997 Sydney College of the Arts, Ausglass Members’ Show
1997 Michael Nagy Gallery, Kings Cross – Drawing on the Diaphanous
1996 Maribyrnong Arts Project, Footscray – Leadlight.
1992 Gold Street Gallery, Collingwood – Spoke
1989 – 93 Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Port Melbourne
1988 Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne – VCA Post – Graduate Show
1988 Mildura Sculpture Triennial – Performance and Sculpture Installation
1985 Mildura Sculpture Triennial – Installation
1985 Roar Galleries, Fitzroy – Lemniscate
PUBLIC WORKS
2012 Castlemaine. Anglican Church. Chartres Labyrinth replica. Stone
2007 Araluen Centre, Lower Plenty, Victoria. “Trio” with Araluen Artists
2004 Gisborne Secondary College, Sandblasted glass installation
2003 Union Street Windsor Commission Flats, In Flight – installation, six birds
2001 Walcha, NSW – Public Sculpture Furniture, Locomotive Bench Seat
2001 Abbotsford Primary School, Abbotsford – Bluestone Snake and Indigenous Garden Installation
2000 Darebin Enterprise Centre, Alphington – Bluestone Sculpture and Indigenous Garden Installation
1999 W. Ruthven Reserve, Preston, with Down Street Studios – Bluestone Drinking Fountain.
1998 Olympic Village, Heidelberg, with Down Street Studios – Construction in Stone.
1997 Antarctic Leadlight, with Down Street Studios and Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, Southbank
1991 Barwon Valley Spiral Aqueduct, Geelong, with Cameron Robbins and David H. Thomas
1985/86 Benalla Ceramic Mural Garden, Benalla – Front Façade and Thongaphones
SHOWS CURATED
2011 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford. ‘ Heater’
2008 Installation. Boat shed 11. Williamstown with David Sinclair, “Polar” Photographs from Arctic and Antarctic regions
2007 Eltham Wood Workers Exhibition
2004 Contemporary Sculptors Association, Abbotsford – The UFO Show (50 Artists)
COLLECTIONS
2014 Australian Galleries Silo.
2012 Australian Galleries. Birdbath.
2006 Araluen Arts and Entertainment Centre, Alice Springs. “Tanker”
2005 Brightsace, St Kilda. “Compaction”, Clay on canvas. Cypress Bone
2005 Monash Art Gallery, Temporary installation – “The Set” Cast Concrete