Geoffrey Drake-Brockman

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Biography

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (b. Woomera, South Australia 1964) has been exhibiting since 1986 with shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Denmark, New York and London. He has had major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Australia in 2001 and in 2005, Singapore Art Museum (2010) The Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (2002), The Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, (2007) the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (2004), Sculpture by the Sea (Bondi, Cottesloe, and Aarhus/Denmark; (2001 - 2014), Collaborative Concepts in New York (2002) and The Hooper Gallery in London (1991). Geoffrey won the National Sculpture Prize Highly Commended Award in 2001 and the Peoples’ Choice Award in 2005. Geoffrey completed a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) at the University of Western Australia in 1985 and a Master of Arts (Visual Arts) at Curtin University of Technology, Perth in 1994.

Solo Exhibitions

2016
Looking Glass, Linton and Kay, Perth
Portal painting series and other 2D and 3D works.

2010
Art Garden, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Art Garden, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2007
Floribots, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Floribots, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth

2002
Clownhead, (collab. R. Kuhaupt) The Breadbox, Perth
Clownhead, (collab. R. Kuhaupt) The Breadbox, Perth

2001
Geoffrey, (collab. R. Kuhaupt) The Verge, Perth
Geoffrey, (collab. R. Kuhaupt) The Verge, Perth

1997
The Identity Appliance, Goddard de Fiddes, Perth
The Identity Appliance, Goddard de Fiddes, Perth

1993
Augmentations, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
Augmentations, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle

1991
The Hooper Gallery, London, UK
The Hooper Gallery, London, UK

1987
Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Greenhill Galleries, Perth

Group Exhibitions

2016
Machines and Makers, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
Howes Dream interactive mechanical artwork.

2014
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Solar Jayne Interactive Solar powered ballerina

2014
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, NSW
Counter Interactive Installation

2014
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney, NSW

2014
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA

2012
City of Joondalup Invitation Art Exhibition
City of Joondalup Invitation Art Exhibition

2011
Sculpture by the Sea, Aahus, Denmak (Europe)
Sculpture by the Sea, Aahus, Denmak (Europe)

2011
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA (1)
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA

2010
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA (2)
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA

2009
Out of the Box, Holmes a Count Gallery
Out of the Box, Holmes a Count Gallery

2006
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA (3)
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA

2005
National Sculpture Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Sculpture Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2005
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA (4)
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA

2004
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Prize exhibition, Melbourne
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Prize exhibition, Melbourne

2003
Luminous Image, Collaborative Concepts Art Gallery, New York, USA
Luminous Image, Collaborative Concepts Art Gallery, New York, USA

2002
Sculpture from Sea, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture from Sea, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney

2002
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney

2002
Mnemotech, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
Mnemotech, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth

2002
Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth
Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth

2001
National Sculpture Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1)
National Sculpture Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2000
Suburb, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Suburb, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)

1999
Shaky Ground, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Shaky Ground, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)

1992
Pulit8, Pulit Artspace, London, UK
Pulit8, Pulit Artspace, London, UK

1989
New Works, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
New Works, Greenhill Galleries, Perth

1987
Triyptych, Praxis, Fremantle
Triyptych, Praxis, Fremantle

1986
Sixpack, Praxis, Fremantle
Sixpack, Praxis, Fremantle

Awards

2005
People’s Choice Award, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia
People’s Choice Award, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia

2004
National Exemplar - Laserwrap, Year of the Built Environment
National Exemplar - Laserwrap, Year of the Built Environment

2003
Princess Margaret Search for Genius Art Award (judged by John Stringer)
Princess Margaret Search for Genius Art Award (judged by John Stringer)

2001
Highly Commended, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia
Highly Commended, National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia

1993
Sir Charles Gairdner Annual Art Award
Sir Charles Gairdner Annual Art Award

Collections

The Curtin Collection

Private Collections in UK, Singapore, Sweden, Australia

Sculpture by the Sea Collection

Commissions

2017
SKY, Perth Winter Arts Festival Main Activation, Interactive Installation

2016
Surface, Perth Children's Hospital, Interactive Light Sculpture

2015
Luminous, Chinatown, Perth, Exterior Interactive Light Sculpture

2015
Curl, Carter Lane Park, Subiaco - Exterior Sculpture

2014
Readwrite, NEXTDC Malaga Data Centre – Exterior Robotic Interactive Sculpture

2014
Rain on Water, Butler Train Station – Interior Sculpture

2012
Totem, The Perth Arena – Interactive Sculpture and Laser Installation

2012
Spiral, Northbridge Police Complex – Exterior Sculpture

2010
Headspace – Interactive Sculpture for Christ Church Grammar School

2009
Counter, Transart – Interactive Sculpture in Central Perth

Publications

2015
Created Beings - From Commonplace Motifs to Robot Myths and Simulacra,
Paper Presented at Cyberworlds Conference, Upsala, Sweden.

2015
Floribots Robotics and Japanese Origami
SASAKI, Kasuo, Tokyo University of Technology School of Media Science

2015
30 Hypnotic Kinetic Sculptures You Can’t Ignore
UEHARA, Kenneth, Hongkiat

2015
Invasión Generativa
CAUSA, Emiliano, La Plata National University of Argentina

2012
Multimedia Performance
KLICH, Rosemary & SCHEER, Edward , Palgrave Macmillan

2004
Landscape – Journal of the Institute of Landscape Architecture
FIRTH, Dianne & BARNEY, Jane, Landscape

2003
Using Illumination to Truly See
GENNOCIO, Ben, The New York Times Arts Review. 28 Dec

2002
Mnemotech : sense + scape + time + memory
ERICKSON, Dorothy, Artlink. Vol 22 no 4

2002
Craft Arts International
GRALTON, Beatrice. Vol54, p70

2001
The West Australian
BROMFEILD, David, 24 March

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman
Sculpture, Digital/electronic media, Robotics, Light, Laser and Optical Artworks

Artist Statement

Geoffrey’s work explores the role of technology in constructing social reality. Geoffrey divides his practice between works incorporating robotics, and traditional “static” artworks. “Where my works are not highly technological in execution, they tend to carry design references to themes from cyberculture, geometry, and virtual social constructs".