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Sanné Mestrom is an Australian artist who creates unique art pieces, mostly sculptures and installations. Her art often explores new ideas and uses a lot of research. She likes to include the idea of "play" in how people interact with art in public spaces. Since 2011, Sanné has been remaking and reinterpreting famous art styles from the 1900s, known as Modernism. She has received many awards and has been asked to create public art sculptures for different places. Sanné has studied in countries like Korea and Mexico. She is also a senior teacher at the Sydney College of Art.

Sanné Mestrom's Early Life and Studies

Sanné Mestrom was born in 1979 in Heerlen, a city in the Netherlands. When she was 17, she moved to Australia, after living in New Zealand for a short time. She studied fine art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and finished her studies with high honors in 2000.

In 2008, she earned a special degree called a PhD. Her research was about how places affect us and how we see things. In 2011, she got another certificate in Public Art. Public art is art made for everyone to see in public spaces, like parks or city squares.

In 2019, Sanné became a senior teacher of sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts, which is part of the University of Sydney. She is also studying for another degree in landscape architecture. This field is about designing outdoor spaces. Her own art helps her research how public art can be a part of our daily lives. She wants to make art that people can interact with and even play with.

In 2001, Sanné lived and studied at Sangmyung University in Seoul, South Korea. In 2007, she went to SOMAmexico art school in Mexico City. From 2010 to 2012, Sanné worked as an artist at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces in Melbourne, Australia.

Sanné Mestrom's Art Career

Sanné Mestrom has created many important artworks. She was asked to make an outdoor sculpture called Loose Variables for Westbourne Grammar School in Melbourne. In 2013, she created The Bell Curve for an exhibition called NEW13 at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne.

In 2014, Sanné won the third annual Ian Potter Sculpture Commission. This award helped her create new art for the Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne. Between 2007 and 2018, Sanné received 17 grants. These grants helped her develop her research and create her artworks.

Sanné Mestrom's Artworks and Style

Sanné Mestrom started her art journey as a painter in 2004. By 2009, she began exploring space using sculpture. She uses many different materials in her sculptures. These include strong materials like cement and bronze, and lighter ones like wood and plastic.

In 2010, Sanné was part of a group art show called "the Nothing." This exhibition was held at West Space in Melbourne and Chalk Horse Gallery in Sydney.

Famous Art Pieces

One of her well-known works is Weeping Woman (2014). She made this for the Monash University Museum of Art. It features three large concrete statues of female figures that also work as fountains.

Since 2011, Sanné's art has often looked back at the "modernist" art styles from the 1900s. She is especially inspired by artists like Morandi, Picasso, Brancusi, and Matisse. She often takes ideas from paintings and turns them into sculptures. She makes us think about how our culture and surroundings change how we see art. Sometimes, she copies famous artworks but uses different materials. For example, she might use bronze instead of marble, or plastic instead of stone.

In 2014, Sanné worked with her mother, who makes tapestries in regional Victoria. Together, they created the Black Paintings series. This exhibition was shown again in 2018 at the McClelland Sculpture Gallery. This series was inspired by Frank Stella, an artist born in 1936, who also made a "Black Painting Series" (1958-1960). Besides paintings, the exhibition included screens with different fabric textures and hard materials.

In 2019, her exhibition There is a Poem focused on how people behave, especially in public places. Her artwork You and Me was part of this show and was bought by the National Gallery of Australia. In 2020, Sanné's work was featured in the Know My Name, Women Artists 1900 to Now exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia.

Awards and Achievements

Sanné Mestrom has received several important awards for her art:

  • 2006 Finalist in the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize at the Bendigo Regional Art Gallery.
  • 2006 Winner, Siemens Post Graduate Fine Art Scholarship Award.
  • 2011 Winner, John Fries Memorial Prize, Sydney.
  • 2013 Winner, Credit Suisse / Art & Australia Emerging Artist Award for 2013/14.

Where to See Her Art

Sanné Mestrom's artworks are held in many important art collections:

Art Shows and Exhibitions

Sanné Mestrom's work has been shown in various exhibitions:

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