Nicholas Uhlmann
Born 1974 Sydney, Australia
Education
2002 Bachelor of Visual Art and Applied Design, Adelaide Centre for Art, Adelaide, South Australia
2000 Three month studio residency, Bronsgieterij Sijen Art Foundry, The Netherlands
1997-1999 Advanced Diploma of Visual Art, NASA, Adelaide, South Australia
1992-2000 Travels extensively throughout South-East Asia, India, Nepal,South America, Turkey, Israel, Greece and Western Europe. Studies Lam Rim meditation in two month-long retreats in Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu valley, Nepal
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Janet Clayton Gallery, Paddington NSW
2017 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Janet Clayton Gallery, Danks St Depot, Sydney, NSW
2013 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
2010 BMGART (SALA show), Adelaide, South Australia
2007 Coriole Music Festival, South Australia
2007 BMGART (SALA show), Adelaide, South Australia
2004 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
2002 BMGART, Adelaide, South Australia
Selected Group and Joint Exhibitions
2013 Sculpture For Sight, Sight For All Foundation, SA Fleurieu Art Prize
2013 Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, SA Ex Aqua, Light Square Gallery, SA Oz Minerals Copper Sculpture Award, Adelaide Airport, SA In Situ, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, SA ‘Dream Voyager’, SALA, Terminal One, Adelaide Airport, SA Richard Cohen OAM Memorial Sculpture Competition, SA Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures, SA
2012 Manyung Galleries (18 sculptures), Mt Eliza, VIC Richard Cohen Memorial Sculpture Competition, Burnside, SA Melbourne Sculpture Prize, Art Melbourne, VIC Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Hahndorf, SA Palmer Sculpture Biennial, SA ‘Sculpture’, Janet Clayton Gallery at Danks, Sydney Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures, SA
2011 ‘Sculpturescape’, Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, Lorne, VIC ‘Sculpt’, Fleurieu Sculpture Invitational, SA ‘From the outside’, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney. ‘The Protégé’, Aptos Cruz Galleries, SA Manyung Galleries, Mt Eliza, VIC Sculpture At The Grove, United Kingdom WithoutPier Galleries, Melbourne Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures, SA
2010 Artscape Sculpture Biennial, NSW PIVOTAL Galleries, Melbourne, VIC Palmer Sculpture Biennial, SA
2009 Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, VIC 'Fresh Air', Quenington Sculpture Show, United Kingdom. Burford House, United Kingdom 'Art Melbourne 09', (PIVOTAL Galleries), Melbourne, VIC Sculpture on the Cliffs, Elliston, SA
2008 'Hinterland', Country Arts SA, touring regional galleries in SA PIVOTAL Galleries, Melbourne, VIC Macquarie Bank Fine Arts exhibition, SA Fleurieu Biennial, K1 Winery, Kiutpo, SA Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide Festival, Palmer, SA
2007 PIVOTAL Galleries, Melbourne, VIC Burghley House Sculpture Park, Lincolnshire, UK 'Fresh Air', Quenington Sculpture Show, UK Coriole festival, Coriole Winery, SA Finalist, Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Winery, Victoria
2006 PIVOTAL Galleries, Melbourne Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Palmer, SA Sculpture 2006, MaunsellWickes Gallery, Sydney
2005 'Sculpture By The Sea', Sydney, NSW 'Aquasculpture', Town Green, Port Macquarie, NSW 'SWELL' Sculpture Festival, Currumbin beach, QLD Nicholas Uhlmann, SOHO Galleries, Sydney 'Sculpture Inside', MaunsellWickes @ BSG, Sydney ARTWORKS Contemporary, Southport, QLD Sydney Affordable Art Show, (SOHO Galleries), Sydney
2004 Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, NSW SCULPTURE 16, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney Sydney Affordable Art Show, (SOHO Galleries), Sydney John Gordon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW Spring Art, Loreto College, SA
2003 'Less is more', miniature sculpture show, BMGART, Adelaide 'Confluence', Aqua-Sculpture exhibition, Port Macquarie, NSW SCULPTURE 15, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT Arterial Gallery, Adelaide, SA Spring Art, Loreto College, SA
2002 KRILL, Graduating show, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide Maestros & Apprentices, Adelaide Convention Centre, SA Shop@rt, Holdfast Shores, Glenelg, SA SCULPTURE 14, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney Spring Art, Loreto College, SA
2001 Christmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney Garden Sculpture, Adelaide Central Gallery Beaver Galleries, Canberra SCULPTURE 13, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
2000 Maestros & Apprentices, Adelaide Convention Centre, SA Helpmann Academy Graduate Show, Adelaide, SA BMGART, Adelaide, SA
1999 'Rocket Scientists',Graduation Exhibition, NASA Gallery, SA
Sculpture Events and Awards
2016 People’s Choice Award, Heysen Sculpture Biennial
2015Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2014Richard Cohen Memorial Sculpture Competition, 1st Prize
2013 Oz Minerals Copper Sculpture Award,
2012 SALA 2012, Richard Cohen Memorial Sculpture Competition, 1st Prize, SA Palmer Sculpture Biennial, SA Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Hahndorf, SA Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures, SA
2011 Sculpture At The Grove, United Kingdom
2010 The Palmer Award, awarded by Greg Johns. Artscape Sculpture Biennial, NSW
2009 Quenington Sculpture Show, UK Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, VIC
2007 Finalist, Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Winery, Victoria Quenington Sculpture Show, UK
2005 Finalist, Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, NSW Finalist, 'SWELL' Sculpture festival, Currumbin Beach, QLD
2004 Finalist, Willoughby Art Prize, Chatswood, NSW
2002 Rising Star, Oscarts Awards, SA
2000 Best Sculpture, Oscarts Awards, SA
Collections/Commissions
Private collections in Australia, UK and Holland. Corporate Collections including: Santos House, SAGreat, Stillwell Management Consultants, WoodsBagot Architects, DTEI, Adelaide Institute of Chartered accountants commission, 33 Erskine rd, Sydney Adelaide Prize 2007- 2009, Adelaide City Council, SA
Public Sculpture
2016/17: Four sculptures, East Piazza, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
2012/2013 Six sculptures, Glen Osmond Creek Linear Trail, City of Unley Council, SA.
2011/12 Three large-scale sculptures, UNO Apartments, Adelaide CBD, Housing SA, State Government of South Australia2010 Orphanage Park sculpture commission, Unley Council, SA
2009 Eight public sculptures for three reserves at the 'City Edge' Housing Development, Brompton, SA
Bibliography
2013 Clayton, Joan, ‘Voyage in metal and wood’, Hillstyle, The Mt Barker Courier, 13 November. Clayton, Joan, ‘ExAqua’, Hillstyle, The Mt Barker Courier, 2 Oct. ‘Dream Journey To Reality’, Business Journal, Adelaide Advertiser, SA, 6 August. Clayton, Joan, ‘Airport Sculpture A Flight Of Fancy’, The Mt Barker Courier, SA, 7 August.
2012 ‘The Art Of Shopping’, SALife, Sep 2012. ‘Artistic Voyage’, The Mt Barker Courier, SA, Sep 2012. ‘Sculpture brings art alive for SALA’, The Mt Barker Courier, SA, July 2012.
2011 Llewellyn, Jane, ‘Mentors and disciples’, The Adelaide Review, Issue 377, July 2011. Probert, Noel, ‘No
2010 Lloyd, Tim, ‘Artistic Heart’, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 6 August.
Thring, Harry, ‘Imagination beyond form’, The Independent Weekly, Adelaide, 6 August.
Clayton, Joan, ‘Sculptor shows softness in steel’, The Mt BarkerCourier, SA, 4 August.
2007 Lloyd, Tim, 'Artists size up situation as they prepare for big event', The Advertiser, Adelaide, 9 August.2008 Stace, Alison, 'Sculpture Parks and Trails of England', image of sculpture, page 84. Dutkiewicz, Adam, 'Craft of their own', Arts, The Independent Weekly, Adelaide, 1 September. Kennet, Heather, 'Natural Flow', Adelaide Matters, Adelaide, September. Weldon, Susie, 'Breath of fresh air', Western Daily Press, UK, June. Richards, Judy, 'Shaping a life from inner truth', People In Profile, Mt Barker Courier, SA, 8 August. Alexander, Di, 'Pushing Boundaries of Art', WiltsGlosStandard, UK, June.
2004 Dutkiewicz, Adam, review, 'Fusion of Abstraction', The Advertiser, Adelaide, 7 Febuary.
2003 Dutkiewicz, Adam, review, 'Edge of the sublime', The Advertiser, Adelaide, 1 December
2002 The Advertiser, Adelaide, Oscarts Awards, 'Rising Stars', 28 December. Adelaide Matters, image of work, Adelaide, September edition.
2000 The Advertiser, Adelaide, Oscarts Awards, 'Best Sculpture', 16 December, p11. The Adelaide Review, 'Helpmann Graduate Exhibition, review, February. The Advertiser, 'Art's Stepping Stone', page 19, 19 Febuary. RIP IT UP, 'Helpmann Graduate Exhibition', Febuary edition. GT Magazine, Febuary. Mt Barker Courier, 'Sculptor's perfect ending to study', 16 February.
1999 The Adelaide Review, 'Beam Me Up', review, November. City Messenger, 'City Scene', review, 13 October. RIP IT UP, issue 543, 'Lifestyle' lift out cover images and 'visions', review, October.
'visions', review, October.