Phil Price (sculptor)

Phil Price (born 1965) is a New Zealand artist best known for his large-scale kinetic sculptures. Price's work incorporates engineering and design in works inspired by the natural world.[2]

Phil Price
Zephyrometer, sculpture by Phil Price
Born(1965-06-14)14 June 1965
Nelson, New Zealand[1]
Known forKinetic Sculptor

Price received a BFA degree in sculpture from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts.[3]

Public sculptures
Cytoplasm, installed in Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Liberace (2019). Permanently installed on Wiaheke Island, New Zealand.[4]
  • Ipomoea (2019). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival. Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia.[5]
  • Snake (2013). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Bondi, Sydney, Australia.[6] Acquired by the City of Aarhus, where it is currently installed in the public square Mølleparken.[7][8]
  • evolution-trees (2012). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed facing the Canberra Airport.[9][10][11][12]
  • Organism (2009). Wellington, New Zealand. Part of the Victoria University of Wellington permanent collection.[13]
  • Dinornis Maximus (2008). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed on the median strip of Yarra Glen Drive, Woden.[14][15]
  • Knowledge (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed outside the Christchurch City Library.[3]
  • Nucleus (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed at the meeting point of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets.[16]
  • Zephyrometer (2004). Evans Bay, Wellington.[17] The work was struck by lightning in 2014, resulting in significant damage.[18][19] It was repaired and restored the following year.[20]
  • Flip (2010). Taupo, New Zealand. Permanent commission by the Taupo Sculpture Trust.[21]
  • Protoplasm (2002). Wellington, New Zealand.[22][23]
  • Cytoplasm. Auckland.

Permanent collections

References
  1. "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
  2. "Phil Price - Chrysalid".
  3. "Knowledge – a sculpture by Phil Price".
  4. "Phil Price".
  5. "NZ sculptor Phil Price at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019". 15 February 2019.
  6. "Cottesloe a beach gallery again". 27 February 2019.
  7. "Ny Skulptur i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Sculpture by the Sea. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. "Slange i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. "Notice how Canberra airport is missing something?". 8 September 2018.
  10. "Unnamed sculpture flies high". 9 July 2012.
  11. "'Journeys' sculpture returns to the airport". 10 October 2018.
  12. "Sculpture leaves big impression". 4 August 2012.
  13. "Organism; Phil Price; 2009; VUW.2009.1 on NZ Museums".
  14. "Dinornis maximus". 29 November 2018.
  15. "How much do your favourite public artworks cost?". 24 April 2016.
  16. "Christchurch kinetic sculpture Nucleus returning soon after nearly a year's absence".
  17. The New Zealand Official Year-book. 2008. ISBN 9781869537173.
  18. "Sculpture struck by lightning".
  19. "Public Sculpture Pulverized by Lightning Strike". 15 August 2014.
  20. "Stricken Wellington Zephyrometer resurrected".
  21. "FLIP Sculpture by Phil Price". 20 June 2018.
  22. "Wellington Sculpture Trust | the Sculptures".
  23. Harper, Jenny; Lister, Aaron (2007). Wellington: A City for Sculpture. ISBN 9780864735706.
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