The public sculpture Anita was commissioned to make by Wollongong City Council is to be officially launched on 28th July 1:30pm at Thirroul District Community Centre and Library, Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul. Congratulations Anita!

Anita Larkin

Born in Australia 1971

 

Anita Larkin has been exhibiting regularly with Defiance Gallery since 2002, in Defiance group shows and the Annual 6" Miniature Sculpture show.

Larkin completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of The Arts in 1993, and has since exhibited extensively around Australia, and also at the Hungarian National Gallery in 2004.

Larkin's work has featured in numerous group exhibitions such as Sculpture by the Sea (2002, 2003) The Wynne Prize at The Art Gallery of NSW (2006, 2008) and The UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award (2004, 2006)

Recent solo exhibitions were at Defiance Gallery 2009 and Wollongong City Gallery 2007; at which she was awarded resident artist for 2006.

Larkin's work is represented in private and public collections, such as The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection, Macquarie University Sculpture Park, and Westmead Hospital.

 

www.anitalarkin.com

 

‘I transform the collected object into sculptures evoking a human narrative, revealing a strange beauty within the forgotten and discarded. The works display a wry sense of wit and humour, and play with the suggestion of physical movement or a practical function for the hitherto inanimate object.'              Anita Larkin 2007