Phil Price (sculptor)

Phil Price
Born (1965-06-14) 14 June 1965
Nelson, New Zealand[1]
Known forKinetic sculptures

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]

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

Public sculptures

  • Big Snake (2020). Constitution Square, Canberra.[4]
  • Liberace (2019). Permanently installed on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.[5]
  • Ipomoea (2019). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival. Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia.[6]
  • Snake (2013). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Bondi, Sydney, Australia.[7] Acquired by the City of Aarhus, where it is currently installed in the public square Mølleparken.[8][9]
  • Tree of Life. (2013). McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia.[10]
  • Journeys (2012). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed facing the Canberra Airport.[11][12][13][14]
  • Flip (2010). Taupō, New Zealand. Permanent commission by the Taupo Sculpture Trust.[15]
  • Organism (2009). Wellington, New Zealand. Part of the Victoria University of Wellington permanent collection.[16]
  • Dinornis Maximus (2008). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed on the median strip of Yarra Glen Drive, Woden.[17][18]
  • Knowledge (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed outside the Upper Riccarton Library in Christchurch.[3]
  • Nucleus (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed at the meeting point of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets.[19]
  • Zephyrometer (2004). Evans Bay, Wellington.[20] The work was struck by lightning in 2014, resulting in significant damage.[21][22] It was repaired and restored the following year.[23]
  • Protoplasm (2002). Wellington, New Zealand.[24][25]
  • Rakaia salmon statue (1991). Rakaia, Canterbury, New Zealand.[26]
  • Wiggly Wagon and other sculptures (2003), Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs. Removed in 2005.[27]
  • Cytoplasm. Auckland.
  • Ratytus. McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia.[28]

Permanent collections

References

  1. ↑ "Phil Price; Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".
  2. ↑ "Phil Price - Chrysalid".
  3. 1 2 "Knowledge – a sculpture by Phil Price".
  4. ↑ "'Big Snake' by Phil Price". Constitution Place. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Phil Price".
  6. ↑ "NZ sculptor Phil Price at Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2019". 15 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Cottesloe a beach gallery again". 27 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ny Skulptur i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Sculpture by the Sea. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Slange i Mølleparken" (in Danish). Århus Stiftstidende. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "SOUTHERN WAY MCCLELLAND COMMISSIONS | McClelland Gallery". Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Notice how Canberra airport is missing something?". 8 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Unnamed sculpture flies high". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "'Journeys' sculpture returns to the airport". 10 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Sculpture leaves big impression". 4 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "FLIP Sculpture by Phil Price". 20 June 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Organism; Phil Price; 2009; VUW.2009.1 on NZ Museums".
  17. ↑ "Dinornis maximus". 29 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "How much do your favourite public artworks cost?". ABC News. 24 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Christchurch kinetic sculpture Nucleus returning soon after nearly a year's absence". 18 April 2018.
  20. ↑ The New Zealand Official Year-book. David Bateman Limited, New Zealand. 2008. ISBN 9781869537173.
  21. ↑ "Sculpture struck by lightning". 15 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Public Sculpture Pulverized by Lightning Strike". 15 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Stricken Wellington Zephyrometer resurrected". 13 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Wellington Sculpture Trust | the Sculptures".
  25. ↑ Harper, Jenny; Lister, Aaron (2007). Wellington: A City for Sculpture. Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864735706.
  26. ↑ "Council has 'bigger fish to fry' than naming iconic Rakaia salmon statue". Stuff. 26 February 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  27. ↑ Crawford, Robert, Dr (2008). Too good to last : the death of a caring culture : Queen Mary Hospital, the therapy of addictions, Hanmer Springs, 1972-1991. Hanmer Springs, N.Z.: Sunbeam Publishers. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-473-13380-1. OCLC 946514540.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ↑ Gruber, Fiona (13 December 2012). "Murdoch link a major boost for Kiwi artist". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  29. ↑ "Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".


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