Artist Profiles
Mitsuo Takeuchi
DECADE CLUB ARTIST – MITSUO TAKEUCHI Japan Decade Club member since 2013 “In 2004 Keizo Ushio asked me to take part in Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi.I hesitated to exhibit because I was apprehensive about my English ability. However, my wife eagerly supported me. So I decided to take part in the exhibition. While I…
Michael Purdy
DECADE CLUB ARTIST – MICHAEL PURDY NSW, Australia Decade Club member since 2018 “Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi is the mother of all the exhibitions that has broadened our collective minds. While art galleries usually preach to the converted, Sculpture by the Sea was busy collecting a whole new audience, an audience as diverse…
Michael Le Grand
MICHAEL LE GRAND ACT, Australia Bondi Decade Club member since 2010 Helen Lempriere Scholarship recipient 2010 Cottesloe Decade Club member since 2016 “I am delighted to be included in the Double Decade Club and to have exhibited with many fine artists in this national and internationally significant sculpture exhibition since the first year in 1997. As…
James Rogers
DECADE CLUB ARTIST – JAMES ROGERS NSW, Australia Decade Club member since 2011 “The challenge of Sculpture by the Sea is to make a piece that you feel can survive the indifference of an outdoor setting. It must stand up the majesty of the Bondi coastline in the proximity of 99 other attempts and be…