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Shona Wilson (b. 1965), sculptor, uses natural materials, bronze casting, plastic and ceramic to create her delicate abstract and representational assemblages and sculptures. Graduating with a major in sculpture from Sydney College of the Arts in 1990, she later undertook further studies in jewellery and ceramics. She has had twelve solo exhibitions to date in Sydney and Melbourne and has been represented in several major group shows, including Abstract Nature at the Samstag Museum, Adelaide in 2010 which included her contemporary interpretation of microscopic organisms known as diatoms. She currently lives and works on the NSW mid north coast, where she collects, rearranges, transforms and combines fragile found objects such as sticks, crab claws, feathers, scales, bluebottles, fern fronds and carapaces.
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
© Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2022
Patrick Corrigan AM (123 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The Companion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store.
Greg Weight on working with Jiawei Shen, and starting out as a photographer.
Portraits of philanthropists in the collection honour their contributions to Australia and acknowledge their support of the National Portrait Gallery.