Exhibitions:
Arcadian Artists Open Studio Weekend-annually
2003/6/8 Swiss-Oz Art Expo Bondi Pavilion
2000 – present Soho Gallery Wooloomooloo
2006/2011 Botanic Gardens Spring Exhibition
2005-2010 The Wentworth Galleries Sydney
2009-2010 Manyung and Portsea Galleries Melbourne
2011 Alliance Francaise “Francophonie Exhibition”
2014 Sawmillers Exhibition – McMahons Point
2015 Wooloomooloo Wharf Sculpture Walk
2015 Harbour Sculpture – Woolwich
2016 Sawmillers Exhibition – McMahons Point
Ulric Steiner
I am a Swiss – Australian sculptor blessed with links to many magnificent ancient cultures. I grew up in Switzerland, a multicultural tapestry of art, agriculture and industry. My majestic mountains were exchanged for equally awe- inspiring oceans, which eventually brought me to live in Australia more than 40 years ago.
I hope you enjoy the pieces that I am presenting in this site. I take great pride in being versatile, flexible and reliable with my work and am delighted with small personal commissions as well as mighty public artworks. Please contact me if you would like to discuss the purchase or commissioning of a work.
Constructing rafts, canoes and a catamaran beside the Bielersee -Switzerland with my father developed my love for the water and curiosity for the wider world.
After studying engineering and working in watch making, I needed a change. Five Swiss winters in a tin shed, “L’EPERVIER” was finally launched into the Rhine. In the Mediterranean I erected rigging, taught myself ocean sailing and prepared to leave Europe.
What an indescribable adventure it was, the whales the stars, the sunsets as company. I sailed into Sydney in October 1976.
My artworks reflect the contradictory nature of my relationship with the sea and the natural environment around me.
Gallery/Other Contacts:
http://www.ulric-steiner.com.au
Visit my Studio – Any time, by appointment.
Tel : 02-96532671
Some of My Work is Featured Below.
Ulric Steiner
The influence of his artisanal Swiss background and Asian art, particularly from Japan is apparent in his delicate, often whimsical contemporary and figurative sculptures. Pragmatic, imaginative and highly skilled, Ulric works mostly in Stainless Steel to create sculptures both public and domestic. He synthesises a variety of physical phenomena, including the exquisite natural environment surrounding his outer Sydney studio together with international architectural references.
“I enjoy contemplating the reflection of the real world in my stainless steel pieces and seeing how this connects the works to their surrounding environment. I am also captivated by the interplay of texture, pattern and colour that can be achieved by the use of heat and various acids on stainless steel.
I take great pleasure in being versatile, flexible and reliable with my work and am delighted with small personal commissions as well as public artworks. Please contact me if you would like to discuss the purchase or commissioning of a work.”
Some of my highlights
2003/6/8 Swiss-Oz Art Expo Bondi Pavilion
2000 – present Soho Gallery Wooloomooloo
2006/2011 Botanic Gardens Spring Exhibition
2005-2010 The Wentworth Galleries Sydney
2009-2010 Manyung and Portsea Galleries Melbourne
2011 Alliance Francaise “Francophonie Exhibition”
2014 Sawmillers Exhibition – McMahons Point
2015 Wooloomooloo Wharf Sculpture Walk
2015 Harbour Sculpture – Woolwich
2016 Sawmillers Exhibition – McMahons Point
There is of course no comparison with bronze casting, where a model is made of soft clay or plaster, and is used perhaps hundreds of times to cast copies of the same piece.