Ben Fasham
Ben Fasham
Contemporary Sculpture
• Education
1995 Building & Constructions, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
1996 Carpentry, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
2006 Dogman Certificate
2007 Crane Drivers Certificate – Slewing Mobile Crane up to 20t
• Employment History
1996 – 2001
Carpentry Apprenticeship
2001 – present
Working in metal fabrication industry in the following areas:
• Project management
• Overseeing fabrication of aluminium/steel/bronze sculptures
• Installation of small and large scale sculptures on site
• Collaboration with artists in developing sculptural concepts.
• Developing solutions in removal and renovation of historical sculpture
• Research in materials and finishes for metal sculpture
• Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
2016 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Glen
Arnold Bloch Leibler Concurrent Sculpture Exhibition
Woolloomooloo Wharf Sculpture Exhibition
2015 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2014 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
2013 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
2012 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Glen
Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
2011 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Glen
Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2010 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
2009 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Indoor Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, Williamstown
Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Vineyard, Red Hill
Obecjkt (new sculpture), Michael Koro Galleries, Melbourne
2008 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park
Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan
• Awards
2011 Sculpture by the Sea, Emerging Sculptor Mentor Program supported by The Clitheroe Foundation
• Acquisitions & Commissions
2014 Commission for St Mark’s Growing Together, Dingley Village
2013 “BJF11” Bought by a private collector, Toorak
2012 Commission for an Anzac Memorial, Dingley Village
2011 “Piercing Balance” 7m Bought by private collector, Shoreham Park
“Trinity” Bought by private collector, NSW
2010 “Piercing Balance” 1.8m Bought by private collector, Toorak
“Conversation” Bought by Metricon, Armstrong Creek, Geelong
2009 “Unexpected Interruption” Bought by private collector, Melbourne