Terrence Plowright b. 1949

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Terrance Plowright, born in Sydney in 1949, is a sculptor and designer. He has been commissioned by various public, corporate and ecclesiastical sources to create many sculptures, murals, mosaics, stained glass windows, and fountains.
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Name
Terrence Plowright
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
  • Artist
  • Artist
  • Artist
  • Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Film editor (Film editor Trained as a film editor at the ABC but has not practiced since 1974.)
Birth date
1949
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • 1980-
Residence
  • Wentworth Falls, NSW
Training
  • Self taught from the age of 31.,
Cultural Heritage
  • Australian
Languages
  • English

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Related recognitions
  • "From Light; Water", 16 metre high x 6 metres wide, 250mm deep mural in relief. Floor, crushed granite, crushed coloured slab glass and coloured concrete. St. George Private Hospital (received)
  • Commission - "Aqua-helix", 11 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Central Station, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Arthur Downes", Life size portrait of founder of NSW Rural Fire Service. Cold cast bronze. New South Wales Museum of Fire Services (received)
  • Commission - "Wings Of Spirit", 6 metre high cast 316 stainless steel, 4.5 tonnes, Twin Waters, QLD (received)
  • Commission - "Connection", 3 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Auckland Airport, New Zealand (received)
  • "Ekshonge" (Together), 3.3 metre high, stainless steel with cold cast aluminium coating. C.R.P. hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh (received)
  • "Champions", 12 portraitures (busts) of Australian Rugby League Champions, cold cast bronze, (received)
  • Commission - "Whales x 2", 1 x 8 metres and 1 x 5 metres length, cast 8mm polycarbonate skin, stainless steel reinforcing and binding. The entire skeletal structure was carved in dense foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Purity Of Spirit", 4.5 metres high x 3.3 metres wide, 3.5 tonnes, drawn, slumped, five sided bevel edged glass prisms, granite base. Originally, Neeta City Sydney, now, private collection. (received)
  • "Reconciliation", 3 metre high stainless steel, with LED lighting, sculptural water feature, Kings School (received)
  • Commission - "Obsession", 14 metres x 3 metres, stainless steel mural in relief, 12 different sports activities, all work laser cut with etched and painted stainless steel background. Redcliffe, QLD (received)
  • Commission - "Silence", 3 small bronze contemporary figures, 1 metre high, Adelaide Airport, SA (received)
  • Commission - "Cobar Miner", cast bronze 1 & life size memorial for the mining community, Cobar, NSW (received)
  • Three Sisters Fountain, Katoomba. Seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2 metres high. Part of a fountain, (yet to be completed). Also, a life size Pit Pony and Welsh Miner, cast bronze. Scenic World Katoomba (received)
  • Commission - "Relationships", 3.3 stainless steel contemporary figures. Made from plate stainless steel part of a water feature, Kellyville, Sydney NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Flowering Streams", 5 metres high, created from stainless steel plate, weighing 2 tonnes. 18 nozzles, all hydraulics hidden inside, main central sculptured suspended. The Entrance, NSW (received)
  • Commission - Gordon Uniting Church, 12 stained glass windows, 1.2m x 3.2m metres, painted and etched. (received)
  • St. John's, Mt. Druitt, 200 metres of stained glass, all sacred furniture including the baptismal font, 4 life size sculptures, 1 cast bronze 1 & 1/4 life size figure with eagle, also forms part of a water feature, 14 "Stations Of The Cross", (steel with cold cast bronze surface + LED's), 2 mosaics 1.5 x 1.5 metres each. Mt.Druitt, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "The Dance", 4 metre high, steel sculpture, Perth Hospital, Perth, WA (received)
  • Commission - "Eienstein", Life size bust, cast bronze, Moss Family, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Emergence", 6 metre high granite and stainless steels culptural water feature with 3 x sets of stainless contemporary figures surrounding the main feature (received)
  • St.Bernadette's, Castle Hill. 240 square metres of stained glass, painted, etched and fired works. 2 x sculptures, all the sacred furniture, made from marble and timber inlay (received)
  • "Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams", 50 metre water feature, 4 x granite plinths, 8 x 1.5 metre submersible pumps, 1 major 38 kva water wall pump, 5 variable speed drives, computer, 98 nozzles, LED lighting, etc. Deutsche Bank Headquarters (received)
  • Commission - "Nurturing: Nature: Profoundly Infinite", 22 metre high x 16 metre wide, metre deep mural in relief, weighing 8 tonnes, Parramatta, NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Convict Memorial", Five, 2.8 to 3 metres high cast bronze figures, weighing around 1 tonne each, Echo Point, Katoomba, NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Dancing Brolga Fountain", Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "2000 Olympic Sculpture", stainless steel, cast glass and solid cast silver, 500 pieces, Paris, Tokyo, New York, London, all states within Australia (received)
  • "From Light; Water", 16 metre high x 6 metres wide, 250mm deep mural in relief. Floor, crushed granite, crushed coloured slab glass and coloured concrete. St. George Private Hospital (received)
  • Commission - "Aqua-helix", 11 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Central Station, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Arthur Downes", Life size portrait of founder of NSW Rural Fire Service. Cold cast bronze. New South Wales Museum of Fire Services (received)
  • Commission - "Wings Of Spirit", 6 metre high cast 316 stainless steel, 4.5 tonnes, Twin Waters, QLD (received)
  • Commission - "Connection", 3 metre high stainless steel sculpture, Auckland Airport, New Zealand (received)
  • "Ekshonge" (Together), 3.3 metre high, stainless steel with cold cast aluminium coating. C.R.P. hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh (received)
  • "Champions", 12 portraitures (busts) of Australian Rugby League Champions, cold cast bronze, (received)
  • Commission - "Whales x 2", 1 x 8 metres and 1 x 5 metres length, cast 8mm polycarbonate skin, stainless steel reinforcing and binding. The entire skeletal structure was carved in dense foam, covered with a hard coat and coloured as per bone. Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Purity Of Spirit", 4.5 metres high x 3.3 metres wide, 3.5 tonnes, drawn, slumped, five sided bevel edged glass prisms, granite base. Originally, Neeta City Sydney, now, private collection. (received)
  • "Reconciliation", 3 metre high stainless steel, with LED lighting, sculptural water feature, Kings School (received)
  • Commission - "Obsession", 14 metres x 3 metres, stainless steel mural in relief, 12 different sports activities, all work laser cut with etched and painted stainless steel background. Redcliffe, QLD (received)
  • Commission - "Silence", 3 small bronze contemporary figures, 1 metre high, Adelaide Airport, SA (received)
  • Commission - "Cobar Miner", cast bronze 1 & life size memorial for the mining community, Cobar, NSW (received)
  • Three Sisters Fountain, Katoomba. Seven cast bronze Aboriginal figures, all around 2 metres high. Part of a fountain, (yet to be completed). Also, a life size Pit Pony and Welsh Miner, cast bronze. Scenic World Katoomba (received)
  • Commission - "Relationships", 3.3 stainless steel contemporary figures. Made from plate stainless steel part of a water feature, Kellyville, Sydney NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Flowering Streams", 5 metres high, created from stainless steel plate, weighing 2 tonnes. 18 nozzles, all hydraulics hidden inside, main central sculptured suspended. The Entrance, NSW (received)
  • Commission - Gordon Uniting Church, 12 stained glass windows, 1.2m x 3.2m metres, painted and etched. (received)
  • St. John's, Mt. Druitt, 200 metres of stained glass, all sacred furniture including the baptismal font, 4 life size sculptures, 1 cast bronze 1 & 1/4 life size figure with eagle, also forms part of a water feature, 14 "Stations Of The Cross", (steel with cold cast bronze surface + LED's), 2 mosaics 1.5 x 1.5 metres each. Mt.Druitt, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "The Dance", 4 metre high, steel sculpture, Perth Hospital, Perth, WA (received)
  • Commission - "Eienstein", Life size bust, cast bronze, Moss Family, Sydney, NSW (received)
  • "Emergence", 6 metre high granite and stainless steels culptural water feature with 3 x sets of stainless contemporary figures surrounding the main feature (received)
  • St.Bernadette's, Castle Hill. 240 square metres of stained glass, painted, etched and fired works. 2 x sculptures, all the sacred furniture, made from marble and timber inlay (received)
  • "2000 Olympic Sculpture", stainless steel, cast glass and solid cast silver, 500 pieces, Paris, Tokyo, New York, London, all states within Australia (received)
  • "Mirrored Stillness, Dancing Streams", 50 metre water feature, 4 x granite plinths, 8 x 1.5 metre submersible pumps, 1 major 38 kva water wall pump, 5 variable speed drives, computer, 98 nozzles, LED lighting, etc. Deutsche Bank Headquarters (received)
  • Commission - "Nurturing: Nature: Profoundly Infinite", 22 metre high x 16 metre wide, metre deep mural in relief, weighing 8 tonnes, Parramatta, NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Convict Memorial", Five, 2.8 to 3 metres high cast bronze figures, weighing around 1 tonne each, Echo Point, Katoomba, NSW (received)
  • Commission - "Dancing Brolga Fountain", Cockle Bay, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW (received)