Collection: THOMAS BUCICH
Thomas Bucich, a New York native and permanent resident in Australia, has pursued his professional career running a multi-disciplinary studio in Art and Design since 1990. From classical fine arts training at The Arts Students League and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Architectural Design from Parsons School of Design in New York City, Thomas’s career has spanned New York and Sydney’s architectural interior and fine arts markets.
Following nearly three decades of producing luxury interior residential and commercial environments while maintaining an active fine art practice, Thomas has now committed to a full-time pursuit of expanding his art through commissions, working alongside art consultants and producing exhibitions - recent works include Figure Study 7, 2023 and With the Moon on his Back and the Sun in his Eyes, 2023. His works are created in various mediums, including cast bronze, carved stone, and manipulated found objects through to works on paper and canvas.
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Whilst exhibiting in various galleries in Sydney and Regionally, Thomas has won major sculpture prizes and commissions, including the Thredbo Sculpture prize with the permanent placement of a life-size cast bronze in the Thredbo Village Green, The Moss Vale Veterans War Memorial - an 18-metre long relief mixed media sculpture, and recently a commission for over 200 wall sculptures for Midnight Hotel, Canberra.
His works are also in the permanent collections of several international hotels, corporate offices, restaurants and private collectors.
Artist's Statement
The innate need to create drives the plasticity in my practice and allows me to roam between the disciplines of drawing, painting and sculpture in some sort of poetic collision. Through experimentation and the unexpected use of combined materials, and an acceptance of chance reactions, the creative process is altered and manifested. The process informs the finished work.
The working, assembling, recycling and modifying of materials amplify their spirit essence — as in the ancient alchemical practices that transform lead into gold. My latest works reflect my connection with culture, self, society and the natural environment: observer and observed, perceptions of nature and man. My intention is to mirror the reciprocal beauty and chaos of nature and the human spirit.
Exhibitions and Awards
2022 — Solo Exhibit, Whitewall Art Projects. Group Exhibit 'Monochrome', Whitewall Art Projects.
2021 — Works on Exhibit, Grainger Gallery, Canberra. Works on Exhibit, Whitewall Art Projects, Berrima NSW.
2020 — Featured Artist, 'When Home is the Globe', Imago Mundi Projects, Luciano Benetton Foundation, Treviso, Italy.
2019 — Artist in Residence and Pop-Up Exhibit, Midnight Hotel, Canberra. Commission for 200 original wall sculptures, Midnight Hotel, Canberra. Solo Show, Becker Minty, Potts Point, Sydney. Works on Exhibit, Studio Gallery, Melbourne. Group Show, Whitewall Art Projects, Sydney. Exhibited at The Other Art Fair, Sydney.
2018 — Solo Show, Becker Minty, Potts Point, Sydney. 'Alchemy' at Biota, Bowral.
2017 — 'The Gilded Age / Age of Gilt', Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney. Installation of works at Bistro Officina, Bowral.
2016 — 'Denied Landscapes', The History, Melbourne. Exhibited Art Central, M Contemporary Gallery, Hong Kong.
2015 — Exhibited at Luciano Benetton Collection, Milano. Published in 'Imago Mundi — Looking Down Under'. Works on Exhibit, M Contemporary Gallery, Sydney. 'Studies in Movement / Metaphorical Landscapes', M Contemporary Gallery, Sydney. Winner, Moss Vale Veterans War Memorial Sculpture Prize and Commissioned Work. Keynote Speaker, AIS Visual Arts Conference, MCA Sydney.
2014 — Solo Exhibit, Depot II Gallery, Sydney.
2012–13 — Works on Exhibit, Mick Gallery, Paddington. Group Sculpture Show, Mick Gallery, Paddington.
2011 — Solo Exhibit, Edit, Surry Hills. Truth, Wine and Roses Exhibit, Peppers Retreat, Bowral. Food, Form and Figure Group Sculpture Exhibit, Biota, Bowral. sohiARTspace Exhibition, Bowral.
2010 — Sculpture in the Gardens Exhibit, Peppers Retreat, Bowral. D'Vine Nudes Solo Exhibition, Centennial Vineyards, Bowral. Bowral Sculpture Prize Exhibition.
2008 — Sordid Tales Exhibit, NG Art Gallery, Chippendale.
2006 — Thredbo Sculpture Competition Winner — Acquisitive Bronze Commission.
2005 — Thredbo Sculpture Prize Exhibit.
1990–Present — Private commissions and sales: Australia, USA, Japan, Germany.
Education
1982–1988 — Art Students League, New York City. Anatomy and Life Drawing Studies.
1988 — Bachelor of Fine Arts, Environmental Design / Architectural Design, Parsons School of Design, New York City.
