Carol Lehrer Crawford is an artist practicing in Sydney, Australia. She has been creating sculptures for over a decade in a variety of materials including bronze, alabaster and plaster. She is recognised for her organic interlocking forms.
2018
March 1st -25th – Finalist in the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture – Paddington, NSW
2017
March – exhibited in ‘Carved’ joint exhibition – Clara Street Gallery, Erskineville
March – Finalist in Harbour Sculpture Indoor exhibition
June – exhibited in the Vital Push group exhibition at the Regard Studio Gallery, Darlington
August - Finalist – Northern Beaches Art Prize – small sculpture
November – Open Studio – Cooper Street Studio, Surry Hills – “Mish’pocha”
2016
March – Finalist in the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture (Juniper Hall, Paddington)
May/June – invited to exhibit in Vital Push group exhibition at the Regard Studio Gallery, Darlington
August – Finalist in the Warringah Small Sculpture Art Prize
September – Finalist in Sculpture at Sawmillers outdoor exhibition
September – Selected as part of Directors Choice exhibition – Clara Street Gallery, Erskineville
October – Finalist in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
October – collaborated with high-end Australian clothing label Bassike for their 10th Birthday celebrations, creating a sculpture that they have since acquired.
November – Open Studio at the Cooper Street Studio in Surry Hills.
2015
March – Pieces of Eight exhibition – Clara Street Gallery (part of artMonth)
July/ August – Finalist in Harbour Sculpture indoor exhibition in Hunters Hill
September – Directors Choice exhibition – Clara Street Gallery
2014
March/April – Pieces of Eight Exhibition at Clara Street Gallery (part of ArtMonth)
October – The Rose of Australia, Erskineville – work selected to be on show
October – exhibited at the MLC centre as part of a group Sculptors Society Exhibition
October – Directors Choice exhibition at the Clara Street Gallery in Erskineville
2013
February – Proem Exhibition (2 person exhibition) at Danks Street Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
March – completed a commission for Jewish Care headquarters in Bondi Junction
July – Volterra, Italy – visited the home of alabaster in Italy
December – Directors Choice Award at the Clara Street Gallery, exhibited December/ January 2014
2011
July – part of a group exhibition at Artsite Gallery in Camperdown
New York – intensive study in alabaster with a master sculptor at the Compleat Sculptor for the month of August
2003 to 2010
Exhibited annually in the Annual Student Exhibition at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School, being selected for the Director’s Choice exhibition numerous times.
Crawford has completed several public commissions including two portraits for the Cootamundra ‘The Captain’s Walk’ in country NSW, and has various works in private collections within Australia and Germany (Berlin).
She holds a BA from the University of New South Wales, and has also studied Fine Arts (theory) at Sydney University.