Lichen Brooch

Materials: Bronze, sterling silver, sealant

Dimensions: 30 x 21 x 10 mm

About the maker: Rebecca Selleck is a Canberra-based artist with a focus on sculpture and interactive installation, blending furniture, intricate casting, assemblage, soft sculpture and animatronics. She completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts at the ANU School of Art with First Class Honours, majoring in Sculpture and Art Theory, and also holds a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Creative Writing and Literary Studies. She uses her practice to reciprocally investigate and challenge her own perceptions within a culture of conflicting truths. Her work overlays time and place to express the need for human accountability and the painful complexities of animal and environmental ethics in Australia.

Rebecca is the recipient of multiple awards, including the prestigious Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary Prize for best graduating student at the ANU School of Art, and the 2023 Lake Light Sculpture Major Prize. She has exhibited across Australia and internationally. She was a finalist in the inaugural 2017 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia and in 2018 the Arte Laguna Prize in Venice, Italy; the Macquarie Art Prize; the Ravenswood Art Prize (Highly Commended); and the Churchie Art Prize. She participated in the 2022 Adelaide Biennial at the Art Gallery of South Australia and toured nationally in the Experimenta: Lifeforms - International Triennial of Media Art. Her work is held in public collections including the Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Australian Democracy, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Bendigo Art Gallery, and Shepparton Art Museum.

Photos: Courtesy of the Artist