Artist of the day, December 5: Greg Johns, Australian sculptor

Greg Johns (1953) is an Australian sculptor. He trained at the South Australian School of Art and has worked as a full-time sculptor since 1978. He is a member of the New York Sculptors Guild and the International Sculpture Centre, and has had public and private commissions across Australia and, for example, in Japan, England, Spain and the US.

Throughout his career, Johns has been influenced by Celtic art, physics, Zen Buddhism, New Guinea art and Constantin Brancusi. Initially Johns was known for his monumental abstract sculptures. One of Johns's works, Guardian Figures, is in the collection of Canberra's Australian National University and is on display as part of the university's sculpture walk, which consists of about 60 outdoor sculptures spread throughout the campus.

Greg has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, England and the United States. In 2005 he was a selected finalist in the Helen Lempriere Sculpture Prize, Werribee Park, Victoria. Johns has also received numerous public and private sculpture commissions including, Crown Casino, Southbank, Melbourne; Adelaide National University, Canberra and Bell Memorial Garden, Adelaide. His work is represented in many high profile public, corporate and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Bahrain, England and the United States.

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Mr Greg Johns

In production

1985, Squared Circle

1986, From the centre to the centre

1987 Guardian Figure

1987-88, The dance continues

1991-92, Guardian figures

1993-95, Guardian Figure

1996, Floating Figure

1997-98, Fugue

1999, Birth (Also titled Origin)

1999-2000, Horizon figure

1999-2000, Horizon figure

2001, Factal Mandala

2001, Horizon figure

2001, Run aground

2002, Excavators

2003-04, Union

2004, Excavator

2004, Hovering Figure

2004, Seaing the land, Feeling the land

2005, Returning Figure

2005, Returning Figure

2006, Excavator

2006, Hovering Figure

2006, Lake Mungo Installation

2006, Settled Explorer

2007, A swirling Mandala

2007, Returning Column

2007, Returning Column

2007, The settled explorer

2007, To the centre II

2007, Wavering Figure

2008, Land Mandala

2008, Mentor (The old mob)

2008, Old fella - Story tella

2008, Old fella - Story tella

2008, Wavering Circle

2009, Land Mandala

2009, Pattern

2009, Woven - Interwoven

2010, Fractal figure

2010, Shedding Figure

2011, Pattern - Patterns

2012, At the centre (There is nothing)

2014, guardian figures

2014, Land surfer

2014, Land surfer

2014-15, Floating Figure

2015, Seaing the Land – feeling The Land

2017, Landlines construction

2017, Landlines

bird in hand

Lightning Figure

Rythm

Rythmic Circle

Vortex