Adrian Mauriks (1942 – 2020) was an Australian sculptor.
• 1972-78: Undergraduate and Post Graduate at the Victorian College Of The Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, majoring in fine art.
•1979-96: Lectured at a number of Universities, including Melbourne and Ballarat Universities.
• 1985: artist in residence at Wagga Wagga RMIHE University NSW, for 6 months.
• 1997: Occupied one of the guest studios at Stichting Kunst and Complex in Rotterdam, The Netherlands for 5 months.
Individual exhibitions include shows at the Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW, the William Mora Galleries, Melbourne. Robin Gibson Galleries, Sydney, Andres Gallery, Singapore, and Australian Art Resources in Melbourne, Icon Museum of Art at Deakin University Melbourne, 2007.
His work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Australia, as well as overseas. These include, Silence, 2001, commissioned by MAB Corp for Docklands, New Quay precinct, Melbourne, Bird Totem, 1988, an AMP commission for George Street, Sydney, Opus 10, 1992, commission for the Commonwealth Bank at the World Trade Centre, Sydney, The Oldest Man, 1991, for Wollongong University, NSW, Source, 2005, commissioned by the City of Darebin for Bundoora Park, Compilation, 2003, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Art Bank, collection, VCA collection, Singapore Art Museum National Heritage Board collection, 1999, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre collection, Mildura Arts Centre, 2015, Mildure, Victoria, Maquarrie University Sculpture Collection, 2015, Sydney, NSW.
Awards include, Arts Victoria International Cultural Exchange program award, Sculpture prize, the Victorian College of the Arts, Winner Boma Rider Hunt National sculpture competition, Winner of the Regional Artists Award at the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition 2007.
Selected reference to the work can be found in the catalogue for the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. The McLelland Gallery Survey and Award catalogue. Sydney's Sculpture, Art In Our Environment by Ann Lumley, The Second Landing catalogue published by the Erasmus Foundation for The Netherlands-Australian Cultural Society Inc, The World Expo '88, collection publication, Brisbane Australia, Who's Who of Australia Visual Artists, NAVA, Australian Sculptors, by Ken Scarlett, Australian Sculpture Now, the catalogue for the second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria by Graeme Sturgeon, Australian Artists, by Max Germaine, Arts National, volume 26, No 2.
Exhibition write ups in most Australian daily newspapers as well as Singapore and Shanghai, including many art magazine publications, by eminent art critics, such as Elwyn Lynn, John McDonald, Ken Scarlett, Graeme Sturgeon, etc...
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| Interrupted Continuation, 1972 |
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| Homage to Jean Arp, 1972 |
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| Untitled, 1975 |
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| Untitled Nº 2, 1977 |
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| Meeting Place, 1985 |
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| Bird Totem, 1988 |
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| Garden of Eden, 1988 |
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| Aspiration, 1990 |
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| Oldest Man, 1991 |
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| Opus 10, 1994 |
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| Opus 23, 1996 |
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| Paradiso, 2000 |
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| Silence, 2001-02 |
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| Angel, 2003 |
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| Ashes, 2003 |
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| Bird, 2003 |
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| Compilation, 2003 |
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| Lovers, 2003 |
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| Ensemble, 2004 |
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| Ensemble, 2004 |
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| Lillies, 2005 |
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| Source, 2005 |
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| Source, 2005 |
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| Sanctuary, 2006 |
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| Construct V, 2008 |
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| Construct V, 2008 |
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| Construct VI, 2009 |
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| Eccentric Growth Two, 2009 |
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| Strange Fruit, 2010 |
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| Fire Within Two, 2011 |
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| Suite Three, 2013 |
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| Impulse, 2017 |
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| Surge, 2017 |
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