Artist of the Day, August 12, 2026 : Jenny Crompton, an Australian sculptor (#2603)

Concerned with the growing pressures imposed on the natural world, Australian artist Jenny Crompton creates effervescent sculptures that ignite environmental awareness and personal reflection. 

The works delve into the world of organisms and creatures, taking the viewer on an otherworldly journey through nature. Despite any hint of melancholy, her works are also celebratory. They seem to float, weightless, oranges, scarlets and crimsons bursting from webs of shell and remind us of the sheer bounteous nature of this planet. 

 But these environs she so clearly cherishes are under extreme peril. Despite the imperialistic shrugs of indifferent developers and conservatives, the world, under our own hand, is changing at a catastrophic rate. There is, accordingly, a degree of melancholy underscoring her work. 

Crompton’s creatures, with their vibrissae protuberances, extended receptors, decorative flourishes and peering eyes created an entire tribe of fantastical entities. By utilising nature as a core of their practice she lights a flare of warning and ignites a fire of recognition of the natural world. 

In 2016 Jenny won the Sculpture Trail Award and Peoples Choice Award at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale and has work in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, with exhibitions at Craft Victoria, MARS Gallery and the Biennale of Australian Art. 

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Ms. Jenny Crompton

Jenny Crompton with Sea Country Spirits

Sea Country Spirits, 2016 
installation view

Sea Country Spirits, 2016
featuring the prominent Bat and Stingray forms

Puffer Fish, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Stingray, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Eel, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Eel, 2016 
part of the 32-piece Sea Country Spirits installation

Balla-wein bloomtime, 2017
Gallery Installation View

Algae Flower, 2017 
from the Balla-wein bloomtime series

Balla-Wein Bloomtime, 2017 
view of the full room installation

Bloomtime, 2017 

Large Crab, 2017

Octopus, 2017

Plankton, 2017

Small Crab, 2017
from the Bloomtime series

Seahorse, 2017 F
From the Bloomtime series

Jellyfish, 2017
from the Balla-wein bloomtime series

Bloomtime, 2017 
featuring a central Nautilus-inspired spirit form

 Krill, 2017-18

Mosquitos, 2017-18

Moths, 2017-18

Sea Country Spirits, 2017
Ceiling Installation at 661 Chapel St, South Yarra

Phototaxis, 2018 
from the Bloomtime series

Phototaxis, 2018

Plankton I, 2018 
from the Bloomtime / Bloomtide series

Valvia, 2021

Valvia, 2021