Public Art, Sculpture and Event Engineering

Artisan Founder and Director Thomas Ryan is a consulting design engineer with a fine arts background and passion. Thomas is qualified and experienced in assisting artists with design and drafting services (incl. 3D modelling), and project management. This includes facilitating structural engineering, fabrication and installation of commercial, private and public artworks.

With a team of fine art specialist craftsmen, Thomas works with artists, galleries, councils and builders from an initial idea, through to a fully constructed and installed sculpture.

Throughout his career, Thomas has been involved with sculptures for artists such as:

Sally Smart Emily Floyd Callum Morton Tony Prior (Estate) Hussein Valamesh Lisa Roet Matthew Harding (estate) Lisa Wuap Lucy Simpson Bart Sanciolo Taree McKenzie Augustine Dall’Ava Nabilah Nordin Annabel Nowlan Judy Holding Anne-Marie May Louise Lavarak Ken Unsworth Jasmine Targett Veronica Caven Aldous Frederick White Grant Fink Bianca Hester Jen Rae Debbie Symons Lienors Torre Alex Sanson Daniel Hourigan Sankar Nadeson SteepSt Beth Arnold Noriko Nakamura Larissa Smagarinsky

for exhibitions at:

Art Basel Miami Melbourne Art Fair National Gallery of Victoria Art Gallery of NSW Anna Schwartz Gallery Point Leo Estate Sculpture Park McClelland Sculpture Park Melbourne Prize for Sculpture (Winning Entry) Victorian College of the Arts Monash University

and projects such as:

Docklands Library (Lend Lease) QLD Royal Children's Hospital (Abigroup/Lend Lease/Lyons) Lacrosse Development, Docklands Monash University Public Artwork (Caulfield, Clayton) Cafe Vue Topiaries (Airport, Rialto Building) (Equiset/Grollo) DiStasio's Cafe (St Kilda) St Joseph's School, Cranbourne St Peter's School, Boronia Adelaide Botanical Gardens Bannockburn Public Artwork Victoria Street Gateway (Cnr Hoddle St) Bridge Road Public Artwork, Richmond Sculptural Works, Scotch College The Riparian Project - Yae Public Artwork The Catchments Project - City of Melbourne Residency

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