Pamela Drewitt Smith is a Sydney-based sculptor working in bronze.

Pamela studied Graphic Design at Sydney College of the Arts and has been working in sculpture for the past 15 years. Her works have been exhibited in group exhibitions and art prizes around Australia and her works are held in private collections.

Sculpture seemed a natural progression to take after years of attending life drawing classes with a nude model. With sculpture I’m always looking to streamline the nude to get the essence of the pose. – Pamela Drewitt Smith, 2022

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Artist Statement

I inherited the artistic gene from my mother Helen and her mother Adele. My Grandma painted in oils and my mother studied at the National Art School in Darlinghurst, often running into the renowned Australian artist William Dobell.

I studied Graphic Design at Sydney College of the Arts and I seem to remember we spent a lot of afternoons with our painting and typography tutors at pubs! I met many like-minded spirits during my college years who have gone on to become lifelong friends. After studying I went on to build a career in art direction, illustration, book and magazine design, and record cover design in both Sydney and London. I worked on designs in every shape and size, from tiny scratch lottery tickets to enormous stage backdrops and school murals.

Around 15 years ago I started working in sculpture. It seemed a natural progression to take after years of attending life-drawing classes with a nude model – although it has been an ongoing challenge transitioning from working in 2D to 3D. Painting and sculpture are more intuitive and from the heart, but some design principles transpose across graphics, painting, and sculpture.

With sculpture I’m always looking to streamline the nude to get the essence of the pose. I deliberately discard the detail. My sculptures always start in clay and I first draw around the model from all sides to create a visual reference to refer back to. I try not to hold a preconceived idea in mind and let the clay bend to the model in front of me.

I keep returning to the human body in sculpture. It transcends cultures and timelines, it represents human emotion, and the subject matter is always relevant to its time and place in the world. I often revisit the mother and child theme, which probably has something to do with both my daughter Genevieve and my son Nicholas living in Europe.

Pamela Drewitt Smith, 2022

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b. Sydney, Australia

Education
Diploma in Visual Communications, Sydney College of the Arts.
Life drawing: Narrabeen Tramshed, Sydney, Ku-ring-gai Arts Centre, Willoughby Art Centre

Collections
Paintings and sculptures held in private collections in Australia, UK and USA.

Selected Exhibitions & Awards

2024
Art Gallery on Palm Beach – Sculpture
Art Gallery on Darling – Sculpture
Art2Muse Gallery – Bronze sculptures
Bermagui Sculpture Prize
Hornsby Art Prize – Painting
Sculpture in the Gardens – Mudgee

2023
Bermagui Sculpture Exhibition
BOCCA Art Prize, Bowral – Painting
Doyles Art Prize, Qld – Painting
Hunters Hill Art Prize – Sculpture
Art2Muse Gallery – Sculpture
Art Gallery on Palm Beach – Sculpture
Art Gallery on Darling, Balmain – Sculpture
Orchard Street Gallery – Paintings. Solo exhibition

2022
Finalist – Hornsby Art Prize – Painting
Finalist – Bermagui Sculpture Exhibition
Finalist – Sculptures in the Garden, Mudgee
Finalist – Rydal Art Prize – Paintings

2021
Finalist – Lane Cove Gallery – Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Finalist – Bermagui Sculpture prize
Finalist – Sculptures in the Garden, Mudgee

2020
Finalist – Incinerator Art Space, Sydney. Sculpture
Finalist – Lethbridge Art Prize. Qld. Painting

2019
Shortlisted – Toorak Village Sculpture Prize. Victoria
Finalist – Sous Le Soleil, Sydney. Paintings & Sculptures
Finalist – Incinerator Art Space,Sydney. Sculpture
Finalist – Sculptors Society of NSW. Chatswood Concourse Exhibition
Finalist – Northern Beaches Art Prize. Sculpture
Finalist – ‘Art Erotique’. Sunbury,Victoria. Sculpture

2018
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize. Painting & Sculpture
Finalist – Northbridge Art Prize. Painting
Finalist – Balmain Watch House, Balmain. Sculpture
Finalist – Sculptors Society of NSW. Chatswood Concourse Exhibition

Be Brave Artspace, Avalon. NSW. February & October-paintings & Sculpture
Gallery 307. Balmain. Paintings & Sculpture
Manly ArtCollab Gallery – Paintings & Sculpture

2017
Finalist – Aro Gallery, Sydney. Solo Exhibition – Paintings & Sculpture
Finalist – Sculpture Bermagui Art Prize – NSW
Finalist – Aarwun Gallery, Canberra. Sculpture
Finalist – Sculpture in the Valley. Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Finalist – Jindivick Sculpture prize. Victoria
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize. Painting & Sculpture
Finalist – Sculptors Society of NSW – Chatswood Exhibition
Finalist – Lane Cove Art Gallery – Outdoor sculpture exhibit
Finalist – Northern Beaches Art Prize 2017. Sculpture
Runner Up Prize – Northbridge Art Prize, Sculpture

2016
Finalist – Fleurieu Food + Wine Art Prize. SA Painting
Finalist – NSW Sculptors Society, Chatswood, Sydney
Finalist – ‘Elemental’, Sculpture exhibition at Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
Finalist – Northbridge Art Prize. Painting

2015
Finalist – Sculpture in the Glen, Sydney.
Finalist – Aquila Tierra Sculpture Exhibition
Finalist – Incinerator Art Space, Sydney – Sculpture
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney.Painting
Finalist – Northbridge Art Prize, Painting
Finalist – Ku-ring-gai sculpture show, Sydney

2014
Finalist – The Sculptors Society of NSW. Towers Exhibition, Sydney
Finalist – The Sculptors Society of NSW. Darling Park Exhibition, Sydney
Finalist – Northbridge Art Prize, Painting, Sydney
Finalist – Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place, Painting, SA
Finalist – Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Show, Sydney

2013
Finalist – The Sculptors Society of NSW. Towers Exhibition, Sydney
Finalist – Waverley Art Prize – Painting
Finalist – The Sculptors Society of NSW. Australia Square Exhibition, Sydney
Finalist – Northbridge Art Prize, Sculpture
Finalist – Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Show, Sydney
Finalist – Mahratta. Behind the Wall. Sculpture Exhibition, Sydney

2012
Finalist – Ubuntu Art Charity Show, Sydney – Sculpture
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – Waverley Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – Art in the Garden, Sydney – Painting & Sculpture
Finalist – Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Show, Sydney

2011
Finalist – Lightspacetime- Florida, USA
Palm Art Awards. Germany- Painting & Sculpture
Mount Ayre Art Prize/Short listed – Sculpture
The Matchbox Show – Ceramic
Trevisan Art International. Bologna, Italy – Sculpture
Balmain Art Show – Painting
Ku-ring-gai Sculpture Show, Sydney
Commissions – Painting & Sculpture

2010
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – Commissions – Painting & Sculpture

2009
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – Manly 55 , Manly Selective Campus – Painting
Finalist – Sculpture Exhibition. Ku-ring-gai Art Centre
Finalist – Commissions – Painting & Sculpture

2008
Finalist – Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Brisbane – Painting
Finalist – Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – Waverley Art Prize, Sydney – Painting
Finalist – John Leslie Art Prize, Victoria – Painting
Finalist – EMSLA Salon de refusee, Coffs Harbour – Painting
Finalist – Ku-ring-gai Art Centre: Form & Space, Sculpture exhibition
Solo Exhibition Washhouse Gallery: Paintings & Sculpture