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Hi, I’m NancyDee

I am a found object assemblage artist and jewellery designer in Melbourne, Australia. I create wall sculptures, 3D sculptures and brooches from metal, wood, tiles and plastic that I pick up off the streets of cities where I live or travel. 

My art is inspired by a strong interest in sustainability through repurposing and upcycling. My works have been described variously as ‘quirky’, ‘imaginative’, ‘environmentally aware’, ‘industrial’ and ‘geometric’ – and occasionally, even ‘beautiful’.

In Australia my brooches and wall sculptures are available through Incube8r Gallery in Fitzroy, Melbourne Central and online. In addition, my small wall sculptures are available at Dimora Designs in Geelong and Joel Gallery in Altona, and my larger wall sculptures at FOUND:ling Reusery in Colac.

Current and Future Exhibitions 2023

Too Bloody Hot (members exhibition)
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Vimy Lane, Parap, NT
30 November – 16 December 2023. Open Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 8am-2pm

St Kilda Affordable Art Show (group exhibition in support of migrants and refugees)
Space2b ArtSpace Gallery, 144 Chapel St, St Kilda
28 November 2023 – 27 January 2024

Little Works (salon style exhibition)
Fly Little Bird Gallery, 58 Newlands Road, Coburg North Vic 3058
17 November – 9 December 2023. Open Wed-Sat, 12-5pm

Eden Unearthed (outdoor sculpture exhibition)
Eden Gardens, 307 Lane Cover Road, Macquarie Park, NSW
31 October 2023 – 30 April 2024


Australian National Brooch Show (group exhibition held by the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria).
Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy, 3065
14 September – 26 November 2023. Now online . My Golden Sea Suite brooches are numbers 241-245.

Social Justice (online group exhibition)
What’s Next for Earth, Millenium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Stanford University, California, USA
Online as picture gallery and online with artworks and artist statements from 1 August 2023

How Globalization Undermines Resilience (online group exhibition)
What’s Next for Earth, Millenium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Stanford University, California, USA
Online from 13 March 2023

A4 Art Australia (group show as part of the Herring Island Summer Festival)
Herring Island Gallery, presented by the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria.
4 March – 10 April 2023, now online. My works are numbers 307-309.

Artists Present their Contributions to the ‘Building Community Resilience’ Exhibition, hosted by What’s Next for Earth and the Deep Transformation Network, MAHB Global, Stanford University, California, 25 January 2023, now online

Building Community Resilience (online group exhibition)
What’s Next for Earth, MAHB Global, Stanford University, California
Online from 13 January 2023- . Also on Instagram

Melbourne: Our Creative Heart (exhibition with Creativity Cluster)
Held 9 November – 1 December 2022
Library at the Dock Gallery, Docklands.
Supported by a City of Melbourne Arts Grant.
Now online. Read about preparations for this exhibition on the Creativity Cluster blog.

Forthcoming Exhibitions 2024


Perception (group abstract exhibition)
The Old Auction House, 52-56 Mollison Street, Kyneton, VIC
May 2024

Decay (group exhibition)
The Old Auction House, 52-56 Mollison Street, Kyneton VIC
June/July 2024

See previous solo and group exhibitions.

Instagram

Follow me on Instagram at @nancydeesculptures  and  @nancydeebrooches.

I am also the facilitator for Creativity Cluster. You can view the Creativity Cluster website or follow us on Instagram at @creativitycluster.

Recent Blog Posts

See all blog posts.

Video from Eden Gardens

After installing my sculpture Termite Mound Reimagined at Eden Gardens in Macquarie Park, NSW, I was interviewed about its inspiration and construction. Before erecting it there, I created it in the project room at River Studios, which is managed by Creative Spaces for the City of Melbourne.

Link to YouTube video made by Belconnen Arts Centre

Belco Arts created an Instagram reel to promote my exhibition Zero Waste: Doing It Imperfectly on their Instagram account, now available on YouTube.

Solar, from the exhibition Zero Waste: Doing It Imperfectly at the Belconnen Arts Centre October-November 2023
Seedbank, in my solo exhibition Zero Waste: Doing It Imperfectly, at the Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT in October-November 2023
We are All Connected to the Earth, exhibited at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin; and online in Building Community Resilience with What’s Next for Earth, Stanford University, California
City of Gold 12: Rolling River, exhibited at Playstate Curate Gallery, Newcastle. A feature of the Little Festival, 1-2 October 2022
Cha Cha Cha, found object assemblage in the solo exhibition In the Drawer: The Silver Lining, Melbourne City Library Gallery, 15 December 2021 – 9 March 2022
City Reimagined in the exhibition, Can Art Catalyze Change: Towards a New Greening, Social Art Award 2021. A photograph was featured in the book published by the Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin.