SCULPTURES           PUBLIC ARTWORKS           PAINTINGS           FURNITURE         

Adriaan Vanderlugt was born in the Netherlands, grew up in Canada and now lives

in the beautiful Whitsundays. He has a working background in Graphic Design and has

been carving stone, marble and wood for over 40 years.  His slightly abstracted

sculptures of animals, birds and fish are held in collections around the world.

In the year of Centenary of Federation in 2001, he created a number of public sculptures

for communities in the Mackay/Whitsunday Region and in 2009, his entry in the

SWELL Sculpture Festival at Currumbin, Qld was acquired by the Gold Coast City Council

to be installed at Coolangatta.

Adriaan enjoys making furniture, while respecting and maintaining the naturalness

of the raw materials. In 1997 he was commissioned to design and make the furniture for the

new chapel on Hayman Island Resort.

He also teaches workshops in drawing, painting and sculpture for both children and adults.

As an Art Consultant, Adriaan was helpful in revitalising the Streetscape of Proserpine, was involved in creating the ‘Green Room” at the Proserpine Hospital and has written a weekly Art Column in the Whitsunday Coast Guardian for which in 2005, he received an ‘Arts-is-in Award’

in recognition of his media coverage of the arts.

In 2003 Adriaan was honoured with a Centenary Medal ‘for distinguished service to the arts’.

Selected Exhibitions

1970     CKOC Radio Art Exhibition, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

1975     Ontario Crafts ’75 ‘Award Winner’ Niagara on the Lake and Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1985 & 89   Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney NSW

1986 & 88   Grafton House Galleries, Cairns Qld

1986     Australian Fortnight, Neiman Marcus, Dallas, Texas USA

1988     ‘Whitsunday Focus’ World Expo ’88, Brisbane Qld

1988 & 91  National Woodwork Exhibition, Melbourne Vic

1991     Trans Tasman Wood Exhibition, Guest Artist, Sydney NSW

1992     Visual Arts Exhibition, Sculpture Award, Sarina Qld

1992-95   Wildlife in Art, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, and Currumbin Sanctuary Qld

1994     Birds, Animals and the Landscape, Art Galleries Schubert, Main Beach Qld

1996     GBRUMPA Exhibition, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville Qld

1996     Ramsar National Wetlands Exhibition, Brisbane Exhibition Centre Qld

1997-2000   All Nature Art Exhibition, Mt. Coot-tha Gardens, Brisbane Qld

2001     Dame Mary Durack Awards, Queensland Museum, Brisbane Qld

2001     Whitsunday Centenary of Federation Sculpture Symposium, Invited Artist, Airlie Beach Qld

2001     Coast to Coal Sculptures, Invited Artist, Sarina, Clermont, Moranbah, Nebo and  Mackay Qld

1987-2000  2002-10   Art Whitsunday Annual Exhibitions, ‘Award Winner’ Airlie Beach Qld

2002     Ayr-Burdekin Rotary Club Art Exhibition, Invited Artist, Ayr Qld

2005-09   Whitsunday Boat Show Marine Art, Airlie Beach Qld  ‘Miniature Awards Winner 05-06’

2005-07   Mount Gambier Sculpture Symposium Mount Gambier SA

2005 & 07   Strand Ephemera Townsville Qld

2005     Great Walks Art and Environment, Artspace Mackay, Mackay Qld

2006     Percival Vestments, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville Qld

2006     The Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville Qld

2007     Thursday Plantation 12th Sculpture Show, Ballina NSW

2008     Arts West Longreach Qld Public Artwork

2009-10   SWELL Sculpture Festival  Currumbin Qld   Acquired by Gold Coast City Council

2009-10   SWELL Smalls Gallery, Way of Design Gallery  Currumbin Qld

2010     The Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville Qld

Individual Exhibitions

1990     Great Barrier Reef Aquarium, Townsville Qld

1995     Upstairs Gallery, Cairns Qld

1995     Chengody Gallery, Airlie Beach Qld  

1995     Hayman Island Resort Qld

1996     Perc Tucker Regional Gallery ‘Pun Intended’, Townsville Qld

2006     Pinnacles Gallery  ‘Nature Transmogrified’, Riverway Arts Centre, Thuringowa Qld

2007     Artspace Mackay  ‘Nature Transmogrified’, Mackay Qld

2008     Peninsula Apartments  ‘Around the Pool’, Airlie Beach Qld

2009     Villa Botanica   ‘Artist in Residence’  Airlie Beach Qld

Murals

2002     Recycling Station Council Youth Community Project Cannonvale Qld

2002-05   St Catherine’s School  Student Portraits Mural, Proserpine Qld

2006-07   Andergrove State School Sculpture Mural, Mackay Qld

2006     Proserpine Hospital Green Room Whitsunday Diorama, Proserpine Qld