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Phil Price (born 1965) is a New Zealand artist best known for his large-scale kinetic sculptures. Price's work incorporates engineering and design in works inspired by the natural world.[2]

Phil Price
Zephyrometer, sculpture by Phil Price
Born	(1965-06-14)14 June 1965 Nelson, New Zealand[1]
Known for	Kinetic Sculptor

Price received a BFA degree in sculpture from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts.[3]

Public sculptures

• Liberace (2019). Permanently installed on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.[4]
• Ipomoea (2019). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival. Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia.[5]
• Snake (2013). Temporarily installed during the Sculpture by the Sea festival in Bondi, Sydney, Australia.[6] Acquired by the City of Aarhus, where it is currently installed in the public square Mølleparken.[7][8]
• evolution-trees (2012). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed facing the Canberra Airport.[9][10][11][12]
• Organism (2009). Wellington, New Zealand. Part of the Victoria University of Wellington permanent collection.[13]
• Dinornis Maximus (2008). Canberra, Australia. Permanently installed on the median strip of Yarra Glen Drive, Woden.[14][15]
• Knowledge (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed outside the Upper Riccarton Library in Christchurch.[3]
• Nucleus (2006). Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanently installed at the meeting point of High, Lichfield and Manchester streets.[16]
• Zephyrometer (2004). Evans Bay, Wellington.[17] The work was struck by lightning in 2014, resulting in significant damage.[18][19] It was repaired and restored the following year.[20]
• Flip (2010). Taupo, New Zealand. Permanent commission by the Taupo Sculpture Trust.[21]
• Protoplasm (2002). Wellington, New Zealand.[22][23]
• Wiggly Wagon and other sculptures (2003), Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs. Removed in 2005.[24]
• Cytoplasm. Auckland.
• Tree of Life. (2013). McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia.[25]
• Ratytus. McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia.[26]

Permanent collections

• Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1]
• Victoria University of Wellington.[13]

References

External links

• Official web site
• Phil Price at Te Papa

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