Braddon Snape

LIves and works in Newcastle, NSW

Artist's CV

Braddon Snape is an established Newcastle based artist whose primarily three-dimensional practice appears in galleries, and in the public domain as large-scale public artworks, both in Australia and abroad.

Over the past 25 years, Snape has developed a practice that encompasses sculpture and installation in a diverse range of media. The artist has earned a reputation for conceptually rich works revealed through a minimal aesthetic and an astute understanding and sensitivity to materials. Underpinned by a poetic sensibility, Snape’s abstract works often reference place, history, human endeavor and the natural world. 

Highlights of Braddon’s career to date include participation in Sculpture by the Sea seven times, a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award and the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize; ISF Korea; Materiality Performed, Maitland Regional Art Gallery; Hunter Red – Corpus, Newcastle Art Gallery and numerous significant Public Art commissions that demonstrate a thorough understanding of materiality and site. Public art commissions include Landcom Vantage, Port Stephens; The SubWharfyen, Sydney Wharf, Pyrmont and most recently Clouds Gathering, a large Public Art Installation for Maitland City Council. 

Braddon’s work is held in national and international collections including Crown Hatai, Seoul, Korea; Bretton Hall, College of Arts, University of Leeds, UK; Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Sydney; Newcastle Art Gallery; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery; Maitland Regional Gallery; Port Stephens Council; and The University of Newcastle; and in private collections in Australia, Great Britain, China and USA.

Snape currently lectures in Sculpture at The University of Newcastle and is the Director of the Newcastle artist studio and gallery initiative The Creator Incubator. 

\ Artworks

9 Chamber Stack

2020 \ Welded, inflated powder coated steel \ 100 x 40 x 40cm

SOLD

ALLUSIVE OBJECT (SPIKEY POD I)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel with accompaning acrylic portal wall painting \ 35 x 31 x 31cm

Act in the Yard

2019 \ Welded, inflated and powder coated steel, ratchet strap \ Dimensions variable. Inflated form: 110 x 60 x 40cm

Act of Suppression (Blackline)

2023 \ Welded, cold inflated and mirror polished stainless steel. Painted steel and stainless steel hardware \ H: 130cm W: 53.5cm D: 14.5cm

SOLD

Act of Suppression (Double Whammy)

2023 \ Welded, cold inflated and powdercoated stainless steel. Powdercoated steel and stainless steel hardware \ H: 73cm W: 160cm D: 49cm

Act of Suppression (with little resistance)

2023 \ Welded, cold inflated and mirror polished stainless steel. Welded, cold inflated and painted stainless steel. Painted steel and stainless steel hardware \ H: 140cm W: 52cm D: 13cm

Allusive Object (5 faced ratchet pod)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel and glass with black glass base (80cm diameter) \ 66 x 66 x 63cm

Allusive Object (Large Rocket Pod)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel and glass with black blass base (80cm diameter) \ 95 x 50 x 50cm

Allusive Object (Red Pod)

2020 \ Welded, inflated, powder coated stainless steel \ 97 x 220 x 103cm

Allusive object (3 chamber strip)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel with accompaning acrylic rectangle wall painting (38 x 110cm) \ 150 x 30 x 27cm

Allusive object (4 faced ratchet pod)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel with accompaning acrylic cross wall painting (150 x 150cm) \ 38 x 25 x 25cm

Axial Shift & Pop

2018 \ Welded, inflated, powder coated steel \ 30 x 80 x 40cm

SOLD

Big Pink Rocker

2019 \ Welded, inflated and powdercoated steel on oxidised steel \ 147 x 70 x 21cm

SOLD

Four Champer Reorientated Reiteration

2019 \ Welded, inflated, powdercoated steel on oxidised steel \ 65 x 38 x 28cm

SOLD

Remnant of The Reformation

2019 \ Welded inflated powdercoated steel \ L108 x W57 x D30cm

SMALL ALLUSIVE OBJECT (ROUND POD)

2020 \ Welded, inflated, and mirror polished, 304 stainless steel \ 33 x 33 x 33cm

SOLD

SMALL ALLUSIVE OBJECT (STRETCHED POD)

2020 \ Welded, inflated, and mirror polished, 304 stainless steel \ 54 x 24 x 23cm

SOLD

Single Fold Hung n Strung

2019 \ Welded and inflated stainless steel with ratchet strap \ Dimensions variable. Inflated form: H180 x W120 x D60cm

Three Chamber Compression

2018 \ Welded, inflated, powder coated steel \ 120 x 60 x 47cm

SOLD

Three Movements in Green

2020 \ Welded and inflated stainless steel with custom Urethane coating \ 210 x 90 x 48cm

SOLD

allusive object (3 faced stretched pod)

2021 \ Welded and mirror-polished inflated stainless steel with accompaning acrylic ellipse wall painting (202 x 94cm) \ 52 x 21 x 21cm

SOLD

\ News

News

Art Prize Finalists—Brooklyn Whelan, Braddon Snape, Caroline Zilinsky

23 August 2023

Congratulations to three of our talented artists who have been selected as finalists in significant art prizes.

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\ Exhibitions featuring Braddon Snape

Braddon Snape

Suppression Order

4 July — 22 July 2023

Braddon Snape

Things are not as they appear (smoke and mirrors)

1 December — 11 December 2021

SMALL WORKS SALON

Group Exhibition

14 August — 28 August 2021

Spring

Group Exhibition

8 September — 13 September 2020

Braddon Snape

An Act of Restraint

25 July — 10 August 2019

Contact Us

to find out more about Braddon Snape.

12 - 14 Meagher Street Chippendale, NSW 2008
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm Saturday, 11am - 4pm Closed Public Holidays (and Easter Saturday)