‘Lorne’s surfcoast is the perfect setting for great sculpture.”

Graeme Wilkie, sculptor.

In October 2005 a meeting of Friends of Lorne Arts met at Graeme Wilkie’s Qdos

Art Gallery to discuss his long held dream to stage a world-class sculpture exhibition

along the dramatic sweep of Lorne’s famous foreshore.

This resulted in overwhelming support from community and regional authorities and

the formation of the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition Inc. A Committee team led by Jack

and Cynthia Wynhoven set up the inaugural exhibition called “The Littoral Edge”

from October 26 to November 11, 2007. Renowned Australian Art Historian and

Lecturer Ken Scarlett was appointed as Curator for the first Lorne Sculpture

Exhibition in 2007.

The first Lorne Sculpture Exhibition was acclaimed by the Australian sculpture

world, the local community, critics and artists alike as an important new showcase

for contemporary sculpture for both local and international artists.