2025 Biennale

Strata

1 - 30 March 2025

Lucy Allinson, Darcey Bella Arnold, Matthew Bird and Charity Edwards, Richard Collopy, Nicholas Currie, Naomi Eller, Carly Fischer, James Geurts, Natasha Johns-Messenger, Anne-Marie May, John Meade, Kerrie Poliness, Studio Forrest, Chaohui Xie, and Yusi Zang 

Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2025 will build on previous iterations to showcase a series of site-responsive artworks, commissioning established and emerging artists to explore how contemporary art can respond to, articulate, and augment our experience of place.

Curated by Simon Lawrie, LSB 2025’s artistic vision derives from the iconic geology of Gadubanud Country–the stratified landscape of the Great Ocean Road serves as an analogy for the fact that one place is many places, layered both physically and experientially through time, culture, and species.

Across 16 precincts from 1 – 30 March 2025, the outdoor exhibition will present sculpture and spatial installation more broadly, encompassing sonic art, architectural environments, ephemeral installations, and landscape interventions, all uniquely capable of enabling complex and affective experiences of place. 

Throughout the Biennale, a suite of public programs, performances, and presentations titled Sculpture Plus will establish meaningful exchange and connection between artists, audiences, and communities. These will have a regional focus, providing opportunities for First Nations self-determination, skills development, strengthening collaborative partnerships, and celebrating the Surf Coast's arts and cultural networks.