Otago Sculpture Trust

Peter Nicholls has been exhibiting since 1963. He has held 23 one man shows since 1972. Work is held by: Manukau City, Telstra Clear Event Centre, University of Otago Commerce Centre and Main Campus, Auckland City Gallery, Te Papa, Manuwatu Gallery, Sarjeant Gallery, Southland Gallery, Christchurch City Gallery, Dowse Art Museum, Govett Brewster Gallery, Custom House Quay, Dunedin, Central Park, Auckland, NZ Consulate, Sydney, Dunedin Public Hospital, City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, University of Wisconson, USA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, Mildura Sculpture Centre, Victoria, Australia. Peter was a founding board member.

Pam McKelvey has been working as a sculptor/jewellery maker since 1989 and has exhibited widely within New Zealand; also in Australia, USA and South Korea. Works are held by the Dowse Art Museum, Left Bank Art Gallery, Greymouth, Dunedin City Council and University of Otago. She has been a member of the Otago Sculpture Trust since 2004 and teaches Art at Logan Park High School, Dunedin.

Mike O'Kane has a B.F.A. in sculpture from Otago Polytechnic and has lectured in the Polytechnic's sculpture and design departments. He has experience in public art projects and is one of the founding board members of the Otago Sculpture Trust in 2002.

Peter Mason has a Dip.Fine and Applied Arts from Dunedin 1972-75. He has worked as a display artist and exhibitions officer at Otago Museum and has been self employed since 1987 in signwriting and design, silverculture, building and engineering and heritage reconstruction. He designed and installed the gun metal planetable on Flagstaff Summit, Dunedin and has acted as installation engineer for Peter Nicholl's work at Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island and Telstra Pacific Centre, Manukau City in 2005 and 2006.

David McLeod sculptor and contemporary jewellery designer and maker. David's initial arts career was in sculpture, including several architectural scale commissions. These works were mainly in stone and bronze, though his smaller works utilized a wide range of materials. His entry in to jewellery making was through small carvings and netsuke. In 1998 he completed a Masters in jewellery at Monash University in Melbourne, this began his interest in fine metal working and led to his current practice working principally in a jewellery context. Most of his work has a social or political narrative though in saying this sometimes a process, technique or manner of attaching or combining materials may be the primary motivation for the work. David works at SHEDworkspace in the Queens Building, 109 Princes St, Dunedin Ph 03 474 9939 website

Gavin O'Brien's work is primarily focussed on New Zealand design history, in particular oral history and the history of technology.
He is currently completing a Master's degree based on the work of Ernest Hayes and the establishment of Hayes Engineering in Oturehua, Central Otago. He is a graduate in Fine Arts and Architecture and before joining the department full time, worked principally in architecture, screen printing and plastics fabrication.
Gavin is a Senior Teaching Fellow, Design History University of Otago.

Ali Bramwell was a founding board member of the OST in 2002 and deputy Chair for 2006/2007 before standing down due to other work commitments. Currently a board member of the Dunedin City Council Art in Public Places committee and serving as a peer reviewer for Creative New Zealand. She has been working as a sculptor since 1990 producing a range of exhibitions and public projects both nationally and internationally. Recent projects include a permanent public sculpture work in Germany and exhibitions in Sweden, Bosnia, Australia and South Korea. More information about Ali's work and history can be found on her professional website.

Kate Belton was a founding trustee for Otago Sculpture Trust. She has BFA from Otago Polytechnic School of Art majoring in Sculpture. Her work ranges from sited projects to gallery installations, all with a formal attention to materiality along with a whimsical humor. She is currently Teaching at Christs College in Christchurch. While living away from Dunedin she remains involved with the trusts ongoing business as an Associate member.

Stephen Mulqueen is a respected sculptor and contemporary Jeweller. he has had major shows in both NZ and Australia. Stephen has completed a range of permanent public commissions and residencies in both countries also. A founding member of the trust, Stephen remains connected to OST as an Associate member.

Jesse Stevens was instrumental in many ways in the establishment of the Otago Sculpture Trust, he motivated an initial range of meetings of sculptors where we began talking about what some of our professional needs were. Currently working in London, Jesse works across disciplines as a sculptor and as a designer. He worked for an extended period in Italy as a product designer and foundry technician. He holds degrees in Fine Art Sculpture and Design.