PETER SYNDICAS
Peter’s sculptures are inspired from an obsession with fractals – the infinite patterns replicated throughout all forms of nature. As twigs enabled him to view these fractals from the widest perspective, they have become his primary theme. Selected twig forms are magnified in scale and immortalises in bronze, a contrast to their fragile nature.
Peter has had no institutional training as a sculptor. He innovated his techniques mainly through trial and error until he exhibited a sculpture publicly for the first time as a finalist in the 2005 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize. Since then he was introduced to highly respected sculptor Silvio Apponyi, working alongside him in his studio. It has been under Apponyi that he has perfected new techniques in his handling of bronze as a medium. Peter has since been highly commended in the 2007 Waterhouse, and awarded Second Prize in the 2008 Waterhouse. He then had his first one man show at the Hill Smith Gallery in Adelaide in 2009.
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