TOORAK VILLAGE
Starting Sunday 1st September to Sunday 12th October 2025, the Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition is a 6-week event where we turn the Toorak Village into a street gallery. Contemporary sculptural works are exhibited in the shop windows of the small businesses along Toorak Road and side streets, with large sculptures along the sidewalks of Toorak Village.
The 2025 exhibition will showcase 86 unique small to medium sized sculptures by 86 sculptural artists who carefully place their works amongst the merchandise of our shop windows. It is a walking exhibition with a printed Catalogue with Map to steer visitors to all artworks, available in all shops. This is a free exhibition, and all sculptures are original, made in Australia and available for sale.
Initiated by Ken Scarlett OAM and Xenia Holt in 2002 who excited the committee of the business association to stage an innovative exhibition of sculpture, linking the arts with business, this will be the 22nd year of exhibiting Australian made sculpture and supporting 1000’s of artists in the Toorak Village over the years.
The exhibition is managed by the Toorak Village Traders Association and will be curated by Malcolm Thomson, an experienced arts professional with over 40 years of curatorial experience in the field of sculpture. He will engage and support both the artists and the businesses in making the village a unique destination for sculpture. The invited Judge this year is Caroline Field, an Australian curator and writer specialising in twentieth century art writing and research, collection development, exhibitions, visual art projects and museum policy. She is Curator of the ACU Art Collection. Her previous positions include manager of Australian Galleries, director of the City of Horsham Regional Art Gallery, curator Deakin University Art Collection, and founding director of Stonnington Stables Museum of Art and Deakin University Art Gallery.
Caroline has been engaged to judge the 3 non-acquisitive prizes totalling $15,000 with the overall winner receiving $10,000, awarded at a gala opening event in the village. This year the $10,000 winning prize is proudly sponsored by Orchard Piper.
The Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition is presented by the Toorak Village Traders Association, proudly supported by Orchard Piper and all the businesses of Toorak Village.
To buy a sculpture please visit Nadia at Jade+Amber – 535 Toorak Rd, during business hours or call the mobile number on sculpture price tickets. All prices are inclusive of GST.
For all enquiries please email us here.
TOORAK VILLAGE
SCULPTURE EXHIBITION
2025 EXHIBITION & AWARDS
$15,0000 in total non-acquisitive Artist Awards were presented to 3 artists at an invitation only red-carpet Opening Event in Toorak Village on Saturday 30th August. The Award winners are:
AWARDS & WINNING SCULPTURES
ORCHARD PIPER Award
$10,000
PHU LA
with “Crossing Borders” – No 73 at Master Roll Vietnam
Recognising innovation and exceptional talent in the field of sculpture presented in the Toorak Village shopping streetscape.
Toorak Village Traders Award
$3,000
JESSIE YVETTE JOURNOUD-RYAN
with “Heavy Weight” – No 43 at Jade+Amber
To a work that demonstrates the highest skill level of an artist in creating contemporary sculpture, with a special focus on innovation and a differing approach to sculpture.
Judges Encouragement Award
$2,000
ANDREW HARRY
with “Easterly l” – No 03 at 416 Toorak Rd
A special award that encourages an artist who is recognised as a new talent in the field of Sculpture.
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY:
