About the Talk
New Zealand artist Virginia Leonard, winner of the 2025 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, will reflect on her practice and the work that received this year’s award. Leonard is known for her visceral ceramic forms, which push the boundaries of the medium while exploring themes of the body, trauma, and repair.
The conversation will be facilitated by Sep Pourbozorgi, Director of Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, offering audiences a chance to hear directly from Leonard about her process, influences, and the evolving role of small-scale sculpture in contemporary art.
About the Prize
The 2025 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize exhibition presents a dynamic range of sculptural practice, featuring artists from across Australia and internationally, working across a broad spectrum of materials, forms and conceptual approaches. From quiet, contemplative pieces to bold, materially complex works, this year’s Prize promises to represent the breadth and vitality of contemporary sculpture.
The 2025 judging panel brings together a wealth of expertise and insight: artist and academic Sanné Mestrom; inaugural Ngununggula Gallery Director, Megan Monte; and Head Curator of International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Justin Paton. Their collective experience will inform a thoughtful, diverse selection.
Visitors are warmly invited to experience the exhibition at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf and cast their vote in the 2025 Viewer’s Choice Award.
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When | Saturday 8 November, 11:00 AM- 1:30 PM
Where | Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf
Cost | Free
Capacity | 60
Transport and parking | The Gallery can be reached via public transport (buses 324, 325 or 326, or walk from Edgecliff Station or Double Bay Wharf). Parking is available at Council Chambers (536 New South Head Rd, Double Bay NSW 2028). If you are arriving via UBER or Taxi please request a drop-off or collection at the Council Chambers.
Image credit | Virginia Leonard, 'Glad that you are not here all the time- an urn for unwanted limbs and other things', WSSP 2025 Winner. Photo Jacquie Manning.