William Eicholtz

William Eicholtz has been a practicing sculptor for over two decades. During this time he has participated in important solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and the United States. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts [Honours] at Monash University and from 1997-2004 he lectured in Sculpture at the School of Fine Art, Monash University, Caulfield Campus. Eicholtz has received several major awards for his work, including the Tina Wencher Sculpture Prize, 1993; Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Prize, 1998; '$2,000 Prize' in the Woollahra Small Sculpture Show, 2005 and the prestigious Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, 2005. He has also received several important public and private commissions for the City of Melbourne; Royal Melbourne Showgrounds; Sydney Cicket Ground; Australian National Korean War Memorial; Victorian County Court and Tarrawarra Museum of Art. William Eicholtz's work is represented in numerous high profile public, corporate and private collections within Australia.

William Eicholtz is a contemporary sculptor, taking figurative art from its traditional lineage then performing and placing its firmly in current artistic dialogue. Evoking classic themes, his sensual sculptures rejoice in metaphor and the physical, with a particular focus on the male nude. Eicholtz acknowledges, in both theme and technique, the figure's place in the classical history of art, then appropriates and translates it into a language infused with a humour and theatricality that embraces modern art. Exploring and working with new materials in innovative ways, Eicholtz's many public and private commissions vary from small-scale pieces suited to indoor display, to large-scale, weather-hardy outdoor works.