Stuart McLachlan

Artist Profile

Stuart McLachlan is an internationally acclaimed artist whose intricate sculptures crafted from paper, stone, and mixed media offer incisive critiques of humanity’s environmental impact. His practice interrogates themes of displacement, survival, and the fragile balance between progress and destruction. Through delicate yet conceptually bold constructions, McLachlan challenges the viewer to confront the consequences of climate change, unsustainable development, and the ever-growing environmental toll of human industry.

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Artist CV

Stuart McLachlan began his career as an illustrator in Adelaide then worked in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver. Now based in Sydney, his attention has moved to fine art where he has become internationally regarded as one of the world’s premier paper sculptors. Guided by his exquisite illustrations, the artist uses hand cut paper to mold into intricate figures and structures. So brilliantly rendered, the sculptures have a porcelain-like finish.

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Artworks

Watercolour Paper, acrylic paint, glue and metal rods

30cm x 240cm

$35,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $35,000 AUD

Paper, plaster, sandstone, glue, acrylic paint, press pipe, wood and rope with acrylic display case

45cm x 44.5cm

$9,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $9,000 AUD

Paper, plaster, sandstone, glue, acrylic paint, press pipe, wood and rope, with acrylic display case

45cm x 44.5cm

$9,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $9,000 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, card, wood, metal rod, varnish, acrylic paint, sandstone and glue

184cm x 85cm

$28,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $28,000 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, card, sandstone, glue, acrylic paint, wire, wood, with acrylic display case

46cm x 112cm

$12,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $12,500 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, card, wood, sand, acrylic paint, sandstone and glue, with acrylic display case

117cm x 42cm

$12,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $12,500 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, wood, acrylic paint, card, branches, lamp, glue

183cm x 134cm

$22,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $22,000 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, paper, acrylic paint, metal jewellery, glue

72cm x 55cm

$12,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $12,000 AUD

Arches watercolour paper and glue

70cm x 38cm

$11,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $11,500 AUD

Watercolour paper, sandstone, sand, enamel paint, acrylic paint, card, glue

48cm x 48cm

$11,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $11,500 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, pressed paper, acrylic paint, glue

54cm x 40cm

$9,900 AUD

~~AUD~~ $9,900 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, pressed paper, cardboard, wire, glue

64cm x 52cm

$12,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $12,000 AUD

Arches watercolour paper, enamel paint, wood, glue

110cm x 35cm

$9,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $9,000 AUD

Arches watercolour paper and glue

51cm x 24cm

$4,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $4,500 AUD

Arches watercolour rag paper, sandstone and glue

75cm x 37cm

$8,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $8,500 AUD

pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm, unframed

42cm x 30cm

$350 AUD

~~AUD~~ $350 AUD

pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm, unframed

42cm x 30cm

$350 AUD

~~AUD~~ $350 AUD

Past Exhibitions by Stuart McLachlan

2 September – 6 September 2026

Sydney Contemporary 2026

Kim Anderson + Stuart McLachlan + Cardwell + McLachlan

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11 September – 14 September 2025

Sydney Contemporary 2025

Stuart McLachlan + Bronwyn Hill

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6 November – 30 November 2024

Homebound

Stuart McLachlan

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26 April – 20 May 2023

Imagined Worlds

Kendal Murray + Stuart McLachlan + Jacob Leary + Rosie Hastie + Cardwell + McLachlan

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Stuart McLachlan

Artist Profile

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Artworks

Past Exhibitions by Stuart McLachlan

Sydney Contemporary 2026

Sydney Contemporary 2025

Homebound

Imagined Worlds

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