About

Sanciolo was born in Messina (Sicily) in 1955. He moved to Australia in 1968.

Although a resident of Australia, Sanciolo maintains strong cultural links with his country of birth. His career includes lectures, consultancies, design projects, workshops for art instructors and teachers, as well as Art Tuition through the Sanciolo Art& Design Labs at Gallery Elysium in Hawthorn.

Sanciolo has also held twelve solo exhibitions at Gallery 101, Dickerson Gallery and Fox Galleries. He has also participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Australia and overseas.

During the last forty years, Sanciolo has completed numerous private and corporate commissions: Corporate commissions include a ten-metres, freestanding bronze high relief depicting Dante’s Divine Comedy (1977). This large-scale public commission, installed at La Trobe University, was commissioned by the Italian Community as a gift to the people of Australia. In 1993 the National Trust of Australia awarded classification to Sanciolo’s ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’ sculpture as a work of cultural significance.

Other major commissions (1995) include two over life-size sculpture groups commissioned by 101 Collins Street Pty Ltd installed in the western internal moat of 101 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD.

Grocon (2000) commissioned Sanciolo to complete two major works for the Westin Hotel in St Martin’s Place, Sydney. Grocon also commissioned two further sculptures of life size dimensions, later installed in pre designed alcoves at the entrance of the formal ballroom on the lower ground level.

Late in 2001, 101 Collins Street Pty. Ltd. also commissioned Sanciolo to complete a second set of sculptures installed in the internal eastern moats.

As part of the 100th anniversary celebrations (2003) St Patricks Church, Mentone, commissioned Sanciolo to sculpt a set of bronze doors for the main entrance of the church.  These consist of two single doors and a double opening door cast as single pieces.

In 2012 Sanciolo completed 3 commissions which include: a 6.4 m x 2.4 relief in Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Bronze and mild steels relief for St Agatha Church, Cranbourne, and an over life-size bronze sculpture for a private residence in Brighton, Victoria, as well as a 9m high, Sculpture in Corten Steel, Stainless Steel and Bronze for St Peter’s College, Cranbourne.

Late in 2013 Bart Sanciolo completed a set of Bronze Doors with a relief in Bronze for St Joseph’s Church, Chelsea.

Between 2016 and 2019, Bart Sanciolo also completed several commissions for St Mary’s Malvern East, and is currently completing a large commission for Holy Eucharist Church in East Malvern.

Many other works can be found in corporate collections, churches, colleges and in private collections in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Brasil, Italy, New Zealand and Russia,

Although Sanciolo’s works deal with the human condition and the connection between intuition and reality, his more personal artworks are concerned with the actuality, intimacy and immediacy of beliefs and passion.

Working to establish a dynamic relationship between line, form and design; expressed through a contemporary format yet responding to a classical tradition, Sanciolo does not aim to illustrate, rather, he interprets and manifests a narrative to ‘acknowledge and affirm’ human nature, and the multitude of consequences for being defined by time and place.