Sinéad Ludwig-Burgess

As one of the youngest female Canadian sculptors working with welded public art, Sinéad Ludwig-Burgess continues to create surreal artworks that question the viewers’ notion on space and the human body. In the summer of 2017 her first public art sculpture was installed titled, "Caelum et Terra", which is located on the property of a post-secondary polytechnic school in Calgary, Alberta known as SAIT where the sculpture sits in front of the Green Building Technologies' new office building on the northwest corner of the campus. Ludwig-Burgess is able to work with clients to meet their needs where she continues to take on private commissions and is currently creating a new body of work. The figurative and organic sculptures she creates reflect the experiences we endure in life that manipulate and mold our physical and mental states. Her studio practice is driven by the experimentation and bending of steel. The majority of Ludwig-Burgess’ art in her portfolio incorporates the use of scrap metal and recycled materials where she enjoys the process of repurposing these items to make environmentally conscious sculptures.


Sinéad Ludwig-Burgess works and resides in Calgary, AB predominantly creating sculptures that consist of wel...

2011-16 Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, Sculpture, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Canada

2016 Patrick McIvor Blacksmithing Workshop, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Canada

2015 Wax to Bronze- An Introduction, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Canada

2012 Welding for Artists, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Canada

2010 – 11 Art Stream Certificate, Bow Valley College, Calgary, Canada

2008 Pre-College Program, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Ephemeral Romances: Love & Attachment, Sinéad Ludwig-Burgess, The Hub Gallery, artsPLace, Canmore, Canada


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Cultural Olympiad: Swift Current 2019, West Wing Gallery, Airmen’s Billet, Doc’s Town, Kinetic Park, 1700 – 17th Avenue SE, Swift Current, SK, Canada

2018 3D – Alberta Sculpture PROSPECTUS, Western GM Gallery, 224 Center Street Drumheller, AB, Canada

2018 In the Balance, ATB Financial Stephen Avenue Centre, Calgary, Canada

2017 True Colours, ATB Financial Stephen Avenue Centre, Calgary, Canada

Hear Tell, ATB Financial Stephen Avenue Centre, Calgary, Canada

2016 Shift, ATB Financial Stephen Avenue Centre, Calgary, Canada

ACAD Grad Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada

Trained and Drained, Ivan Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Des...