The Melbourne Art Fair 2025
Sebastian Temple
20.02.2025 - 23.02.2025
Sebastian Temple
20.02.2025 - 23.02.2025
Haydens is pleased to present a new body of work by
Sebastian Temple for The Melbourne Art Fair 2025. This
presentation brings together a diverse range of artworks, connecting ceramics,
paintings, and wooden sculptures through Temple’s expanded drawing practice.
Embracing uncertainty and slow, intuitive processes, he integrates scavenged
materials, natural decay, and shared experiences, creating works that exist in
a state of constant flux.
Drawing serves as the foundation of Temple’s multidisciplinary approach. “I think of most of my work as an expanded drawing,” he explains. “It exists in a constant state of becoming, shifting between function and transformation.” His works—ceramic vessels, furniture-like constructions, and reconfigured sculptures—often emerge from deconstructed and repurposed materials. Rooted in resourcefulness, his practice reflects a philosophy of adaptation, making do with what is readily available.
A highlight of Temple’s Melbourne Art Fair presentation is a large, mural scaled painting that has travelled with him for seven years, absorbing and reflecting the different environments he has inhabited. From working in a suburban garage in Perth to adapting to a variety of living and studio conditions, the painting encapsulates layers of lived experience.
His sculptural works similarly embrace transformation. Using found wood, scavenged materials, and ceramics, these objects oscillate between function and art—at times serving as stools, stands, or containers, and at others resisting utility entirely. “I like the tension between function, purpose, and artwork,” Temple says. “It allows for shifts in meaning, where something utilitarian suddenly becomes precious, or vice versa.”
Through his evolving interplay of drawing, sculpture, and functional objects, Temple challenges material hierarchies and invites us to reconsider the potential of discarded materials. His work offers a thoughtful reflection on sustainability, collaboration, and transformation—an especially relevant pursuit in today’s shifting environmental and economic landscape.
The Melbourne Art Fair runs from the 20th to the 23rd of February at The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Visit us at Booth I3 to view Sebastian Temple’s latest works.
Purchase Tickets Here
Drawing serves as the foundation of Temple’s multidisciplinary approach. “I think of most of my work as an expanded drawing,” he explains. “It exists in a constant state of becoming, shifting between function and transformation.” His works—ceramic vessels, furniture-like constructions, and reconfigured sculptures—often emerge from deconstructed and repurposed materials. Rooted in resourcefulness, his practice reflects a philosophy of adaptation, making do with what is readily available.
A highlight of Temple’s Melbourne Art Fair presentation is a large, mural scaled painting that has travelled with him for seven years, absorbing and reflecting the different environments he has inhabited. From working in a suburban garage in Perth to adapting to a variety of living and studio conditions, the painting encapsulates layers of lived experience.
His sculptural works similarly embrace transformation. Using found wood, scavenged materials, and ceramics, these objects oscillate between function and art—at times serving as stools, stands, or containers, and at others resisting utility entirely. “I like the tension between function, purpose, and artwork,” Temple says. “It allows for shifts in meaning, where something utilitarian suddenly becomes precious, or vice versa.”
Through his evolving interplay of drawing, sculpture, and functional objects, Temple challenges material hierarchies and invites us to reconsider the potential of discarded materials. His work offers a thoughtful reflection on sustainability, collaboration, and transformation—an especially relevant pursuit in today’s shifting environmental and economic landscape.
The Melbourne Art Fair runs from the 20th to the 23rd of February at The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Visit us at Booth I3 to view Sebastian Temple’s latest works.
Purchase Tickets Here
