As the Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine I have had the pleasure of working with many incredible sculptors for more than 5 years now – for the magazine itself, our web blog, our curated exhibitions, the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize, and of course sharing their work across our 900,000+ strong social media network. Sculpture is personally my favourite medium, so it is always a thrill to delve deeply into the practices of my favourite artists, or to discover a new sculptor whose work is unique and technically exceptional.
So as this year comes to a close I wanted to share with you a list of artists who work in a wide variety of mediums from found object assemblage, glass, textiles, wood, marble, sculpey, metal, wax, string, bones, feathers, fibreglass, sugar, resin, metal, clay, taxidermy, paper, textiles, fine porcelain etc., and whose works range in scale from miniature to larger than life or room size! All of whom I believe are among the greatest living and working sculptors of 2018. This is not an exhaustive list by any means, and not is any particular order, however as you will see the works speak for themselves. The list includes internationally acclaimed artists, whose work is held in many museum permanent collections, as well as fascinating and brilliant emerging sculptors who deserve more attention. You may note that there are some sculptors who are conspicuously missing, this is because I have not included artists with a minimal or no Instagram presence [my little tip for all artists: showing beautiful photographs of completed works, rather than just works in progress, is very important], because as you will see all the artists mentioned below are linked to their Instagram accounts, so you can quickly and easily follow them too!
We hope this list helps aspiring sculpture get some ideas on how to get more instagram followers and if you are a sculptor, or know one that you feel should be included in next year’s list, please comment below. I am always in search of exciting new creatives! And if you want to gave some more traction on your own pieces, check out kenji for instagram growth.
Finally, the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize will have a separate Sculpture Category Award in 2019 to ensure all the amazing emerging and mid career sculptors around the world get the recognition they deserve! Join our email mailing list to ensure you don’t miss out on all the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize news and of course to be notified when entries open in the new year. The 2019 Prize will also have separate Category Awards for Traditional [painting, drawing, collage etc], Digital Art and Photography, so let all your creative friends know! We will be announcing the Jury Panel and Prizes in the new year. See details of this year’s Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize, Finalists, Honourable Mentions and Winners.
Note this list does not include Art Dolls or Art Toys. I hope to do another list of these artists in future.
Top 100 Sculptors of 2018 on Instagram
1. Beth Cavener
2. Kris Kuksi
3. Aron Demetz
4. Mahlimae
5. Julia deVille
6. Erika Sanada
7. Crystal Morey
8. Kim Simonsson
9. Anna-Wili Highfield
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjYqvdThriD/
10. Carole Feuerman
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqP74SZl5zF/
11. Akishi Ueda
12. Ellen Jewett
13. Kate MacDowell
14. Elizabeth McGrath
15. Sarah Rayner
16. Forest Rogers
17. Sarah Louise Davey
18. Ronit Baranga
19. Daniel Firman
20. Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
21. Jessica Joslin
22. Jessica Dalva
23. Pip & Pop
24. Lucy Glendinning
25. Scott Radke
26. Susannah Montague
27. Miriam Knibbeler
28. Cristina Córdova
29. Colin Christian
30. Tim Clarkson
31. Joseph Marr
32. Juz Kitson
33. Caitlin McCormack
34. Scott Hove
35. Vipoo
36. Bruno Walpoth
37. Johnson Tsang
38. Emil Melmoth
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEuSNePpbIs/
39. Gosia
40. Hedi Xandt
41. Anne-Valérie Dupond
42. Kathie Olivas
43. Willy Verginer
44. Xooang Choi
45. Yoshitoshi Kanemaki
46. Patricia Piccinini
47. Juliette Clovis
https://www.instagram.com/p/Btf3JaKgHD9/
48. Isabel Peppard
49. Javier Perez
50. Penelope Davis
51. Gehard Demetz
52. JAGO
53. Michelle Perrett
54. Coderch & Malavia
55. Alessandro Gallo
56. Seung Mo Park
57. Ariel Bowman
58. Claudia Fontes
59. Penny Evans
60. Natalie Ryan
61. Christopher David White
62. Lorren Lowrey
63. Gerard Mas
64. Sally Kent
65. Hsu-Tung Han
66. Paloma Smith
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgAIlHelons/
67. Thom Puckey
68. Sam Jinks
69. Susannah Zucker
70. Ebony Russell
71. Paul Poupet
72. Calvin Ma
73. Kate MccGwire
74. Biata Roytburd
75. Kirsten Stingle
76. ASPENCROW
77. Bran Lin
78. Katsuyo Aoki
79. Lisa Clague
80. Kazuhiro Tsuji
81. Alice Couttoupes
82. Ed Elliott
83. Matthew Levin
84. Crystal Wagner
85. Tach Pollard
86. Anu Allikas
87. Tom Kuebler
88. Verginer Matt
89. Christina Bothwell
90. Virginie Ropars
91. Chiharu Shiota
92. Sergio Bustamante
93. Claire Morgan
94. Adam Wallacavage
95. Qixuan Lim
96. Carisa Swenson
97. Maria Rubinke
98. Doubleparlour
99. Darla Jackson
100. Paolo Del Toro
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAPh_1zrQfv/
