Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (born 1964) is an Australian artist known for incorporating robotics and lasers into his work. He was born in

Woomera, South Australia Woomera, unofficially Woomera village, refers to the domestic area of RAAF Base Woomera. Woomera village has always been a Defence-owned and operated facility. The village is located on the traditional lands of the Kokatha people in the Far ...

. He currently lives and works in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia. Notable works include "Floribots", (128 computer-controlled robot origami flowers arranged in a grid a sculpture that won the Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award when exhibited at the

National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in th ...

)) and "Totem", (a 10.5 metre tall installation outside

Perth Arena Perth Arena (known commercially as ) is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city centre of Perth, Western Australia, used mostly for basketball matches. It is located on Wellington Street near the site of the former Perth Entertainmen ...

that has moving panels that open and close like flower petals when people walk past.) In March 2013 he took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete four life size Robot Ballerinas, otherwise known as the "Coppelia Project".

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* * 20th-century Australian sculptors Living people 1964 births Artists from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian sculptors Drake-Brockman family {{Australia-artist-stub