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Rhyl Kingston Hinwood (born 1940) is a sculptor in

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, Australia. She designed and produced over seven hundred commissioned public artworks. In 2006 she became a

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for "service to the arts as a sculptor of artworks for public places and buildings, and through teaching roles and support for students".

Early life

Rhyl Hinwood (birth name Rhyl Jones) was born in Brisbane in 1940. She attended

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and

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. She studied art at the

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, under instructors such as

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Artistic career

Hinwood worked as an artist in the Queensland Natural History Museum for four years. In 1976, she won a national competition to complete the set of carvings on the Great Court of

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and has since completed over 250 works for the university. In addition to the work in the Great Court, she also carved the sculptures for the university's Wordsmiths Cafe using themes inspired by the

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. In 1986, Hinwood won a

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for sculpture. In 1987 she was chosen to create the ceramic Australian Coat of Arms for the

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in Parliament House,

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. This was the first art work commissioned and completed for Australia's new parliament house. A documentary in 1993 entitled ''In pursuit of excellence'', celebrated the work of Hinwood.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinwood, Rhyl 1940 births Living people 20th-century Australian sculptors 21st-century Australian sculptors Australian women sculptors 20th-century Australian women artists 21st-century Australian women artists