# List of public art in Brisbane

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.
This list does not include military and war memorials.

## List of sculptures

| Name | Location | Artist | Year |
| Lion | King George Square | E.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor | 1938 |
| The Banker | Post Office Square | Leonard Shillam | 1970 |
| Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth | Edward Street/Turbot Street | Arnaldo Pomodoro | 1983 |
| Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 |
| Offshoot | South Bank | Clement Meadmore | 1984 |
| Pelicans | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Leonard and Kathleen Shillam | 1984 |
| Sisters | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Ante Dabro | 1985 |
| Approaching Equilibrium | Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank | Anthony Pryor | 1985 |
| Leviathan Play | South Bank | Ron Robertson-Swann | 1985 |
| Continuous Division | Roma Street Parkland | Greg Johns | 1988 |
| Plant Form | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Robert Juniper | 1988 |
| Morning Star | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | Jon Barlow Hudson | 1988 |
| Gates of Heaven | King Edward Park | Wendy Mills | 1988 |
| Elephant | South Bank Parklands | | 1988 |
| Gestation | Queen Street | Baile Oakes | 1988 |
| The Man & Matter Series | Kangaroo Point Park | Peter D Cole | 1992 |
| Anchorage and Passage | Brisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport | Ben Trupperbaumer | 1995 |
| Crossover Guardians | Kangaroo Point Park | Mona Ryder | 1995 |
| Geerbaughs Midden (Section B) | Kangaroo Point Park | Ron Hurley | 1995 |
| Beacon | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Marion Hoad | 1996 |
| Bowline | Queen Street | Simon Perry | 1996 |
| Net | William Street, Neville Bonner Building | Barbara Heath | 1998 |
| City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 |
| City Roos | George Street | Christopher Trotter | 1998/99 |
| Pride | Charlotte Street/Albert Street | Grant Lehmann | 1999 |
| A tree a rock a cloud | Eagle Street | Barbara Heath | 1999 |
| The Courier | Charlotte Street | John Coleman | 1999 |
| Sundial | Centenary Place | | 1999 |
| Emporium | Ann Street | | 2000s |
| Fish | Chinatown, Brisbane | | 2000s |
| Hands | Eagle Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2003 |
| Guardian | Kangaroo Point | John Dahlsen | 2003 |
| The Passenger | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2003 |
| Confluence | George Street | Daniel Templeman | 2004 |
| Drift | Charlotte Street | Sebastian Di Mauro | 2004 |
| Felix | Mary Street, Brisbane | Terry Summers | 2004 |
| Dialogue | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2004 |
| The Witness Box | South Bank | Daniel Templeman | 2004 |
| Echoes from the North | Edward Street | Augustine Dall'Ava | 2004-5 |
| Steam - 15 geodesic spheres | George Street | Donna Marcus | 2006 |
| Industrial Growth | Boundary Road, Richlands | Christopher Trotter | 2007 |
| Billow | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 |
| Surge | Esplanade, Shorncliffe | Davis -Thomas | 2007 |
| The Guardian | Wharf Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2008 |
| Kernel (Falling from Above) | 275 George Street | Stuart Green | 2009 |
| Wormholes (Section C) | Kangaroo Point Park | Alexander Knox | 2009 |
| Pod | Northshore Hamilton, Queensland | | 2010s |
| Venus Rising | Kangaroo Point Park, Main Street | Wolfgang Buttress | 2011 |
| Eyes Are Singing Out | 415 George Street | Yayoi Kusama | 2012 |
| The World Turns | Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank | Michael Parekowhai | 2012 |
| Preservation | Kangaroo Point Park | Mel Robson | 2013 |
| Confluenza | Roma Street Parkland | Salvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro | 2013 |
| Gloria | Teneriffe | Mark Andrews | 2013 |
| Feast of the Bon-yi 1 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | Bianca Beetson | 2013 |
| Feast of the Bon-yi 2 | Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha | Bianca Beetson | 2013 |
| Poinsettia Riverfire | Emma Miller Place, Brisbane CBD | Luke Roberts | 2016 |
| The Bull | Edward Street | | |
| Big Sister | Eagle Street | John Seward Johnson II | |
| Mirage | Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street Mall | Gidon Graetz | |
| Pelicans | on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBD | Christopher Trotter | |
| Kangaroo | City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point | | |
| Garden Sculpture | Brisbane Airport | | |
| Cicada | South Bank | | |
| | Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End | | |
| Platypus | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket | | |

## List of statues

| Name | Location | Artist | Year |
| Queen Victoria | Queens Gardens | Thomas Brock | 1906 |
| Robert Burns | Centenary Place | | 1929 |
| George V | King George Square | E.F Kohler, R Summerhayes and E.S.Taylor | 1938 |
| Petrie Tableau | King George Square | Stephen Walker (sculptor) | 1988 |
| The Drovers | Ann Street | (World Expo 88) | 1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast) |
| Speakers corner | King George Square | Artbusters | 1993 |
| Hippocrates | Herston | Phillip Piperides | 1996 |
| Child Abuse Memorial | Emma Miller Place | Gavan Fenelon | 2004 |
| Konstantin Tsiolkovsky | Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium | Sergei Bychkov | 2007 |
| Lady Diamantina Bowen | Gardens Point | Phillip Piperides | 2009 |
| El Emigrante | Cathedral Square | (World Lebanese Cultural Union) | 2010 |
| Confucius | South Bank Parklands | (Ji'nan Municipal Government, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China) | 2010 |
| Themis | Courts of Law, George Street | | 2012 |
| Aurora | Queen Street | Cezary Stulgis | 2015 |
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | Centenary Place | | |
| Thomas Joseph Ryan | Queens Gardens | Edgar Bertram Mackennal | |

## List of monuments and memorials

| Name | Location | Artist | Year |
| Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial) | Queen Street | William Webster, sculptor | 1879 |
| First Free Settlers Monument 1838 | Nundah | | 1938 |
| Tide Recorder | Newstead Park, Newstead | | 1959 |
| John Oxley Landing Memorial | Newstead Park, Newstead | | 1983 |
| Resilience | Emma Miller Place | Cida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann | 2007 |
| Q150 time capsule | Gardens Point | | 2009 |
| Speakers' Corner | George Street | | 2010 |
| Ken Fletcher Memorial | Tennyson | | 2013 |
| Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial | Brisbane Airport | | |
| Gateway to Victory | Hamilton | | |