Children’s book author and illustrator, taxidermist, designer, photographer and sculptor, the Head Teacher of Events, Design and Illustration at Design Centre Enmore is a dedicated artist and educator.

Rod has exhibited work around the world with exhibitions in Australia, as well as Italy, France, Spain and Japan. He has received accolades for both his artistic and teaching ability, including both the TAFE Award for Teaching Excellence and the NSW Department of Education and Training’s Teacher of the Year Award in 1999.

Rod was a finalist in the Wynne Prize for the Australian landscape/figurative sculpture, Art Gallery of NSW in 2007 and again in 2010, and is represented by King Street Gallery in Sydney. Presently he is working with 20 invited Australian Artists in a residency program at Taronga Zoo to raise funds for animal conservation projects around the world.

Rod has been selected for the 2011 Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.

www.rodmcrae.com.au - Rod McRae