Rox Deluca

Born: Melbourne, VIC

Lives and Works: Sydney, NSW

Artist Statement

Always gleaning for plastics, on the beach and beyond, 2025
Reclaimed ocean plastics, reclaimed industrial plastics and wire.

My practice focuses on concepts of abundance, excess and waste, and reflects on the plastic I observe and collect on my slow walks to Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach and the nearby Rose Bay beach. Out of this waste I make long garlands, usually colour-coded for impact. I also incorporate industrial and reject plastics from sources such as Banish and Reverse Garbage, interrupting their journey to landfill, as well as materials that were kindly gifted from other beach and urban gleaners. 

For the Berry Heritage Rotunda my garlands are suspended within the rotunda. The Rotunda’s seating provides the perfect opportunity for visitors to sit and reflect on the abundance and range of familiar and often single-use plastics in the installation. In this space I hope that visitors can have a deeper meditation about the serious global problem of plastics and how we as individuals and together can curb the plastic tide. 

About the Artist

For over three decades Rox De Luca has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions. Recent presentations include ‘Every Colour’ at Articulate Project Space, ‘Colour is Enough’ at Arts Project Australia and ‘Beauty runs the Gauntlet’ at Bondi Pavilion Gallery and previously ‘Plastic - Unwrapping the World’ at the Wagga Wagga Gallery. De Luca has also collaborated with the Sydney Art Quartet, Social Good Summit, and Plastic-free Kandos. She is the inaugural Artist in Residence with Orlebar Brown who commissioned a major work for their Martin Place store in the Sydney CBD. De Luca received a Bachelor of Arts (Visual) from Canberra School of Art (1985) and a Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration, University of NSW (1988).