Betty creates site specific public art for community and civic spaces. Each piece is custom designed, forming a relationship to the surrounding natural or built environment. These works are in the public domain, they reach new audiences and place art in a central position within people’s live.
TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART (2024)
THE FAUXREST is a synthetic grove of fluorescent trees a coastal woodlands (Mornington Shire, Australia)
ROAD ART: NESTING TIDES (2025)
NESTING TIDES reflects the reflect the natural rhythm of Port Phillip Bay (Sandringham, Australia).
MURAL ART: UNEARTHED (2022)
UNEARTHED is a permanent mural on Yorta Yorta country (Shepparton, Australia).
STREET ACTIVATION: CONCEAL (2019)
CONCEAL is a public street activation that features a fusion of digital and organic materials and processes. This artwork uses digital methods to highlight hidden structures from our surrounding natural world.
LIGHT INSTALLATION: BREATHE (2019)
BREATHE is a light installation inspired by organic structures. The colours and patterns of the lights are controlled by environmental changes that occur in significant international ecosystems.
STREET PROJECTIONS: CAPTURE (2019)
CAPTURE is a public street projection that showcases the microscopic qualities of Betty’s compostable biopolymer materials. It accentuates the beauty and intricate nature of these environmentally responsible materials.
ROAD PAINTING ART: QUEEN (2023)
QUEEN is inspired by the music of G-Flip, QUEEN is 41 meter permanent road painting artwork that features a creative visualisation of an audio soundwave.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Betty Sargeant lives and works on the land of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nation (Australia). Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Betty respectfully acknowledges the ongoing struggles and achievements of First Nations custodians. Sovereignty was never ceded.
