Phlyssa Koshland’s first career interest was in science, before she discovered sculpture. Her interest in biology led to a passion for representing the human form, though in abstract variations. She first began sculpting in timber and quickly moved to bronze casting for greater possibilities in size and form. She later explored laser-cut techniques for creating scalable constructions in other materials such as plywood, plexiglass and metals. All of these techniques are used in her commissions – Phlyssa loves a challenge.

Phlyssa has been exhibiting in group and solo shows since 1982. Her cast sculptures and cutouts embody movement, emotion and symbolism, and in this sense they are timeless. She has worked on commissions in the US, Israel and Australia, and is represented in private and public collections internationally, including: the University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US), the Ben-Gurion University of the Desert and Weizman Institute of Science (Israel), Horokoji Association (Japan) and UNSW Sydney (Australia).