Allaroundoz.com.au, 09.Sept 2017 - Swell Sculpture Art Festival 2017, Australia (265.000 visitors)
- Michael Van Dam, 'Artist Peer Award' - 'These Hands' - link: HERE
Oceanroadmagazin.com.au, 08.Oct 2017 - 15th anniversary Swell Sculpture Art Festival, on of the winners: - Michael Van Dam, 'Artist Peer Award' - 'These Hands' -
Frankston Council to spend $60,000 over three years on sculpture program. The pieces include Keizo Ushio’s Oushi Zokei Hexagonal, Deirdre Mair and Harry Stitt’s Mirage and Mike van Dam’s Intervention. Foto: Mike Van Dam with his stainless steel mesh sculpture, titled ‘Intervention’, which reflects on an increase of the humpback whale population
Soldiers Point, NSW, Australia - Realistic Object Sculptures - 'the missing link', Michael Van Dam:
Completed in 2013, the 240 kg sculpture received the Peer Award in the exclusive 2013 Swell Sculpture Festival on the Gold Coast. Mike comments: "The chain in the sculpture represents the links people have with each other and their surroundings. For every action, there is a chain reaction."