Adrian Mauriks had a lengthy and successful career after graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne) in 1978.

Subsequent to his studies, Mauriks went on to lecture in Fine Art at the University of Melbourne (1979-1996), during which time he managed a developing art practice and exhibited on a regular basis with his representative Melbourne and Sydney galleries.

He also participated and/or entered numerous group exhibitions, art prizes, art fairs and biennales, including the Lorne Sculpture Biennale (2016), McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award (2003, 2010), McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria, The Lorne Sculpture Exhibition, (2007), Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, (2006), Contempora 2, Docklands Festival of Sculpture, (2005), Shanghai Art Fair, (2004), Oblique Shadows, at Sculpture Square, Singapore, (2002), Australian Sculpture Triennials, (1981, 1984), Mildura Sculpture Triennials, (1980 to 1988).

Over the course of a four-decade career, his work developed and changed, perhaps most notably, in palette and concept. His early works were frequently dark in mood, often executed in welded steel and painted black, whereas his more recent series suggest a clarity which is manifested in pure white, organic, elegant forms, the latter referencing nature.

These same forms, presented as group or suite of elements, and hence, installations, have become instantly recognisable as a work by the artist. One of his most ambitious installations, “Silence” (2001-2002), considered one of the largest public sculptures in Australia, and commissioned for the Docklands, received high praise from critics and remains a well-attended sculpture in Melbourne. Consisting of thirteen separate parts, it suggests a surreal landscape where people, and particularly children, are encouraged to walk around and through the elements. The scale of the forms varies from a sphere that children climb upon, to a formal gateway for walking through to a large enveloping central structure big enough to shelter a group from the rain.

Mauriks is represented in numerous public and private collections in Australia, and internationally including Docklands, New Quay precinct, AMP, Sydney, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, Wollongong University, NSW, City of Darebin, Deakin University, Art Bank, VCA collection, Singapore Art Museum National Heritage Board collection, Latrobe Valley Arts Centre Collection, Mildura Arts Centre, Macquarie University Sculpture Collection.