Jock Clutterbuck was born in Edenhope, Victoria in 1945. He studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1965 to 1966 and currently lectures in sculpture at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Within the abstract patterns and mathematical sequences often apparent in Islamic art are the representations of the intricate patterns of the universe which fascinate and provide the subject matter for Clutterbuck’s work.

Jock Clutterbuck has held numerous solo exhibitions and has participated in many major group exhibitions around Australia and overseas. He has been awarded several major awards and prizes - particularly for his sculpture work and his work is represented in major public and private collections within Australia, and overseas including Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Museums and Art Galleries of The Northern Territory, Darwin, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Queensland Art Gallery, Tasmanian Art Gallery and Museum, Hobart and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.