WAYDE OWEN
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wayde Owen is an Australian artist who works in painting, drawing and sculpture. His works are critical allegories that deeply engage the human condition, personal history, mongrelness, memory, and mortality. Subjects are arranged in colourful and enigmatic formations on the canvas in bold colours for psychological impact. His paintings and drawings of anthropomorphic quails, Staffordshire bull terriers, skulls, family members and heads of the dead are all part of a rich and personal gathering. The shapes that extrude from the mouths of Owen’s subjects are a deliberately ambiguous architectural shape. These structures mirror the ambiguity of “message” and communication in all its forms. The underlying narrative involves Owen’s own on-going studies into the collapse of communication. His work is intended to pose a series of questions regarding what remains; when a man dies, what is his legacy? How do we digest his existence and where does his message go?
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ARTIST'S CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Awards & Prizes
| 2009 | Bachelor of Arts, Curtin University of Technology, Perth (Current) |
| 2009 | Master Painting Class (Mentor Roger Crawford) National Art School, Sydney |
| 2005-2008 | Diploma of Visual Art (Fine Art) Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane |
| 2010 | Coming and Going - Harrison Galleries, Sydney |
| 2009 | Quiet Riot - blkmrkt project space, Queensland |
| 2009 | Low Life - blkmrkt project space, Queensland |
| 2007 | Fur, Flesh, Feather - Schubert Contemporary, Queensland |
| 2009 | New Drawings - Anthea Polson Art, Queensland |
| 2009 | New Paintings - Harrison Galleries @ Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney |
| 2009 | Linden postcard show - Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne |
| 2009 | New Paintings - Harrison Galleries @ Art Sydney, Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney |
| 2009 | Thinking Aloud -The Big Drawing Show - Ray Hughes Galley, Sydney |
| 2009 | New Paintings - Schubert Contemporary, Queensland |
| 2009 | Fisher’s Ghost Art Award (Finalist) Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown |
| 2009 | The Fourth Estate - Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Queensland |
| 2009 | Prometheus Visual Art Award (Finalist) All Saints Anglican School, Queensland |
| 2008 | A History of Violence - Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland (With Alan Jones) |
| 2008 | The National Churchie Emerging Art Award (Finalist) Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane |
| 2008 | Alternative Portraits - Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane |
| 2008 | Eat your Heart out - blkmrkt project space, Queensland |
| 2007 | The National Churchie Emerging Art Award (Finalist) Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane |
| 2007 | Video - blkmrkt project space, Queensland |
| 2007 | Put your love on the line - blkmrkt project space, Queensland |
| 2007 | Memento Mori - Exchange project, blkmrkt project space, Queensland (Curated by Wayde Owen) |
| 2007 | Prometheus Visual Art Award (Finalist) All Saints, Queensland |
| 2007 | The Metro 5 Art Award (Finalist) Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Finalists/Winners) AGNSW, Sydney |
| 2006 | Intimate Things - Schubert Contemporary, Queensland |
| 2006 | The Churchie National Emerging Art Award (Highly Commended), Brisbane |
| 2005 | Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Prize (Commended) Lane Cove Council Chambers, Sydney |
| 2005 | The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (Winner) AGNSW, Sydney |
| 2006 | Highly Commended, The National Churchie Emerging Art Award |
| 2005 | Winner, The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship |
| 2005 | Commended, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Prize |
Grants
Residences
Bibliography
Collections
| 2008 | Arts Queensland, Regional Arts Development Fund (blkmrkt project space) |
| 2008 | Arts Queensland, Regional Arts Development Fund (New Work Documentation) |
| 2006 | Cite Internationale Des Arts - Paris, France (AGNSW Studio) |
| 2010 | Butler, R. 2010. "Whatever". Catalogue Essay |
| 2009 | Clark, S. 2009. "Quiet Riot". The Courier Mail, Mar 28, 29 |
| 2009 | Stojceska. M. 2009. "Young Master makes Mark at Southport". Gold Coast Sun, Apr 1 |
| 2008 | Clark, S. 2008. "Our Violent History". The Courier Mail, Dec 27, 28 |
| 2008 | Chow, L. 2008. "A History of Violence". Catalogue Essay |
| 2008 | Croll, V. 2008. "Multimedia Installation". The Courier Mail, Aug 14 |
| 2007 | Lavonius, L. 2007. "Outside the Frame". The Courier Mail, Aug 16 |
| 2007 | Durkin, S. 2007. "Artists in running for grand prize". Gold Coast Sun, Jan 23 |
| 2006 | Flesser, S. 2006. "Intimate Things". Catalogue Essay |
| 2006 | Carbone, S. 2006. "I missed the quail by that much". The Age Diary Melbourne, Mar 5 |
| 2006 | Eccles, J. 2006. "The Whiteley Winner". Australian Art Review |
| 2005 | Anderson, J. 2005. "Free like a bird". Gold Coast Bulletin, March 3, 4 |
| 2005 | Fortescue, E. 2005. "From housing hell to artistic heaven". The Daily Telegraph Sydney, Sep 30 |
| 2005 | Creagh, S. 2005. "Childish stuff but Quail wins judges heart". The Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 30 |
| 2005 | Prior, F. 2005. "The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship". Henry Thornton |
| 2005 | Higson, R. 2005. "Prizes show painting still in frame". The Australian, Sep 30 |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia | |
| Private Collections Nationally and Internationally | |
| Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane, Australia | |
| Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney, Australia |