cv - Fikaris

Born in Melbourne, Australia, I am a self taught artist with over 20 years experience in various creative roles.
My skills range from drawing ,illustration and print based projects and publishing, through to painting, exhibiting and organising.
I also work on community driven projects with other organisations and collaborate regularly.
As well as creating work whenever possible, I run a small press comic art collective - silentarmy.org
Below is a selection of information relating to my art practice. For a full CV regarding workshops and illustration work please write to me.

Select Commissions
2017 Murals, two storey car park, Monash Council, Oakleigh
2016 Mural, Feature Walls Festival, Bradbury & Blanchard Gallery, Sheffield UK
2016 Installation, On the Verge, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Publications, Useless Pilgrim I and II , Radio as Paper, France
2016 Mural commissions, Belleville, Office of Public Works, Melbourne
2015 Murals, Painting the Port, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne
2014 Drawing & Installations, Drawbridge , Polyglot Theatre, Indonesia
2013 Publication & Installation, Art as Life, Animatismart, Timor Leste
2012 Illustrations & murals, QV, Melbourne
2011 Illustrations & murals, Dancehouse Inc., Melbourne

Select Grants and Awards
2017 Platinum award for Contribution to Comic Arts and Community in Australia, Ledger Awards
2016 Development grant, Fikaris artist tour,  Australia Council for the Arts
2016 Literature grant, Instruction Manual for Lonely Mountains, City of Melbourne
2015 Smart Arts Grant, Where Do I Belong?, City of Melbourne
2014 Peoples choice award, Animatism mural, Gertrude st Projection Festival
2013 Succesful crowd funding, Art as Life Book,  Various supporters, National
2012 Smart Arts Grant, Everyday life is pretty interesting stuff, City of Melbourne

Select Residencies
2016 Artist in residence, Atelier Garage, Lyon, France
2016   Artist in residence, Neues KunstForum, Cologne, Germany
2015 Artist in residence, Melbourne City Libraries, Term 2 & 3
2014   Artist in residence, Melbourne Grammar School, Term 1 & 2
2014 Artist in residence, Survive Garage, Yogyakarta Indonesia
2014 Artist in residence, Block Studios, City of Yarra Term 2
2013 Artist in residence, Animatism, Arte Moris, Dili, Timor Leste
2013 Cartooninst with Green Screen by Sans Hotel/Nicola Gunn, Arts Centre Melbourne
2011 Cartoonist,  Inherent Vice, NGV Studio, Melbourne

Select Exhibitions
**2017 solo exhibition, Let's Pretend, Private, Moonah, Tasmania**
2016 exhibition with Nelio, Altered States, Atelier Garage, Lyon, France
2016 exhibition with Patrick Rieve, Inner Meeting Point,  Richas Digest, Cologne, Germany
2016 group exhibition, Resident, Motor Works Gallery, South Yarra
2016 group exhibition,  Mind the Gap,  Maroondah Access Gallery, Ringwood
2015 solo exhibition, An Accident, Melbourne City Library
2013 solo exhibition, Booth of Truth,  Arte Moris Gallery, East Timor
2013 group exhibition, Heat, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood
2012 solo exhibition,  Wolves and Brats,  Brunswick Bound, Brunswick
2011 solo exhibition, Good Taste , Nine on Seven Gallery, Melbourne
2010 group exhibition,  Seven Evils in One, No Vacancy, Melbourne
2010 group exhibition, Space Invaders , National Gallery of Australia, Nationally
2009 group exhibition, Fine Things , Highlander Gallery, Melbourne
2009 group exhibition, Constellations , RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

Select Editorial Productions
**2017 Art Editor, Bread & Roses Issue 1, Office of Public Works, Melbourne**
2016 Editor and book designer, Instruction Manual for Lonely Mountains, Sans Hotel
2016 Art Editor, Bread & Roses Issue 0, Office of Public Works, Melbourne
2016 Editor, Trails Issue 13,  Les editeurs Octobre, Grenoble, France
2015 Co-Editor and book designer, Where Do I Belong, Signal Arts/Refugee Art Projects
2014 Editor and book designer, Lunch Meets, Signal Arts, Melbourne
2014   Editor and book designer, Dailies Issues 3 and 4, Silent Army Comic Art Collective
2013 Editor and book designer,  Dailies Issues 1 and 2, Silent Army Comic Art Collective
2012 Editor and book designer, Everyday life is pretty interesting stuff, Signal Arts, Melbourne

Select Bibliography
2016 Contribution of artwork, If we all spat at once they’d drown: drawings about class, Melbourne
2016 Interview and artwork, Melbourne Street Art Guide, Thames & Hudson, Australia
2015 Contribution of artwork, 8x3 anthology, Radio as Paper , France
2015 Interview and profile, Freelance Artist, Jogja Tribuna Arts & Culture, Indonesia
2014 Interview and profile, Connecting Australia and East Timor via Art, Neos Kosmos, National
2013 Profile, Street Art Melbourne, Explore Australia, National
2012 Contribution of artwork, Blood and Thunder anthology, Blood and Thunder, Sydney
2011 Interview and profile, Drawn Together, Time Out Magazine, National
**2011 Profile, Graphic Art Guru, The Age Newspaper, National**