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deux pour la mer (two for the sea) by Vexta

Deux pour la mer (two for the sea), Mixed media on canvas, 60 x 60cm,
Market value: $1000

Artist's Background

BORN Sydney, Australia
Self-Taught Artist

Solo Exhibitions
2010  "Extinction in Technicolour" Platform ARI, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2009  "I wont be back 'til dawn" Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
            "Fierce Creatures" Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Selected Group Exhibitions

2010  "Space Invader" National Gallery of Australia, Canberra AUSTRALIA (forthcoming)
2009   "Memoria Canalla" Museum of Bogotá, Bogotá COLOMBIA
            "The Outsiders" Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
            "Vexta, Kill Pixie, Ari Athans" Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
2008    "Turin Poster Festival" Hiroshima Mon Amour, Turin ITALY
              "Future Shock" (with Haha & Logan Hicks) Sideroom Gallery, Auckland NEW ZEALAND
              "Future Shock" (with Haha & Logan Hicks) Per Square Metre Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
              "Cans Festival" London, UNTIED KINGDOM
              "Kosmopolite Festival" Paris, FRANCE
              "Vendredi 13" 2plus2egals5 Gallery, Lyon FRANCE
2007      "The May's Retrospective 2" MTV Gallery, Sydney, AUSTRALIA 
              "Urban Skins" Pinnacles Gallery, Thuringowa, AUSTRALIA
              "Curvy 4" Citylights, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
              "Emptyshow" Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
2006      "Swipe" HushHush Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
              "Rumble" Until Never: Citylights Gallery" Melbourne AUSTRALIA
              "Kidz These Dayz" Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
              "Emptyshow" Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
              "The Mays Retrospective" St Peters Warehouse Space, Sydney AUSTRALIA
              "The Hero Talent" Kings ARI, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
              "Broken Windows Theory" Bus Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2005 "Anythink" Platform2, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          "Spray & Wipe" Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda AUSTRALIA
          "Wallworx" Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong AUSTRALIA
          "Paper Ninjas" Melbourne Stencil Festival, Meatworks, Nth Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2004 "Surface: Subject to Change" Melbourne Fringe Festival. Shed 14, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          "Retali 8" HushHush Gallery & Citylights Projects, Hosier lane, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
           Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival, Brisbane AUSTRALIA
          "Manifest: Sensoria Installation" (State Of Design Festival) A.C.C.A, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          "Streetworks" Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          "PSSST!" Melbourne Stencil Festival, E2E4 Nth Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2003 "Emptyshow" Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW, Newcastle AUSTRALIA
          "Cut Sik" Sydney Art & Design Festival, Sydney AUSTRALIA
          "Nieland" Sydney Art & Design Festival Sydney AUSTRALIA
          "Permit Zone" Citylights, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          "Fatal Eight" Early Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA

Selected Collections, Commissions and Curated Projects

2009 Curator "The Outsiders" Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
           Artbank Collection
2008 Mural Private Residence Paris, FRANCE
          Mural Private Residence Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
2007 Artist Talk & Workshop National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
          National Gallery Of Australia Australian Prints Collection
2006 Mural Private Residencies Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
          Mural Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2005 Curator for Young Ambassadors Project National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          Artist Talk RMIT University (Philosophy of Architecture), Melbourne AUSTRALIA
          State Library of NSW Collection
          Curated Mural Project & Guest Speaker Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong AUSTRALIA
2004 State Library Of Victoria Collection
          Curator "Retali 8" Citylights Projects & HushHush Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA



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