Born 1976, Melbourne, Australia. Lives and works in Melbourne (Nunawading, Wurundjeri)
Australian artist Fabrizio Biviano has a preoccupation with the past and notions of spent time, both his own and others. Drawing inspiration from the traditions of Dutch still life painting, graphic design and personal experiences, he uses the objects of daily life to produce self-referential work that seeks to examine his personal investments of time, loss and consumption.
Biviano completed a Master of Fine Art from Monash University in 2014. An art instructor by day, he maintains a tireless dedication to his practice. Biviano was a finalist in the inaugural Evelyn Chapman Art Award at S.H. Ervin Gallery (2018) and the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (2018). He was also a finalist in the renowned Arthur Guy Memorial Prize for Painting (2015), the Paul Guest Prize for Drawing (2014) and the Belle Arti, Chapman and Bailey Art Award (2010). His work features in the collections of Artbank and the Latrobe University Museum of Art and many private collections in Australia, the USA and the UK.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2020
‘Positive Aspects of Negative Thinking’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019
‘Love Song Dedications’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018
‘Potemkin Still Life Blues’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2015
‘Phillumenist: Places Other People Have Been,’ James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014
‘Pink Sticker,’ Paradise Hills, Melbourne, VIC (Collaboration with Dean Thompson)
2013
‘Stacks,’ James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2011
‘Still,’ Paradise Hills, Melbourne, VIC
2009
‘Here,’ Shifted Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2008
‘Untitled,’ Shifted Gallery, Melbourne, VIC ‘Wallpaper,’ Shifted Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
‘Summer Salon’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2020
‘Arthouse Presents 2020’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW ‘Summer’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019
‘Reflections of a Fading Sky’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW ‘Love’, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, NSW
2018
‘Summer Salon’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Arthouse Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
‘The Way You Came’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW ‘Vegetation Celebration’, Court Tree Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2017
‘Works on Paper’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015
‘Other Side,’ Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, VIC
James Makin Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
‘Film Por Vida - Tokyo Show,’ B Gallery, Shinjuku, Japan
2014
‘End Review,’ Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, USA
‘Leap Year,’ Paradise Hills, Melbourne, VIC
‘Either Side,’ Curated by Michael Brennan, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Group,’ Whistler Village Art Gallery, Whistler, Canada 2013 ‘Studio Show,’ Paradise Hills, Melbourne, VIC
2012
‘Small Treats,’ James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘From Paradise,’ James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
‘Paradise Hills Studio Show,’ Paradise Hills Melbourne, VIC ‘Film Por Vida,’ Book and Job Gallery, San Francisco, USA ‘Trouble in Paradise,’ Paradise Hills, Melbourne, VIC
‘Phone-tics,’ At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Sydney, NSW ‘The Underdog,’ Five walls Project Space, Melbourne, VIC ‘Film Por Vida,’ Rake Visningsrom, Trondondheim, Norway ‘Film Por Vida,’ SLC Photo collective, Salt Lake City, USA 2011
‘Film Por Vida,’ Wayward Gallery, London, UK
2010
‘The Outsider,’ Trocadero Art space, Footscray, VIC
2009
‘Emulsion Stew, ‘Empire Seven Studios, San Jose, USA
Awards and Prizes
2018
Evelyn Chapman Art Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Finalist
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Wollongong, NSW, Finalist
2015
Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC, Finalist
2014
Paul Guest Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC, Finalist (Collaboration with Dean Thompson)
2010
Belle Arti, Chapman and Bailey Art Award, Abbottsford, VIC, Finalist
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