Justin Trendall

Biography

Justin completed an MVA at the University of Sydney in 1995 and in 1996 began teaching at the Canberra School of Art. In 1999 he moved back to Sydney to take up a full-time lecturing position at SCA.

Research

Justin Trendall's work combines screenprinting with digital graphics, drawing and photography.
Since graduating from SCA in the mid-1990s he has produced a body of work which uses text, architectural design and abstraction to explore memorialisation and identity. His work takes up themes of cultural transformation and return through the construction of imaginary monuments that collapse the present into the past. The cultural histories featured in these monuments (modern art, urban subcultures, visionary architecture and politics) all relate to his longstanding interest in the utopian imagination and its role as a transformative force in the modern world.

Recent Exhibitions

Near Perfect, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, February 2009

Cryptophilistinism, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne; CAST Gallery, Hobart, February 2009

Dynamo Hum, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, February 2009

Expandex, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, May 2009

Nothing Changes, Everything Changes, UTS Gallery, Sydney, June 2008

3-D Painting, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, October 2008

Endless Summer: Prima Parte, MOP Projects, Sydney, April 2008

MAN, Penrith Regional Gallery, April 2008

Lion, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, May 2007

Building, Dwelling, Thinking, Non Objective Gallery, Sydney, April 2007

Research Supervision

Tim Andrew, MFA,

Penny Cain, MFA,

Locust Jones, MFA,

Kate Mulheron, MFA,

Ulrike Sturm, MFA,

Peter Vollich, MFA

Awards & Grants

2009, Australia Council: New Work Grant
2007, Australia Council: New Work Grant
2005, Canberra Contemporary Art Award

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