JUDD WIMHURST . BIOgraphy

Jud Wimhurst references pop and street culture as a mode of social commentary exploring ideas of consumption, choice and mortality. He is process-driven, hand building, casting and applying slick commercial finishes to objects in his home studio.

Jud Wimhurst lives and works in Kyneton and has a Bachelor of Fine Art from RMIT University. Recent solo exhibitions include, Protection at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Safe/Secure at [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne and Future Primitive at the 2012 Melbourne Art Fair. Jud’s work has also been included in group exhibitions at TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin and Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton. His work is held in a number of public and private collections including Deakin University, The Macquarie Group and Art Bank.

EDUCATION

1994 -1997 Bachelor of Fine Art, RMIT, Melbourne

1993-1994 Advanced Certificate of Art and Design, Wimmera Community College Of Tafe - Horsham

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016-2017 Gimme Freedom (or Gimme Death), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

2016 Protection, VAC | La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo

2014 Safe/Secure, [MARS] Gallery, Windsor, Melbourne

2012 Future Primitive, [MARS] Gallery Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Carlton

2011 Warfarewear, [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne

2010 The Knitted Assassin, LOreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Visual Arts Program 8 Inkerman, St Kilda

2009 Masks for the Modern Tribe, [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne

2006 S.A.S 2, (in conjunction with “Eavesdropping” performance by Sunwrae Ensemble),St. Stephens, Richmond

2005 Short Attention Span, Intrude Gallery, Fitzroy

2005 False Idols, Underground Labs Collaboration, Intrude Gallery, Fitzroy

1999-2000 Paravoid/Sci Fri, Revolver, Prahran

1999 Paravoid, Noahs Art, Brunswick

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Best of the Best, NGV, Melbourne

2014 Grommets, Grinds and Gnarly Dudes, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton

2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings, Carlton

2013 24 Artists at the WTC, World Trade Centre, Melbourne

2013 On a Wing and a Prayer, Melbourne Art Rooms, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne

2012 Span, Stockroom, Kyneton

2012 A Regional Art Perspective, Backyard Gallery, Ballarat

2010 This is not a Christmas Show, Melbourne Art Rooms, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne

2010 In the Kitchen Sink, Melbourne Art Rooms, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne

2008 It Must be Love, Melbourne Art Rooms, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne

2007 Snap Freeze, Tarrawarra Museum Of Art, Healesville

2006 Landed, Gasworks, Albert Park

2004  Art vs Art, Stella Dimadis Gallery, Collingwood

2002 Mixed Lollies, Eckersleys Open Space Gallery, Melbourne

2001 Staff Show, Eckersleys Open Space Gallery, Melbourne

2000 Smudge, Eckersleys Open Space Gallery, Melbourne

2000 The River, Horsham Regional Gallery, Horsham

1999 Art is … Festival, Wimmera Community College Of Tafe Gallery, Horsham

1996 Exit-RMIT Graduates, Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy

1995 Spark, Moorabbin Arts Centre, Moorabbin

1993 Horsham Tafe Graduates, Horsham Regional Gallery, Horsham


ART PRIZES / COMPETITIONS

2015 FINALIST, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Brighton

2012 FINALIST, McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin

2011 FINALIST, Lorne Sculpture Prize 2011, Lorne, Vic

2010 FINALIST, McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin

2007 COMMENDED Cancer Council Victoria Art Award 15W Gallery, Melbourne, Macedon Ranges, Shepparton and Gippsland

2007 FINALIST, Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize The Substation, Newport

2006 FINALIST, Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize The Substation, Newport


PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA

2016 'Skate rat' to Going Solo: Artist Jud Wimhurst chosen to exhibit at Bendigo Art Gallery" by Larissa Romensky, ABC Centreal Victoria

2016 "Bendigo Art Gallery names feature artist for 2016" by Joseph Hinchliffe, Bendigo Advertiser

2014 "Jud Wimhurst’s funny old head cases" by Fiona Smith, Australian Financial Review

2013 Interview by Jeremy Kibel, Vault New Art and Culture Magazine, April, Issue 3

2012 Interview by Ashley Crawford, Australian Art Collector, July-Sept, Issue 61

2012 "PROCESS Jud Wimhurst", Artist Profile, Issue 19

2012 "Artist Jumps on board with Skates" by Michelle Pountney, The Herald Sun, August 1

2009 "Facing Up To Our Masks" feature article by Andrew Stephens, The Age, September 4