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