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Gavin has both a Diploma of Visual Arts from Victoria University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting from The Victorian College of the Arts. Gavin has had both success here in Australia and abroad. Gavin describes his artwork as being confronting and honest. He likes to produce works that have the potential to make people feel uncomfortable. The subjects he often deals with are usually based around raw emotion and are often topics that people tend to turn a blind eye too. In 2007 two of Gavin's works were featured in the coffee table book "The Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of Today" which was sold worldwide. These works were also featured in a traveling exhibition titled "Art Undressed" and were shown in major galleries in Miami, Montreal and Berlin. In 2009 Gavin's work "Don't Fucken Tell Anyone - A Tribute to abuse" was a finalist in the $10,000 Manning Art Prize and five of his works were selected by The Cunningham Dax Collection as part of their permanent acquisitions. In 2010 Gavin won third prize in The Red Ribbon Awards for his piece titled "Get Stupid - the complacency of Aids" Also in 2010, for the second time, Gavin was voted as one of the worlds top Erotic artists. His work "RAW" is featured in The coffee Table book "The Worlds Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volume 4" and was also featured in the "Art Undressed" Exhibition in Miami, Florida in 2011. In October 2017 Gavin had his first solo exhibition "Revenge is a Corpse Best Served Cold" at the Phyllis Palmer Gallery in Bendigo Australia. Also in 2017 Gavin had a work featured in the coffee table book "CODEX UQBAR" . Gavin has also had works featured in "Trouble" magazine, the art journal "Taj Mahal Review" and numerous high profile exhibitions. In October 2021 Gavin was voted by 25 of the most influential galleries in America as being one of the worlds top 4 digital artists. In 2022 three of his works were selected for the annual "POST CARD SHOW" at the Linden Gallery in St Kilda, Melbourne In 2023 Gavin was awarded a certificate of Artistic Excellence by the Circle Foundation for the Arts. and In July he was published and interviewed by the art journal Artistcloseup. In the last few years Gavin has been working on three new exhibitions in which he hopes to debut in 2024 / 2025