Steve Makse

My art tends to focus on the nature of ambiguity and existential unease within an increasingly materialistic and artificial existence. I work mainly in paint and some digital media, often with a subtle tension between the absurd, the optimistic and the apocalyptic... although I'm not quite sure.

MA - Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, 2010
BA Arts - Graphic Design, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 1994

Solo exhibitions

• Known Unknowns, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia, July 2016
• Friend or Faux, La Petite Galerie, Northbridge, Australia, 2013
• Free and Uneasy, PS Art Space, Fremantle, Australia, (Fringe World Festival) 2013
• Stills From Life, Linton & Kay Contemporary, Backspace Gallery, Subiaco, Australia, 2010

Selected group exhibitions
• Vasse Art Award, Busselton, 2016 (highly-commended)
• Skin Deep: Portraiture Showcase, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, 2016
• 40x40x40 - Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, 2016
• FORM Public: Salon, Victoria Park, 2015
• 40x40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne 2015
• Skin Deep: Portraiture Showcase, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, 2015
• Claremont Art Award, 2015; (selected finalist)
• The Land That We Made Up, Kurb Gallery, Northbridge, 2014
• Kondinin Art Prize, Kondinin, 2014 (winner - works on canvas)
• Artex, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, 2014
• Cliftons Art Prize, 2014 (selected finalist)
• City of Gosnells Art Show, 2014
• Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth, 2013; (selected finalist)
• Blake Prize Directors’ Cut; (selected finalist for online exhibition), 2013
• 40x40 Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne 2013
• K...