Untitled (Kierkegaard) Painting

Hilton Owen is an Australian artist based in Victoria. His paintings combine realist, abstract and figurative elements to depict uniquely evocative images of contemporary life, fashion and imagination. Hilton paints to discover innovative ways to depict the human figure by working intuitively to transform what he sees around him into highly creative, colourful and compelling artworks. Hilton has held 16 solo exhibitions of his paintings and won several art prizes as well as being selected as a finalist in numerous others. After beginning to paint at a young age Hilton staged two sold-out solo exhibitions aged 18 and 19 while still completing his Fine Arts degree at the University of Tasmania. In 2019 he obtained an Honours degree from Victorian College of the Arts, upon which he was chosen as one of three (from 50) students to represent the university in the Nino Sanciolo Art Prize. Hilton's artistic influences span a wide range of creative practices that include modernist abstraction, early 20th century figurative painting, contemporary design and fashion, Art Deco and individual artists such as Francis Bacon, Bridget Riley, Carmen Herrera and many more.