Aidan Weichard

Aidan Weichard (b. 1986, Gembrook, Australia) is a self-taught contemporary artist celebrated for his visceral, instinctive portrayals of Australia’s untamed wildlife, flourishing flora and enduring rural spirit. Weichard has spent more than a decade developing a distinctive style that fuses expressive mark-making with a bold, chromatic intensity.
Raised amidst the dense bushlands, Weichard’s early immersion in wildlife—the sudden flash of cockatoos, the crash of kangaroos, the steady watch of cattle—became a language he could only express through painting. Rejecting quiet observation, Weichard channels energy, movement, and instinct into every work. His subjects—native fauna, stoic livestock, restless birds—become archetypes of the land itself: resilient, unpredictable, and alive with humour. Through his eyes, animals are both literal and symbolic mirrors of human and environmental connection, embodying a distinctly Australian spirit that resonates far beyond the continent.
Weichard works with mixed media—spray paint, oils, enamels—letting chaos meet structure. Forms emerge from abstraction, crystallised in fragments of precision: a horn’s curve, the glint of an eye, the pulse of motion. This tension between control and freedom in...

As a self-taught contemporary artist, his works have been exhibited extensively across Australia and internationally, including curated art showcases in London, Singapore, and Texas. Weichard has held numerous solo exhibitions, including Hinterland Hues (2025, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide), Everything Colour (2023, Gullotti Galleries, WA), and Nature’s Remix (2022, Gullotti Galleries, WA), among many others. Known for chromatic intensity, gestural energy, and layered textures, his work captures the vitality of animals and the land, resonating with collectors worldwide and establishing him as one of Australia’s distinctive contemporary painters.

Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Hinterland Hues” , Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, SA
2023 “Everything Colour” , Gullotti Galleries, Cottesloe, WA
2022 “Nature’s Remix” , Gullotti Galleries, Claremont, WA
2022 “Flutter and Feathers” , Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW
2022 “Colourful Companions” , Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, VIC
2021 “Only in Spring”, Gullotti Galleries, Claremont, WA
2021 “Living in Colour”, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW
2020 “The Land Up-Over” , Gullotti Galleries, Claremont, WA
2020 “Memories Take Flight” , Metro Gallery, Armadale, VIC
2019 “A Vibrant Perspective”, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 “Affordable Art Fair” , Exhibition Building, Brisbane
2025 “Affordable Art Fair” , Austin, Texas
2024 “Affordable Art Fair” , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2024” The Other Art Fair” , White Bay Cruise Terminal, Sydney
2024 “Affordable Art Fair” , Exhibition Building, Brisbane
2023 “The Other Art Fair”, The Cutaway, Barangaroo, Sydney
2023 “Affordable Art Fair” , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2022 “The Other Art Fair”, The Cutaway, Barangaroo, Sydney
2022 “Summer Exhibition”, Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral
2022 “Toowoomba Grammar Art Show”, Feature Artist, Toowoomba
2021 “Summer Ex...