Mike Chavez

Mike Chavez is a Philippine born, Australian based visual artist. He was classically trained as an animator and in a career spanning over 16 years worked for such studios as Disney, Warner Brothers and Dreamworks. In 2006 he switched his focus to fine art and quickly gained kudos for his skill and uncompromising subject matter. In 2009 he was nominated as a finalist for the Archibald award, Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize. He has exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, London, Hong Kong and New York.

His work has appeared in Vogue Living, Belle, Urbis, Lino, Empty, Art Monthly blah blah blah… anyway, you get the idea

Selected solo exhibitions

2013 may "apocalypse wow" - gallerysmith melbourne

2011 mar "live fast die young" iain dawson gallery sydney
2011 mar jackman gallery melbourne

2010 mar "it got weird didn't it?" chaffers gallery wellington

2009 aug "ghetto superstar" mossgreen gallery melbourne
2009 sep "ghetto superstar" iain dawson gallery sydney

2008 oct "menagerie a trois" edwina corlette gallery brisbane
2008 aug iain dawson gallery sydney
2008 apr "a fistful of pesos" mossgreen gallery melbourne

2007 nov "paintings my mother wouldn't hang" diaz-castillo gallery melbourne
2007 jul "four play" lorraine pilgrim gallery qld
2007 mar "50 years in hollywood" gullotti galleries perth

2006 dec "peepshow" gullotti galleries perth
2006 nov "terror australis" fox gallery bris
2006 sep "terror australis" linden gallery melbourne
2006 aug "smells like victory" beatty gallery sydney

2005 apr - "all your base are belong to us" smyrnios gallery melb
2005 mar - "roots in beaut utes" - beatty gallery sydney
2005 feb - "yard sale" - doggett st studio brisbane

2004 jul - "weapons of mass deception" - ric's bar brisbane
2004 may - "weapons of mass deception" - fox galleries brisbane

Selected group exhibitions...