George Hall

George is a multi-media artist based in Sydney Australia, with paintings and mixed-media works represented in private and public collections globally.

Trained in formal figurative practices and techniques, honed over three decades in international textile and fashion design, George now paints seven days a week, loves turning mistakes into ideas, and is equally adept observing formal rules and breaking them for a reason.

His work is energetic, calming and whimsical, and reflects the semi-tropical colours of his native New Zealand, a Fijian childhood and the dazzling colours of Australian nature and urban life. He incorporates layers in mixed media, acrylics, collage and glazes, applied with brushes, sponges and rough-textured towels and sometimes dyeing natural canvas first to create background and depth.

George’s art is fluid and uplifting, with signature collections including The Funk, Nature's Dance, Optimist Heart, Silent Paradise, News and the Gradual series.

Textile Design and Technology.
Wellington Polytechnic

Industry Trained Textile Design
Industry Trained Graphic Design
Industry Trained Illustration

Lecturer: Drawing and Design
Christchurch Polytechnic

Exhibitions (2025–2010)

2024
Alchemy
Alchemy Gallery, Australia

Rhythms
Studio Works Gallery, NSW, Australia

2022
The Optimist
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Measured Joy
Inner West Art Space, Sydney, Australia

2021
Intervals
Open Ground Gallery, Australia

Held Colour
Northern Beaches Gallery, NSW, Australia

2020
Stillness and Movement
Platform Contemporary, Sydney, Australia

Soft Structures
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2019
Fragments of Calm
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Chromatic Notes
Field Project Space, Australia

2018
Surface
Warehouse Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Quiet Abstraction
Southern Line Gallery, Australia

2017
Stage 3
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Colour Studies
George Hall Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2016
Cross Pollination
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Perception
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2015
Holding the Line
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Geometry
Guerilla Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014
Colour or Color
Workshop Gallery, NSW, Australia