Hilton Owen

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.

2019
BFA Honours, Victorian College of the Arts

2015
Life Drawing, University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martin’s

2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania

2022 Culture Instance, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

2020 Hilton Owen & Vika Fifita, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2018 New Paintings, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

2016 London Paintings, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2015 Eight Scenes of Love, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2014 New Paintings, GallerySmith Project Space, Melbourne

2013 Cosmopolis, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2012 New Paintings 2012, Friends of Leon Gallery, Sydney

2012 Distant Screams, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace,
Queensland

2011 Commodity, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2010 Ubiquity, Harrison Galleries, Sydney

2010 People, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2009 System, Harrison Galleries, Sydney

2008 Zoo World, Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

2007 Product Placement Promotion, Red Wall Gallery,
Tasmania

2006 Clothing Retail Industry, Inflight Art, Tasmania