© Courtesy of Rhys Lee and Galerie Julien Cadet
Rhys Lee
Born in 1975, Brisbane, AU
Lives and works in Melbourne, AU
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
— Applism, NBB Gallery, Berlin, DE
— Melbourne Art Fair, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2021
— Explore Sydney Contemporary, Nicholas Thompson Gallery
— Recent Paintings, Nanda\Hobbs, Chippendale, AU
— Recent Paintings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2020
— Recent Paintings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Singles and B-sides, PaulNache Gallery, Gisborne, New Zealand, NZ
2019
— Recent Paintings, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, FR
— Recent Paintings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— It’s Not Who But What, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2018
— Good Boy, Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York, US
— Whistle World, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Recent Paintings, Olsen, Sydney, AU
2017
— 10 Paintings & 100 Drawings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— A Knife Through A Hand Through A Table, Ruttkowski;68, Köln, DE
— Riders, Paul Nache, Gisborne, NZ
2016
— Spit shine, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Jungle Rum Rumble, Jan Murphy Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2015
— The Mask of the Female Crane Fly, Nicholas Thompson Gallery at Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, AU
2014
— Long Knives, Art House Gallery, Sydney, AU
— Kooka Snake Clown, The Art Park #7 Artist in Residence, Byron Bay, N.S.W
— Recent Works, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— A Bag Of Ears, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
2013
— New Work, JCP Studios, Melbourne, AU
— Drawing Wall #12, Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, AU
— New Work, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, AU
— Cracked Pots, Venn Gallery, Perth, AU
2012
— New Work, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
2011
— Scarecrow, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— New Work, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, AU
2010
— Drawings from New York & Peru, Block Projects, Melbourne, AU
— New Work, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— Paintings w/ J. Kibel, Block Projects, Melbourne, AU
2009
— Everglades Cavalier, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2008
— New Paintings, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, AU
— Ripple People, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— Works on Paper, Apartment 2c, 152 Ludlow Street, New York, US
2007
— New Paintings, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Heads, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Snake, Tim Olsen Queen Street Gallery, Sydney, AU
2006
— Gaggedfix, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Gaggedfix, Melbourne Art Fair, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Pinkeye, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, AU
2005
— Twinkles Twinkle, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Rims & Kwows Pits, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast, AU
2004
— Salads & Forecasts, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Squad of Crack two, Volume Gallery, New York, US
— Squad of Crack, Melbourne Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, AU
— Mountain peaks but not always, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
2003
— Try This In The Forest At Once, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Capitol Hill Rooting King, curated by Hannah Mathews, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2002
— Thoop Bort, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
2001
— Dries Instantly, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
— Untitled, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney, AU
2000
— Untitled, Loft Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, AU
— It’s Not About Them, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney, AU
— Stealing By Finding, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne, AU
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
— After hope, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens, GR
— Natural Selection, co-curated by Joe Chira, Room 57 Gallery, New York, NY, US
2021
— Eccentric Riders, Galerie Julien Cadet, Paris, FR
— Stay Tuned, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
2020
— Private Collection, Calm and Punk Gallery, Online
— Melbourne Art Fair, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— The Dividing Line, Fluorescent Smogg, Online
2019
— Don't Give A Damns, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Marian Cramer, Amsterdam, NL
— Mixed Pickles 6, Ruttkowski;68, Koln, DE
— Rude Assembly Part 4, curated by Max Berry, Above the Tool Shed, Taylor Square, Sydney, AU
— Works on paper, duo with McLean Edwards, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Vignettes, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, US
— Group Show, Galerie Julien Cadet, Montpellier, FR
— Vignettes, Richard Heller Gallery, CA, US
— Mixed Pickles 5, Ruttkowski;68, Berlin, DE
— Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2019, Richard Heller Gallery, LA, US
2018
— 18-XCI, Alice Gallery, Brussels, BE
— Monomania, George Gallery, New York, US
2017
— PABLOPABLOPABLO, Cabinet Printemps, Dussledorf, DE
2016
— Group Show, BEERS London, London, UK
2015
— Shots Off The Dices, (Curated by Rhys Lee) Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Opening Exhibition, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Bad Painters, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, AU
— More love hours, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, AU
2012
— New Work, Melbourne Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— Archibald Prize, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, AU
2011
— Basic Instinct, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Straddie, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— 1.85 Million: Art Peripheries, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW.
— New Acquisition, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, AU
2010
— New Work, Melbourne Art Fair, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
— The Navigators, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Group Show, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, AU
— Immemorial Manila, Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines, Philippines, PH
— Beleura National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, AU
2009
— Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, AU
— Painting Prize, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Victoria, AU
— Head, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, AU
— Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library of NSW, Sydney, AU
— Sculpture, Blackstone Gallery, New York, US
2008
— Neo Goth Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, AU
— Figure in a Landscape, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, AU
— 2 x 2 Group Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery Annex, Sydney, AU
— Contemporaneous: Australian Contemporary Painting 1, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Victoria, AU
2007
— Group Show, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, AU
2001
— Fresh Conference, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, AU
— Aviary, Patrizia Autore Gallery, Melbourne, AU
2000
— Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney, AU
— Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria, AU
1999
— The Hutchins Art Prize, Salamanca Place, Hobart Power House Centre For The Arts, Brisbane, AU
COLLECTIONS
— National Gallery of Australia, AU
— Artbank, AU
— United Bank of Switzerland, CH
— BHP Billiton, AU
— Sothebys
— University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, AU
AWARDS
— Finalist in the Archibald Prize 2012, Australia
EDUCATION
1994-1997
— Bachelor of Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, AU