lives and works in Australia. Darren Munce’s enigmatic abstract paintings employ gestural mark making as a medium for exchange. Munce takes a heuristic approach to each work, solving problems through experimentation and evaluation, as aggregations of marks stimulate each investigation to present a combination of physical action and aesthetic result.

EDUCATION:

2011                         Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours – 1st Class Honours,

                                 Victorian College of the Arts

2005                         Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts), R.M.I.T

1994                         Diploma of Graphic Design, Sydney Institute of Technology

1990                         Certificate in Showcard and Ticketwriting, Granville TAFE (NSW)

Solo Exhibitions

2014                         Gestural Currency
                                 Kings ARI

2009                         They Get Stupider As They Get Older
                                 Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick

2009                         Melbourne Law School Exhibition Project.

                                 Melbourne University, Law Common Room.

Group Exhibitions

2013                         Future Now
                                 B1 Contemporary Art Space, Ballarat

2013                         Nothing To See Here
                                 c3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford

2013                         The Kenneth Biennale
                                 TCB art Inc., Melbourne

2013                         Future Now
                                 Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr

2012                         Paint
                                 Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran

2012                         Future Now
                                 Castlemaine ICU, Castlemaine

2012                         Start – A Propositional Exhibition
                                 Blindside, Nicholas Building, Melbourne

2012                         Future Now
                                 Newport Substation, Newport

2011                         Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Show
                                 Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

2011                         Paint 6 (VCA Graduate Award Show)
                                 Pigment Gallery, Nicholas Building, Melbourne

2010                         Picture This
                                 The Atrium, Federation Square, Melbourne
                                 & Geelong Gallery, Geelong

2010                         Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Show
                                 Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

2010                         Wallara Travelling Scholarship Finalists
                                 Margaret Lawrence Gallery,
                                 Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

2009                         Ten Installation Grids

                     Student Gallery, The Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

2009                         Dappled Cities Fly - Zounds Art Installation

Guardian Storage Facility, Richmond

2009                         Journey to the Surface of the Earth

                     Domain House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

2009                         Not Black or White, Colour…

                     Student Gallery, The Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank

2009                         Linden Postcard Show

                                 Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda

2008                         2020? Ash Keating Curates, as part of 2008 NEXTWAVE

                     Arts House Meat Market, North Melbourne

2008                         The Myth of Sisyphus Exhibition

                                 George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne

2005                         Dobell Prize for Drawing Finalists

                                 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2005                         RMIT Graduate Show

                                 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy

2005                         Movement

                                 The Foundry, Clifton Hill

Grants/Awards

2014                         VicArts Grant – Arts Victoria

2013                         Liepzig International Art Programme – Residency 2014

2013                         ArtStart - Australia Council

2011                         VCA Honours Graduate Award - Newport Substation

2011                         VCA Honours Graduate Award - Red Gallery

2011                         VCA Honours Graduate Award - Subject Matter Art Space

2010                         VCA Graduate Award - Pigment Gallery

2010                         Wallara Travelling Scholarship Award – Winner

2009                         Melbourne Law School Exhibition Project - Selected Artist

2005                         Dobell Prize for Drawing - Exhibited Finalist

 Performances/Interventions

2009                         Hope March and Protest

                                 Southbank to Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

 Selected Bibliography

2012                         Hot Spots 2012
                                 A City of Melbourne Publication

2010                         Picture This

                                 Channel Nine News

2009                         They Get Stupider As They Get Older

                                 Metro – The Age Newspaper, Melbourne

2008                         2020! - Exhibition Discussion Paper and Report

2008                         2020!

                                 Sunday Arts - ABC Television

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