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
Dappled Cities Fly – Zounds Art Installation, Guardian Storage Facility, Richmond
Journey to the Surface of the Earth, Domain House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Not Black or White, Colour…, Student Gallery, The Victorian College of the Arts, Southbank
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
The Myth of Sisyphus Exhibition, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, Melbourne
2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing Finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
RMIT Graduate Show, Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy
Movement, The Foundry, Clifton Hill
Grants/Awards
2014 VicArts Grant – Arts Victoria
2013 Liepzig International Art Programme – Residency 2014
ArtStart – Australia Council
2011 VCA Honours Graduate Award – Newport Substation
VCA Honours Graduate Award – Red Gallery
VCA Honours Graduate Award – Subject Matter Art Space
2010 VCA Graduate Award – Pigment Gallery
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
2020! Sunday Arts – ABC Television
Contact
info@darrenmunce.com
www.darrenmunce.com
