Adrian Hobbs lives and works in Sydney, Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney (2004) and a Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney (2014). Recent exhibitions include Told Tales, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (2019), Color and Form, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami (2019), Pronouns, Kleinerfelt Gallery, Melbourne (2020).
My drawings and paintings are the result of taking formal pictorial elements and mixing them up with a bunch of principles ubiquitous to the way chaos is conceptualised within certain academic traditions. These research based disciplines include science, philosophy and history. I don’t try to necessarily represent these principles faithfully but instead use them as a generative formula to test the limits of painting itself, to see what else it might be capable of. My practice therefore is deeply tied to the craft of painting, its history too. Not in a reflective sense that looks to the past, but instead I look toward an unknown future and all of the uncertainty and surprise it may have in store.
– Adrian Hobbs 2020
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Differentiation 2020
oil on panel
50 × 35 cm
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The Chorus 2020
oil on panel
40 × 40 cm
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The Pioneer 2020
oil on hand-shaped plywood
77 × 44 cm
CRYPTOGRAMS
07 October – 31 October 2020
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BASIC INGREDIENTS
22 May – 15 June 2019
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ADRIAN HOBBS – VAULT
28 August 2020
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INTERVIEW WITH ADRIAN HOBBS
28 October 2020
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ADRIAN HOBBS – ART COLLECTOR
25 September 2020
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Education
2011 - 2014. Master of Fine Arts, painting. Sydney College of the Arts, Roselle. Sydney, AU
2000 - 2004. Bachelor of Visual Arts, painting (Honours). Sydney College of the Arts, Roselle. Sydney, AU
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019. September 18 - October 5. Home Show. Casa Sam, East Melbourne, AU
September 13 - November 3. Told Tales. Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, USA
March 1 - June 1. Color and Form. Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA
2018. August 10 - September 8. Rate of Change. COMA Gallery, Sydney, AU
July 14 - September 10. U N T I T L E D (The Summer Show). Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, USA
2017. September 2 - 10. Sydney Contemporary. Birmingham St Studios at The Old Clare Hotel, Sydney, AU
May 6 - 21. Articulations. Articulate Project Space, Sydney, AU
2015. May 7 - 25. Paint 2015. Artereal Gallery, Sydney, AU
2014. December 6-17. Post-Graduate degree show. SCA Galleries, Sydney, AU
Solo Exhibitions
2020. June 22 - June 29. Never The Same Day Again. https://chicane.space/
March 18 - April 11. Pronouns. Kleinerfelt, Melbourne, AU
2019. May 22 - June 15. Basic Ingredients. Gallery 9, Sydney, AU
2018. April 12 - 29. Also Known As. Stacks Projects, Sydney, AU
2016. October 12 - 30. Is a Doing Word. Aro Gallery, Sydney, AU
February 3 - 28. Parental Guidance Recommended. Galerie Pompom, Sydney, AU
2015. April 30 - May 18. Come In No. 51, Your Time Is Up. Verge Gallery, Sydney, AU
Upcoming
2020. October 4 - I Am What I Am. Gallery 9, Sydney, AU