Justin Trendall
| Name | Justin Trendall |
| Current role/s | Studio Chair, Printmedia Lecturer, Printmedia |
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Justin Trendall is a contemporary artist who works primarily within the medium of screen printing, using it as a way of transforming his drawings and digital text works into prints, textile collages and large scale installations. His practice also makes extensive use of digital photography, ultra violet light and Lego.
Visually, his work looks to a range of sources for inspiration. Hard edge abstraction, architectural history, calligraphy, information graphics, textile designs and industrial buildings are amongst the most important.
Conceptually his work explores the themes of cultural transformation and return through the construction of imaginary monuments that collapse the present into the past. Central to his research interests is the utopian imagination and its place in the modern world. The cultural histories featured in his work (modern art, music subcultures, visionary architecture and politics) all speak to the idea of a world transformed.
Justin's research interests include: the relationship between culture and space in the modern world (with a focus on urbanism); utopian tendencies in architecture and urban planning; and the aesthetics of text, information design and abstraction.
Recent Exhibitions
Near Perfect, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, January 2009
Cryptophilistinism, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, February 2009
3-D Painting (curated), Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, October 2008
Nothing Changes, Everything Changes, UTS Gallery, Sydney, October 2008
New Moon (curated), Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, May 2008
Endless Summer: Prima Parte, MOP Projects, Sydney, April 2008
MAN (curated), Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith, April 2008
Making and Breaking Pattern (curated), Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, June 2007
Building, Dwelling, Thinking, Sydney Non Objective Gallery, Sydney, April 2007
Wallal to Israelite Bay, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, December 2006
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