Nicholas Ives
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education:
2003 – 2005 Masters of Fine Art (Research) Monash University
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) Monash University (Hons)
Award & Grants
2016 ArtBox Commission (recipient)
2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (finalist)
2015 Ronald Greenaway Artist Commission (recipient), Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn
2013 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (semi-finalist)
Exhibitions : Solo (selected):
2017 ‘An arbitrary device in the belly of a whale’ Fort Delta, Melbourne
2016 ‘Smile’ Fort Delta, Melbourne
2015 ‘MoonFace’ Stockroom, Kyneton
2014 ‘Holy $#!✞!’ Rubicon ARI, Nth Melbourne
2011 ‘I am flying through boundless space’ Paradise Hills, Richmond
2010 ‘In Anticipation of Rotten Teeth’ Trocadero, Footscray
2009 ‘A River of Dead Men’ SUB12, Substation Newport
2009 ‘Escaping The Cage’ Shifted, Richmond
2006 ‘Looking at Things’ Viewing Space, Melbourne
2005 ‘Semantics, Pranks & Acrobatics’ Faculty Gallery, Monash University
Exhibitions : Group (selected)
2018 ‘Crocodility’ Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
2018 ‘I can Breed No More’ Chamber, Brunswick, Melbourne
2017 ‘Summer 40’ Rubicon, Nth Melbourne
2016 ‘Slippery Stories’ Strange Neighbour, Melbourne | Durden and Ray, Los Angeles USA
2015 ‘Umbelliferous Portraits’ (with Michael Vale) Rubicon ARI, Nth Melbourne
2015 ‘Other Side’ Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2015 ‘Ronald Greenaway – Artist and his world’ Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2015 ‘Future Process’ Artereal Gallery, Rozelle NSW
2015 ‘So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness’ Tristian Koenig Gallery, Collingwood
2014 ‘Either Side’ James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2014 ‘Through a Hole in the Sky’ Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda
2014 ‘Street and Art Collide’ Shoalhaven Art Centre, Nowra NSW
2014 ‘Lateral Liminal’ Monday Week, Carlton
2013 ‘Limits of Likeness’ Rubicon ARI, Nth Melbourne
2013 ‘Static Shift’ James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2012 ‘Dark Matter_Dark Energy’ Stockroom, Kyneton
2012 ‘Skin : Contemporary Portrait Exhibition’ Poimena Gallery, Launceston, TAS
2012 ‘Us and Them’ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2011 ‘The Rest is Silence’ Death Be Kind, Brunswick
2010 ‘Kings x Kings’ Kings ARI, Melbourne
2010 ‘The Outsider’ Trocadero, Footscray
2009 ‘Off The Wall’ Exhibition Buildings, Carlton
Publications:
‘Under the Radar’ Australian Art Collector, June 2016
‘Around the Galleries’ Dan Rule, The Age, Melbourne, October 3, 2015
‘Puny Humans’ Self Published 2013
‘The Rest is Silence’ Death Be Kind 2009-2011, E.Richardson, C.Lambe 2011
‘Welcome to Paradise’ Paradise Hills Gallery 2011
Collections:
Works held in Private collections throughout Australia.
Nicholas Ives
lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
Education:
2003 – 2005 Masters of Fine Art (Research) Monash University
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) Monash University (Hons)
Awards and Grants (selected)
2015 Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney
2015 Recipient, Ronald Greenaway Artist Commission, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
Exhibitions Solo :
2015 ‘MoonFace’ Stockroom, Kyneton
2014 ‘Holy $#!✞!’ Rubicon ARI, Nth Melbourne
2013 ‘Puny Humans’ Book of Drawings, Prints, Blender Studios, Melbourne
2011 ‘I am flying through boundless space’ Paradise Hills, Richmond
2010 ‘In Anticipation of Rotten Teeth’ Trocadero, Footscray
2009 ‘A River of Dead Men’ SUB12, Substation Newport
2009 ‘The Waiting Room’ The Owl & The Pussycat
2009 ‘Escaping The Cage’ Shifted, Richmond
2006 ‘Looking at Things’ Viewing Space, Melbourne
2005 ‘Semantics, Pranks & Acrobatics’ Faculty Gallery, Monash University
2004 ‘New Works’ Atrium Gallery, Monash University
Exhibitions Group :
2015 ‘Umbelliferous Portraits’ Rubicon ARI, Nth Melbourne
2015 ‘The Other Side’ Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2015 ‘Ronald Greenaway – Artist and his world’ Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2015 ‘Future Process’ Artereal Gallery, Rozelle NSW
2015 ‘So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness’ Tristian Koenig Gallery, Collingwood
2015 ‘Sound & Vision’ Mojo Records, Sydney. NSW
2014 ‘Annual Blender Studios exhibition’ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2014 ‘Either Side’ James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2014 ‘Through a Hole in the Sky’ Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda (Upcoming)
2014 ‘Street and Art Collide’ Shoahaven Art Centre, Nowra NSW
2014 ‘Lateral Liminal’ Monday Week, Carlton
2013 ‘Small Works’ James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2013 ‘Static Shift’ James Makin Gallery, Collingwood
2012 ‘Annual Blender Studios exhibition’ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2012 2nd Birthday Fundraiser Paradise Hills, Richmond
2012 ‘A selection of Blender artists’ Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne Grammar
2012 ‘Dark Matter_Dark Energy’ Stockroom, Kyneton
2012 ‘Confine’ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2012 ‘Skin : Contemporary Portrait Exhibition’ Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
2012 ‘Us and Them’ Dark Horse Experiment, Melbourne
2011 1st Birthday Fundraiser Paradise Hills, Richmond
2011 Belle Arti Prize Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford
2011 ‘The Rest is Silence’ Death Be Kind, Brunswick
2010 ‘Kings x Kings’ Kings ARI, Melbourne
2010 ‘The Outsider’ Trocadero, Footscray
2009 Gallery Launch The Owl & The Pussycat, Richmond
2009 Dappled Cities Listening Party Richmond
2009 Off The Wall Exhibition Buildings, Carlton
2008 Seventh Gallery Fundraiser Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy
2008 ‘Bus:Pass’ Fundraiser Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2008 ‘ANL Maritime Art Prize’ Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2008 ‘New Directions’ Karstens Gallery at QC, Melbourne
2008 ‘Real Estate’ Edward St, Brunswick
2008 ‘Headset/Mindset’ The Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2007 ‘ANL Maritime Art Prize’ Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2005 ‘New Works’ Circus Bar, Prahran
2004 ‘Neoteric Atmosphere’ The Foundry, Fitzroy
2003 ‘Stir’ Gamma Space, Melbourne
2002 ‘New Emerging Artists’ Mira Fine Art, Melbourne
2002 ‘Repetition’ Red Box Gallery, Collingwood
2002 ‘Gallery Launch’ Red Box Gallery, Collingwood
2001 ‘Price Check On Fresh Produce’ Monash University, (HONS)
2000 ‘Fast Lane Exit’ Monash University
Publications:
‘Around the Galleries’ Dan Rule, The Age, Melbourne, October 3, 2015
‘Puny Humans. Drawings by Nicholas Ives’, Self Published 2013.
‘The rest is silence’ Death Be Kind 2009-2011, E.Richardson, C.Lambe 2011.
‘Welcome to Paradise’, Paradise Hills Gallery 2011. ‘Art touches on human senses’, Progress Press, April 14 2006
Collections:
Works held in Private collections throughout Australia.