Trent Whitehead is known as a painter / sculptor / graphic designer. He was born in 1980 in a small surf town north of Sydney, Australia. Trent works predominantly in ink, acrylic, gouche on wood. Trent Whitehead’s body of work centers around a series of hand crafted 3d wooden masks. Each character seems about to burst with some intense expression of anger, frustration or joie de vivre. The intensity of the masks captures the effervescence of the artist himself, pooling the experiences of his existence to breathe life into inanimate wood, like a vagabond Giuseppi to a badass Pinocchio.

Although confessing to be a ‘self-taught artist, Trent’s endearing paintings are taking him in leaps and bounds from showing at galleries like Monster Children gallery and Boutwell Draper Gallery in his hometown Sydney.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

THE THINNEST OF BETWEENS / SOLO SHOW / MONSTER CHILDREN GALLERY SYDNEY

2008

CORNUCOPIA / SOLO SHOW / MONSTER CHILDREN GALLERY @ LEE  GALLERY MELBOURNE

CORNUCOPIA / SOLO SHOW / CHINA HEIGHTS GALLERY SYDNEY

2007

SHIT FIGHT / TWO MAN SHOW WITH RYAN HEYWOOD / CHINA HEIGHTS SYDNEY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

STANDARD SERVICE  / GROUP SHOW / NINE LIVES GALLERY

SEMIOTICS  /  GROUP SHOW / SEMI PERMANENT / NINE LIVES GALLERY BRISBANE

2009

SQUARE / GROUP SHOW /  MONSTER CHILDREN GALLERY / SYDNEY

THE OUTSIDERS PROJECT / KRISTIAN PITHIE GALLERY

FREE RADICALS / GROUP SHOW / GREENWOOD GALLERY MELBOURNE

NEW EYES OPEN / SEMI PERMANENT SHOW / AMBUSH GALLERY SYDNEY

2008

TRAILBLAZERS / GROUP SHOW / BOUTWELL DRAPER GALLERY SYDNEY

RAYBAN COLOUR PROJECT / FIVE MAN SHOW / LUXE STUDIO GALLERY SYDNEY

20/20/20 / GROUP SHOW / PALMER PROJECT GALLERY SYDNEY

WHERE GAINTS DWELL / GROUP SHOW / RETROSPECT GALLERY BYRON BAY

LOCALISM / GROUP SHOW / SEDITION GALLERY SYDNEY

SMALL GOODS / GROUP SHOW / PALMER PROJECT GALLERY SYDNEY

KIDS TODAY / SEMI PERMANENT SHOW / MTV GALLERY SYDNEY

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF NUTS / PAPER SHADOW GALLERY MELBOURNE

2007

100TH SHOW / GROUP SHOW / CHINA HEIGHTS GALLERY- SYDNEY

POST WOOD / GROUP SHOW / MONSTER CHILDREN GALLERY SYDNEY

OVERGROWTH / GROUP SHOW / PERTH

DOZE GREEN / GROUP SHOW / GLOBAL GALLERY SYDNEY

ACROSS THE BOARD ART EXHIBITION / GROUP SHOW / WALL SPACE GALLERY SYDNEY

12X12 / GROUP SHOW / AMBUSH GALLERY

SELECTED MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS

2011

FALLEN MAGAZINE / INTERVIEW

2010

MONSTER CHILDREN MAGAZINE / INSSUE 28 / GALLERY SPACE

2009

OYSTER MAGAZINE /  COLORIZE MY WORLD

2008

EMPTY MAGAZINE / TRAIL BLAZZERS WITH ANTHONY LISTER, KILL PIXIE, BEN FROST, NUMBSKULL AND HA HA

MONSTER CHILDREN MAGAZINE / INSSUE 20 / ART SPACE

LOCALISM / IZROCK PRESS

OYSTER MAGAZINE / SHIT FIGHT

ACCLAIM MAGAZINE / SKILL CHECK

YEN MAGAZINE / STUDIO VISIT

2007

OYSTER MAGAZINE / SHIT FIGHT

COMMISSION PIECES

      

CITY OF SYDNEY / ART AND ABOUT / STREET INSTALLATION

RAYBAN /  COLORIZE LAUNCH

MTV AUSTRALIAN HEADQUARTERS  SYDNEY

BIO / BLURB

ALWAYS STUDIO

Trent Whitehead is also the founder and creative director at Always Studio. Link below

www.alwaysstudio.com

TRENT WHITEHEAD

NEWS  /  WORKS  /  INFORMATION  /  CONTACT