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

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