About
Trevor Bly’s practice explores the idea of home and how our locale defines our relationships, aesthetics and formed identity through a connection to a site. Influenced strongly from suburban rituals, traditions and icons, Bly’s constant reinterpretation of the suburb of Craigie (6025) creates a trust in the signifier, allowing the numbers and text to transform beyond a boundary location.
Biography
Trevor Bly is an award-winning visual artist from Perth, Western Australia. An Alumni of Curtin University he has developed a contemporary art practice through printmaking, drawing and painting. Bly's career spans over 20-years with local exhibitions, national residencies, curatorial roles, book publications and community workshops. He is the joint winner of the City of Joondalup Invitation Award (2015) and received DCA funding for his publication Craigie Tales (2010) and artistic development (2022). In 2017 he began a collaborative partnership with Patrick Doherty exhibiting at the Fremantle Art Centre with “One street from Happiness” followed by a regional touring two man show “Disappointing Vanilla” at Bunbury Regional Art Gallery (2020) and Albany Town Hall (2022). His work has been acquired by the City of Joondalup, Megalo Print Studio and other private collections.
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TREVOR BLY (1979, AUS)
EDUCATION
2009 Curtin University, Fine Arts (Hons)
2005 Curtin University, Diploma of Education, Visual Arts
2003 Curtin University, Fine Arts (BA)
SELECTED GROUPS SHOWS
2023 Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, Collie
2022 Disappointing Vanilla, Regional Tour, Albany Town Hall, Albany
2020 Disappointing Vanilla, Regional Tour, BRAG, Bunbury
2020 The Collie Art Prize, Collie Art Gallery, Collie
2019 Disappointing Vanilla, Shopfront Gallery, Perth
2017 One street from happiness, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2016 Totem in Tribute (with Sam Bloor), Spectrum Art Space, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 Post Code Party, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2014 City of Joondalup Community Art Awards, Joondalup
2012. City of Joondalup Community Art Awards, Joondalup
2010 King Brown Periodical Launch, The Butcher Shop, Fremantle
2010 Wall Paper, Gallery Central, Northbridge
2009 City of Joondalup Art Awards, Joondalup
2009 Windows on William, William Street, Perth
2008 Silver, ArtRage 25 Years Survey, Curated Marcus Canning, PICA Perth
2007 Font, Gallery Central, Northbridge
2007 The Mandorla Religious Art Award, Gallery Central, Northbridge
2006 Semi Permanent, ArtRage Bread Box Gallery, Perth
2005 City of Joondalup Community Art Awards, Joondalup
2003 Curtin Degree Show, Curtin University, Bentley
2001 City of Joondalup Community Art Awards, Joondalup
2000 City of Joondalup Community Art Awards, Joondalup
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022 Creative Development Arts funding, Project Research, DLGSCI, Perth
2015 Overall Winner (collaboration with Patrick Doherty), Invitation Award, COJ
2014 Painting Award, Community Art Award, City of Joondalup
2012 Celebrating Joondalup Prize, Community Art Award, City of Joondalup
2011 Mural Arts Funding Program, City of Joondalup
2010 Arts Development Grant, Craigie Tales publication, Department of Arts, Perth
2009 Celebrating Joondalup Prize (collaboration with Patrick Doherty), COJ
2007 Community Arts Partnership Grant, City of Wanneroo
2006 Youth Arts Funding, City Mural Project, Propel Arts, Perth
2005 Best Print, Community Art Award, City of Joondalup
2001 Overall Prize Winner, Community Art Award, City of Joondalup
2000 Special Commendation Prize, Community Art Award, City of Joondalup
RESIDENCIES
2022 Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA
2018 Post Graduate Resident, Coordinator Mark Parfitt, Curtin University, Perth
2013 Artist in Residence Program, Coordinator Bevan Honey, Fremantle Arts Centre
2010 Megalo Print Studio Residency, Co-recipient Emma Jolley, Canberra, ACT
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2021 100 Vandals, The View from Here, Co-Curator Isobel Wise, AGWA, Perth
2011 Craigie Tales Publication Launch, Bread Box Gallery, Perth
2005 The Salvation Show, Co-Curator Patrick Doherty, ArtRage Festival, Perth
2004 Duty Free, Arts House Gallery, Perth
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 AGWA Learning Studio Facilitator, Print workshops, AGWA, Perth
2017 Art Technician, Corpus Christi College, Perth, HOD Gaby Fabris
2014 Mural Arts Officer, City of Swan
2013 Appointed Artist for Public Artwork- The Vive Estate Craigie, LandCorp
2010 Art Technician, St Hilda’s Anglican School, Perth, HOD Eliza Leano
2008 Arts Development Officer, City of Wanneroo