BROCK Q.
PIPER
LA FAMILIA DE LAS ABEJAS
2020
140x140cm
oil and charcoal on canvas
TAMBIEN
2021
120x120cm
oil and charcoal on canvas
THE BLUE HORSE
2021
80x80cm
oil and charcoal on canvas
ABOUT
Brock is a multidisciplinary Australian artist currently
living and practicing in Sydney Australia.
Piper cites multiple influences on his work, from Greek
mythology to Mayan rituals and Tom Waits. His
artworks provide the ideal medium for him to convey a
myriad of ideas in layers of oil paint. In his work we find
colourful, bold imagery with theatrical expression.
His colourful work is strongly centered in
storytelling and narrative. As Piper describes,
storytelling is a fundamental part of what we are as
human beings; to convey fundamental truths through
the use of illusion and metaphors is a kind of magic.
Piper draws from storytelling traditions from ancient
Greece, to modern day life, playing out the faults and
virtues of what it is to be human.
Brock uses thin layers of oil paint to create an image
that alludes to a sense of both creation and
destruction. An aesthetic that plays with illuminating
and obscuring elements hidden within; layers are
eroding as they are being replaced.
CV
Biography
Born: Australia 1985
Education
Graduate Certificate of Visual Arts VCA Melbourne University 2021
Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts with a Major in painting 2006 - 2008
Awards
Winner - 2021 George Hicks Victorian Artist Society Contemporary Art Award AUS
Residencies
Mexico City - January, February 2020
Linden House St Kilda November 2019 - November 2020
Los Angeles - Eastside International - January 2019
Reviews + Publications
Artist Interview - Cornah Willis January 2021
QANTAS Magazine June 2019
Avis - The Art of Discovery 2019
TASMANIAN EXAMINER May 12 2019
Tumut and Adelong Times May 2019
The road less travelled: The tough choices behind the art of Brock Q. Piper Feb 2019 Andrew McIlroy
LIBERAL ECLECTIC July 2018 : The Valley – Below: Acts of defiance
WISH MAGAZINE JUNE 2018
1340Art International Art Magazine Q1 2018
LIBERAL ECLECTIC Jan 2018 : BROCK Q PIPER: Caught in another realm…
VOUGE LIVING JAN-FEB 2018
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Marmalade
Twenty-Twenty Six Bondi NSW
2021
CARAVEL
Brock Q. Piper Studio Richmond Vic
2020
Levitation
Brock Q. Piper Studio Richmond Vic
Orange Slices
Melbourne Studio of Art Elsternwick Vic
2019
Nuestra SOMBRA
Melbourne Studio of Art ElsternwickVic
CARRY FIRE
Penny Contemporary Gallery Hobart Tasmania
Absolution
Melbourne Studio of Art Elsternwick Vic
Selected drawings from the American High Desert
ESXLA Los Angeles CA
2018
Valley Below
New works Metro Gallery Armadale Vic
[torrent]
Melbourne Studio of Art Elsternwick Vic
2017
AVIATION
Greedilulu Showroom Mornington Vic
Travelling Light
Piermarq Paddington NSW
2015
Opening
Stone Saint Moon Newcastle NSW
Enter:EXILE
Brunswick arts Melbourne VIC
2014
Portals + Poison
Howlin’ Wolf Wollongong NSW
While we forget to sleep
Howlin’ Wolf Wollongong NSW
Sketchbook showcase- 99
Beachart Gallery Bulli NSW
2013
One night from yesterday
Alibi Gallery Wollongong NSW
Observations from EXILE
Global Gallery Paddington NSW
EXILED
Alibi Gallery Wollongong NSW
Awkward fumbling’s of a failed relationship
Studio 19 Wollongong NSW
2012
Animals in EXILE x2
Brunswick Street Gallery Fitzroy VIC
Animals in EXILE
Gallery 9 Wollongong NSW
Group Exhibitions
2021
On the Margins
Penny Contemporary - Hobart TAS
Staff Exhibition
Victorian Artist Society - Melbourne VIC
BSG 50 Squared Art Prize
Brunswick Street Gallery - Melbourne VIC
George Hicks Contemporary Artist Prize
Victorian Artist Society - Melbourne VIC
2020
Staff Exhibition
Victorian Artist Society - Melbourne VIC
2019
Anthology
Staff exhibition Melbourne Polytechnic VIC
Inhabitants
Piermarq Paddington NSW
2018
Metro Gallery Christmas Stockroom
Metro Gallery Armadale VIC
Pursuit and Denial
Balkon Art Incubator Melbourne VIC
2017
Summer Stockroom Showcase
Metro Gallery Melbourne VIC
Brock Q. Piper & Lorribelle Spirovski
Metro Gallery Melbourne VIC
2016
Rodeo Sideshow
Piermarq Paddington NSW
Peace of Art Charity auction
Fenton and Fenton Prahran VIC
Collectors showcase
19Karen contemporary gallery Mermaid Beach QLD
2015
Colours of Melbourne
Waterfront Gallery Docklands VIC
Emerging Art
Gallery 69Smith Street Melbourne VIC
Occupy
Project Gallery Wollongong NSW
2014
llawarra Showcase
ART MONTH Tortuga Gallery Sydney NSW
2013
Stock Room Showcase
Global Gallery Paddington NSW
2012
URBAN
Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne VIC
Handwritten
Gallery 9 Wollongong NSW
Record Day
Gallery 9 Wollongong NSW
2008
Ververy - Grad show
Project Gallery Wollongong NSW
Drawn
Project Gallery Wollongong NSW
Cluster
Project Gallery Wollongong NSW
Outdoor Art Show
Old Parliament House lawn Gallery Canberra ACT
2007
In Print
Project Gallery Wollongong NSW
Outdoor Art Show
Old Parliament House lawn Gallery Canberra ACT