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• He/Him •
Self Portrait 2020
Naarm [Melbourne] • Australia
Kyle was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and spent his childhood creatively exploring all his passions of singing, acting, dancing, arts, and performing.
In 2011 he began to focus on the fundamentals of drawing and began exploring art styles and techniques. This was followed by years of creating a solid foundation of skills to build his practice and style on top of. He has travelled the globe extensively, breathing in as many cultures and expressions of identity as is presented to him. Taking a philosophical and sociological appropriation to the queer aspects of infinite cultures.
The near decade from ’11-‘19 was mainly compiled of self education in the skills of life drawing, colour theory, oil techniques, and more. This student mentality period was completed by travelling to Los Angeles and studying under artists Michael Hussar, Kevin Llewellyn, David Cheifetz to solidify his understanding of his own practice. To create art using the classical artistic techniques of old [and new] masters. With one particular affinity to artist Rembrandt Van Rijn.
Settling down in Naarm [Melbourne] Australia Kyle works to develop his art practice further in an endless exploration of self. With his main passion working in oil colour. He has a focus of creating emotive, dark, figurative, and Queer artworks that explore the creative identity. Taking old world styles and traditional oil painting practices he reinterprets them with modern subjects and in Queer cultural themes.
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MELT Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse
Midsumma and Australia Post Art Prize,
No Vacancy Gallery
PINK, Tacit Art Gallery
'SIN' TP:V4
After The Deckade, Fiftyfive Bar
Rooftop Vitrines Gallery
For The Deckade, No Vacancy Gallery
Costume, Tacit Art Gallery
Postcard Show, Linden New Art Gallery
Give Me Life, So High Gallery
Give Me Life, Second Story Studios
Fire Aid Benefit, Satellite Gallery
Give Me Life, So High Gallery
Give Me Life, Melbourne
Give Me Life, Melbourne
NSFW, Bside Gallery
Dark Honey, Off The Kerb Gallery
Beaut XIV, Beaut Club
Peculiar Portraits, Union Hotel
Truth or Dare, Brunswick Street Gallery
Toms Bar, Brisbane
RAW, Brisbane
State Library of QLD
In Design, Chair Biz
Finalist
Finalist
Group show
Live oil painting
Group show
Group show
Group show
Group show
Group show
Group show
Curated group show and live oil painting
Curated group show and live illustration
Group show/Fundraiser
Curated group show and live oil painting
Live oil painting
Live oil painting
Group show
Group show
Nightclub installation, showcase
Group show
Group show
Live oil painting
Artwork showcase
Group show
Live art and auction
Art Studies
Michael Hussar
Leonardo da Vinci Art School
Michael Hussar
Kevin Lewellyn
David Cheifetz
Florence, Italy 2017
Florence, Italy 2017
Los Angeles, USA 2019
Los Angeles, USA 2019
Los Angeles, USA 2019
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