Neon Parc | Hugo Blomley

Born 1998, Eora Nation, Sydney. Lives and works in Naarm, Melbourne.

Working primarily in sculpture, Hugo Blomley’s practice explores the intersection of material transformation and conceptual systems. His works consider the ways in which complex structures—whether mechanical, biological, or social—are translated into physical form. Employing materials such as fibreglass, bronze, wax, and automotive paint, Blomley creates meticulously crafted objects that reveal processes of casting, refining, and reconfiguration. Each sculpture embodies an active negotiation between material, form, and meaning, resulting in works that oscillate between the familiar and the abstract.

Blomley’s refined surfaces and structural precision evoke both bodily and industrial references, inviting viewers into a state of suspended recognition. His practice engages deeply with the act of looking—foregrounding the moment when understanding hovers just out of reach and perception itself becomes a subject of inquiry.

A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (BFA, 2020) and Monash University (Honours, 2022), Blomley has exhibited widely across Australia, including solo presentations at Mega, Neon Parc, Sutton Projects, Asbestos, and Cache. His work has been featured in significant group exhibitions such as the Melbourne Sculpture Biennale (Villa Alba, 2024) and 'I Wanna Be Your Anti-Mirror' at the La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo (2024).

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Bronze, 13 x 29 x 7.5 cm. Edition of 3 + 2 APs.

Selected works (36)

Exhibitions (1)

‘The same eyes as yesterday’
South Yarra
5 Apr.–3 May.
2025

Curriculum vitae (PDF)

Recent Solo Exhibitions

2025: (Forthcoming) ‘Hugo Blomley’, Untitled Art, Miami Beach; ‘Wall works’, Mega, Sydney; ‘The same eyes as yesterday’, Neon Parc South Yarra, Melbourne
2024: ‘Open Secret’, Cache, Melbourne
2023: ‘Humility Circuit’, Asbestos, Melbourne
2022: ‘The Work Becomes the Reward’, Sutton Gallery Project Space, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025: ‘Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2024: ‘Melbourne Sculpture Biennale’, Villa Alba, Melbourne; ‘Piece by piece’, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne; ‘I Wanna Be Your Anti-Mirror’, LaTrobe Art Institute, Bendigo (Curated by Alicia Frankovich)
2023: ‘Frozen Blood’, Neon Parc, Melbourne; ‘Menagerie’, Asbestos, Melbourne; ‘Limbs of a Yacht’, Asbestos, Melbourne
2022: ‘Heavens’, Al Fresco – Fine Arts Outdoors, Canberra; ‘MADA NOW’, Monash University, Melbourne; ‘a do ocean’, KINGS Artist Run, Melbourne (co-ordinated by Christopher LG Hill)
2021: ‘Encapsulated’, Caves, Melbourne (co-ordinated by Christopher LG Hill); ‘The devil finds work for idle hands’, Hyacinth, Melbourne; ‘materialiZm’, Missing Persons, Melbourne (Curated by Musée du strip); ‘Toys ‘R’ Us’, Second Space Projects
2020: ‘VCA Graduate Exhibition’, VCA, Melbourne; ‘images for Cognition 2020’, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (mail & print based exhibition); ‘Endless Lonely Planet 8, Melbourne’, Good Press, Glasgow (co-ordinated by Christopher LG Hill); ‘Supernaculum’, Brooklyn Arts Hotel, Melbourne
2019: ‘School Hall Performance’, Carlton Scout Hall, Melbourne (Curated by Nicola Blumenthal); ‘The river doesn’t want you today’, Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West, Melbourne; ‘Let me sit in the corner, I’ve just turned Zero’, VCA arts space, Melbourne (Curated by NWEB); ‘Good Ashes, Underground Flower’, Perth (Curated by Underground Flower); ‘Health and Wellness’, Gian’s Basement, Melbourne (co-ordinated by Christopher LG Hill); ‘Everyone sins in Venice’, VCA arts space, Melbourne
2018: ‘As they are (Nearly)’, NWEB, Melbourne; ‘__Garden’, VCA Art space, Melbourne; ‘The impossibility of emptiness’, Motorworks gallery, Melbourne
2018: ‘Rum factory group show’, PSW Project Space, London

Awards / Prizes

2022: Lowenstein’s Arts Management Prize
2018: Maude Glover Fleay Scholarship

Collections

Private collections nationally

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Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, bronze, polyester casting resin, 457 x 29 x 29 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, 2K polyurethane, 263.5 x 12 x 15.5 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Bronze, 13 x 29 x 7.5 cm. Edition of 3 + 2 APs.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, 38 x 45 x 38 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, bronze, 339 x 29 x 29 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, polyester casting resin, 163 x 20 x 20 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Polyester resin, wax, MDF, acrylic lacquer, 22 x 11.5 x 15 cm. Edition of 3 + 2AP.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, stainless steel, 283.5 x 12 x 15.5 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, 2K epoxy 37 x 37 x 82 cm.

Installation view: 'Wall Works', Mega, Sydney, 2025.

Installation view: Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, 2025.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. MDF, polyurethane foam, epoxy, automotive body filler, acrylic lacquer, pastel, 136 x 33 x 19 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, 2K polyurethane, 18 x 150 x 18 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Patinated bronze, 9.5 x 9.5 x 20 cm. Edition of 3 + 2AP.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, 2K polyurethane, 18 x 150 x 18 cm.

Hugo Blomley, 'Untitled', 2025. Fibreglass, epoxy, pigment, 50 x 104 x 32 cm.

Installation view: 'The same eyes as yesterday', Neon Parc South Yarra, 2025.

Installation view: 'Humility Circuit', Asbestos, Melbourne, 2023.

Installation view: 'Piece by piece', Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, 2024.

Installation view: 'The Work Becomes the Reward', Sutton Gallery Project Space, Melbourne, 2022.