Neon Parc acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung as the Traditional Owners and sovereign custodians of the Country on which we operate. We pay our deepest respects to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Trevelyan Clay was born in 1982 Cornwall, United Kingdom. Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Trevelyan Clay's playful abstract paintings combine whimsical patterns, form and gesture, and the aesthetics and palette associated with early 1980's nostalgia. Culminating in highly gestural works that are chaotic and full of movement, Clay's paintings reference art historical discourse yet resist being easily defined, reflecting the chaotic collapse of styles and imagery we find ourselves saturated in today. Simultaneously nostalgic for a pre-internet world where video games and comics reigned supreme, yet constantly consuming digital images on social media; Clay's paintings, like the world right now, are in a constant state of flux.
‘Forced Future’, Port Macquarie Regional Gallery, NSW
2013
‘Too Real’, T.C.B, Melbourne
‘For The Shadows Fall’, O.K Gallery, Perth
2012
‘Altar’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2011
‘Same Paintings’, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand
2010
‘Episodic Contrast’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2009
‘Having Fun with The Captives’, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
2007
‘My Megalith’, Silvershot, Melbourne
‘Triangular Form’, Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand
‘40,007 Years’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2006
‘Spendin’ Time On An Image’, CCAS Manuka, ACT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
‘Only Fans’, Neon Parc (online), Melbourne
2019
‘Ich Kann Nicht Mehr’, with Oscar Perry, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland New Zealand
2017
‘I Love Pat Larter’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2016
‘Pleasure is a guiding principle’, Curated by Lucina Lane, 215 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
‘2006/2016’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2015
‘Do Sumn’, curated by Christopher Lg Hill, TCB, Melbourne
‘SUPERSTUDIO’, The Young, Wellington, New Zealand
2014
‘Learning to Leave’, curated by Jonathan Nichols, Margaret Lawrence Gallery V.C.A, Melbourne
2013
‘Like Mike’, Curated by Jan Duffy and Geoff Newton, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
‘3RD/4TH’, Curated by Christopher LG Hill, Margaret Lawrence Gallery V.C.A, Melbourne
‘Navel Gazing’, Curated by Brooke Babbington, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
2012
‘Sub12’, The Substation, Melbourne
‘SAAP’, Curated by Jonathan Nichols, Low Rise Projects, Melbourne
2009
‘The Not So Summer Series’, with Debris Facility, Rearview, Melbourne
2008
Tokyo 101 Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
‘The Ergas Collection’, Gallery9, Sydney
2007
ABN AMRO award, (shortlisted), Melbourne/Sydney
2006
‘The Oz Pack’ curated by Peter Fay, Stark White Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Collections
Artbank
Peter Fay Collection
Australian National University Collection
Chartwell Collection Canberra Grammar Collection
Monash University of Modern Art
Joyce Nissan Collection
KPMG Collection (Australia)
Proclaim Collection
The University of Wollongong Collection
Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand and US
(close)Trevelyan Clay, 'Problem', 2019. Enamel, stoneware, 24 x 22 cm.Trevelyan Clay, Soft Thru, 2013, oil on linen, 200 x 240 cmTrevelyan Clay, 'Caribiner', 2019. Aluminium, enamel, stoneware, 25 x 30 cm.Trevelyan Clay,
Al-Bum Cover,
2010,
Oil on linen,
117 x 117 cmTrevelyan Clay,
Fish,
2010,
Oil on linen,
147 x 117 cmTrevelyan Clay, Moments Today, 2017Trevelyan Clay, Moments Today, 2017Trevelyan Clay, Beauty Runs The Gauntlet, 2017, Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cmTrevelyan Clay, Dark Forest, 2017 , Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cmTrevelyan Clay, Dark Skies, 2017, oil on board, 50 x 40 cmTrevelyan Clay, Melody, 2017, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.5 cmTrevelyan Clay, Lioness, 2017, Oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.5 cmTrevelyan Clay, Rose Matters, 2017, Oil on canvas, 51 x 40.5 cmTrevelyan Clay, Vampire, 2017 , Oil on canvas, 54 x 52 cmTrevelyan Clay, 'Walk To The Waterfall with Vicky', 2020. Oil on linen, 254 x 195cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'The Way it Lives', 2020. Charcoal, oil on linen, 254 x 195cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Game', 2020. Oil on linen, 195 x 254cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Sunday', 2019. Charcoal, oil on linen, 213 x 183cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Fielke', 2019. Oil and acrylic on linen, 117 x 97cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Club', 2020. Oil on linen, 213 x 167cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Harp Tree Plays Itself', 2020. Oil on linen, 240 x 200cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Pushy', 2020. Oil on linen, 183 x 153cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Toon Tape', 2020. Oil on linen, 240 x 200cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Recurring Theme', 2020. Oil on linen, 195 x 213cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Symbol', 2020. Acrylic on linen, 254 x 195cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.Trevelyan Clay, 'Bulbs', 2020. Oil on linen, 154 x 183cm. Photo: Christo Crocker.
