The Works - Damien Skipper Exhibition

WHERE | The Wood Workshop

WHEN | 4 June to 29 June

OPENING | Friday 6 June, 6pm to 8pm

The Works is a series of repeatable explorations of drawing, paintings and line work. Colour, contrast and composition remain present for a prolonged period in Skipper's pieces, creating expressive effects from one work to another.

Born in 1956, son of Matcham and Myra Skipper, Damien has lived at Montsalvat since he was very young. An artist and musician, he was offered a place at the Gallery School in Melbourne. Damien gained a Diploma of Fine Art from Preston Institute of Technology in 1981.

Damien’s art has been exhibited as part of group shows in various Melbourne galleries. He has also held solo shows at Montsalvat, and was selected for the 'Reinvention: Creativity and Self identity' 2009 exhibition at the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and was a finalist in the Nillumbik Prize 2013 and the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize 2019.