Self-taught, emerging artist Hamish Wilson aims to explore the male psyche through an art practice characterised by evocative, impasto oil paintings.

Currently based in Melbourne, Wilson is endlessly fascinated by the pursuit of producing expressive representations of wilting flowers, the figure and the self. While the aim for his work is for it to be easily accessible, there is also a level of complexity present in the subject of his work. Compositions accentuated by allegorical elements alluding to contemporary narratives of isolation, relationships and toxic masculinity.

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b. 2001, Brisbane, Australia. 

Prizes & Grants 

2024, Artist Circle Grant, Brisbane Portrait Prize

2024, Emerging Artist Prize, Brisbane Portrait Prize 

2024, Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Prize 

2024, Semi-finalist, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize

Residencies

2025, Holding Space, Constance ARI, Hobart

2024, House Conspiracy, Brisbane 

Solo Exhibitions

2024, Don’t Forget to Put Your Shoulders Back, Field Trip Gallery, Brisbane

Select Group Exhibitions

2025, Summer Show, Despard Gallery, Hobart 

2025, Barely Being Here, Immanuelkirchstraße Studio, Berlin, Germany

2025, Personify: The Art of the Figure, Despard Gallery, Hobart 

2025, No Order, Land Street Gallery, Brisbane 

2025, Culterim Studio Show, CANK, Berlin, Germany   

2024, Block Show, Vacant Assembly, Brisbane 

2024, Paradise Gloss, Side Gallery, Brisbane

2024, Memento, QCAD Webb Gallery, Brisbane

2024, The Little Death, Side Gallery, Brisbane

2024, Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery 

2024, Brisbane Portrait Prize, State Library of Queensland

2024, Textibition, The Nest Creative Space, Brisbane 

2024, Fortunes, Echo & Bounce, Brisbane

2024, Within These Walls, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Superordinary

2024, Heat, The Station, Brisbane 

2023, Onism, Vent Space, Brisbane 

2023, Bitter Sweet, The Station , Brisbane

2023, Houseful of Heads, Echo & Bounce, Brisbane