Artist’s Statement
Travis' work represents a search for meaning in the Semiotic Blanks.
Through the use of psychogeography, Travis maps his way through the world combining his lived experiences with inner interpretations of them, to discover himself within a middle ground, defined as the Penumbra.
Biography
Travis is an Australian artist currently living in Berlin. His art practice combines elements of fine art, illustration, calligraphy, illumination and cartography. His unique style finds its way onto works on paper, fashion wear and tattoos.
Influences
Using the ‘paranoiac-critical method’ as pioneered by the Surrealists, Travis allows imagery to emerge from the substrate on a subconscious level. Embracing the nautical and sometimes steampunk themes that this technique gives rise to, he begins to notice the appearance of common metaphors. Travis' art practice and Gesamtkunstwerk form a collection that together tells the narrative of this search.
Exhibitions
EDUCATION
2012 – 2014 Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Visual Arts, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 – ‘Heimat’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2014 – 'Rolling back the borders of the known world', Brunswick St. Gallery, Melbourne
2012 – 'Untitled', Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2007 – `The Gaps in our Mythology`, KILN at The Substation, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 – 'Small Works Show', Plexus Gallery, Brisbane
2021 – 'Second Bloom', Plexus Gallery, Brisbane
2021 – 'In Situ', Plexus Gallery, Brisbane
2021 – '4Art Technologies', online
2020 - 'Synchronicity', Armadillo Gallerie, Leipzig
2020 - 'Virtually Live', Plexis Gallery, Brisbane and online.
2019 – 'Discorporeal Happiness', Dietzold, Leipzig
2019 – 'Reset Unsettling Flesh Layers', Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig
2019 – 'Artwalk 2019', Design Open Press Conference, Leipzig
2019 – ‘Into the Unknown’, Tapir Gallery, Berlin
2019 – 'Sketch the Moment III‘, Zeitzone Galerie, Berlin
2018 – Untitled exhibition, Ink Embassy, Brisbane
2018 – ‘FOBFTA’, Marcel Desbiens Gallery, Albion, Brisbane
2018 – ‘Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize’, RQAS, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – Lethbridge 10,000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – ‘After Hours IV’, Percolator Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – ‘Archie Reveal’, The Henderson Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – ‘Brisbane: Landscapes, Landmarks and Personalities’, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane
2018 – ‘Chiaroscuro: Beauty in Contrast’, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane
2018 – ‘ICON’, Cross Gallery, Bundaberg
2018 – ‘Urban Sketch’, Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2016 – ‘Thoughts Made Visible’, Juggler’s Art Space, Brisbane
2016 – 'Works on paper', Queensland State Library, Brisbane
2016 – ‘After Hours III’, Percolator Gallery, Brisbane
2016 – ‘Die Empty II’, Carla Benzie Gallery, Brisbane
2016 – Self Portrait Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2015 – 'Fastplant!', No Comply, Toowoomba
2015 – 'Urban Materiality', Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2015 – Small Works Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2015 – Online Exhibition, Jugglers Art Space
2015 – 'Live Art', 2high Festival, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2014 – 'QCA Showcase', Graduation Show, Brisbane
2014 – 'Event Horizon', Wooloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane
2014 – 'Under the Seas', Qld. Museum, Brisbane
2014 – 'Middle Ground', The Hold, Brisbane
2013 – 'Drawn to Place', Urban Art Binge, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2013 – 'Container festival', Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2013 – 'Limen', Graduation Show, QCA, Brisbane
2013 – 'How I look at it', Photographic exhibition, 2013 Study Tour, White Box, QCA, Brisbane
2013 – Fawn Gallery, Melbourne
2013 – 'Die Empty', Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane
2013 – 'Brisbane Collective', Via Studios, Brisbane
2013 – Skatedecksabition, various locations, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast
2013 – ‘Love you long time’, Marvell Gallery, Byron Bay
2013 – ‘In darkened lighting’, The Hideaway, Brisbane
2013 – ‘My Animal’, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2013 – ‘Urban Art Group Show’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2013 – ‘Brisbane Collective’, Via Studios, Brisbane
2012 – Fire in the belly Collective, ‘Beauterate’, Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane
2012 – ‘Dirtying the Paper’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 – ‘Brisbane Lowbrow’, Bleeding Heart Gallery, Brisbane
2012 – ‘The Word Conterminous 2’, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2012 – ‘Wilgefortis’, The Art Factory, Brisbane
2012 – ‘Drawing 12A’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 – ‘Our first exhibition, and please welcome...’, Picture Wire Gallery, Melbourne
2011 – ‘Christmas Collective’, POP Gallery, Brisbane
2011 – ‘The Roundup’, The Art Factory, Brisbane
2011 – ‘After Hours II: Drenched but not drowned’, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
2011 – ‘Absurdist Conversation in Three Rooms’, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
2011 – Student Graduation Exhibition ‘The Works’, Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane
2011 – ‘The Sketchbook Project’, Brooklyn Art Library, U.S.
2010 – ‘X Show’, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2010 – ‘Exquisite Corpse’, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2010 – ‘After Hours’, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
SELECTED ART AWARDS
2019 – TAKT Grant Award, Berlin
2018 – People’s Choice Award, Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, Project Gallery, QCA
2018 – Finalist, Lethbridge 10,000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – Highly commended, RQAS, Brisbane: Landmarks, landscapes and Personalities, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
2018 – ‘Urban Sketch’, Online competition finalist (of 10), Faber-Castell
2017 – Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, finalist, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2015 – Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, finalist, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane
2015 – Small works Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery.
2015 – Canson Prix Art Prize, Australian selection (top 20 worldwide artists)
SELECTED ART FAIRS
2019 – Reinbeckerei, Indoor Kunst und Kreativ Markt, Berlin
2019 – Berlin Graphic Days, Berlin
2019 – Hafenfest, art market, Berlin
2013 – RAW Expressions, The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
SELECTED ART ACHEIVEMENTS
2021 – Artist residency, TAKTZeitz, Zeitz
2019 – Artist residency, TAKT a.i.r., Berlin
2017 – Faber-Castell spotlight artist, online promotions
2016 – Live Art, Faber-Castell product launch, Sydney
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ART GROUPS
2018 Queensland Writers Center
2016 The Brisbane Collective Artists
2014-present International Golden Key Society
2013-2014 Grad Show Committee
2013 Artist Hive
2013 Griffith Honours College
2013 Urban Art Binge
2012 Society of Fine Art (SOFA)
2005-2007 Artworker’s Alliance
Travis has run art workshops at colleges and schools as well as corporate and private events in Australia, Germany and Cambodia. He has volunteered in art galleries and arts events and donated works to many great fundraisers.Website
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Travis D. Hendrix
What lies beneath
79 x 20 x 4 cm Ink, watercolour and gouache on skatedeck Sold