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Biography
Doug Heslop
Doug Heslop makes work which uses material exploration and critical thinking. There is a purposeful dipole within the work which runs from raw to highly finished, welcoming to threatening, low to high-brow. Aesthetics of found objects and the homemade sit in stark contrast to the layering of critical dialogue beneath the surface.
Heslop is deeply interested in creating multiple pathways into his work, and is invested in using a variety of visual language to communicate with a broad spectrum of viewers without dilution of the core. His practice pivots around societal and environmental justice and critique, influenced by protest movements, alternative punk culture and peer reviewed science. He has established and run Artist Run Initiatives in London, and shown in London, Paris, Melbourne, Sydney, Ballarat and Newcastle.
He completed his Masters at Victoria College of the Arts, was awarded a scholarship to complete honors at Byam Shaw, Central St Martins, London, and studied a Bachelor of Fine Art at National Art School.
He grew up in Wollombi in the Hunter Valley, and lives and works on Awabakal and Worimi land in Mulubinba Newcastle, Australia.
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A Kind of Resistance 2023-2025
A Kind of Resistance 2023-2025
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