Binns is a conceptual painter whose work has explored depictions of colonial Australia, national identity, the environment, art history, consumerism and popular culture. His most recent body of work, Toy Paintings, explores multi narrative myth-based landscapes in which he considers the paintings to be toys themselves. Another recent series, Artist Canvas, paintings on two dollar shop Paintwell Artist Canvases, explore ideas of amateur vs. professional, home-based craft and hobbyist practices and media-saturated pop imagery.
Read MoreBinns was born in Lismore, NSW in 1980. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Solo exhibitions include Toy Paintings, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, 2011; Toy Paintings, Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2010; Missing Bushwalkers on Found Landscapes, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, 2008; Work From Garage, Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2008; The Wilderness, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, 2007; Fergus Binns, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, 2005; Paintings, TCB art inc, Melbourne, 2004; and Galerie Vege, TCB art inc, Melbourne, 2003. Group exhibitions include Home, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, 2008; MAN: Depicting Contemporary Masculinity, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith, 2008; Primavera 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2006; Big In Japan, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan, 2006; Single Currency, VCA Gallery, Melbourne, 2006; Real Not Real, 5 Kent St, Henley Beach, Adelaide, 2004; Unsigned Artists (In association with PAV Modern), Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, 2003; and Fallout, VCA Gallery, Melbourne, 2002. Binns was winner of the Metro 5 Award in 2008 and the TCB VCA Graduate Award in 2003.
