TOM POLO
b. 1985, AustraliaTom Polo uses painting to explore how conversation, gesture and exchange are embodied acts of portraiture. Working between abstraction and figuration, his paintings blur boundaries between the self and others, to mask and unveil the complexities of our inner worlds. Drawing upon acute observation, social encounters and personal histories, Polo’s practice records the emotional and performative relationships between people within social, theatrical and psychological space.
Significant exhibitions include the 2022 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Free State, Art Gal- lery of South Australia, Adelaide (2022); The National: New Australian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2019) and Primavera 2017: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contem- porary Art, Sydney (2017). Polo was a finalist in the Ramsay Art Prize, Australia’s premier prize for emerging artists (2021) and has work held in public art collections including Artbank, Australia and Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
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