Since graduating with a BA in photography from RMIT in 1994, Mark Farrelly has worked as a commercial photographer while continuing to explore alternative photographic techniques.
His work, which he has exhibited regularly in Melbourne, is a unique blend of photography and painting.
His current technique results in textured photo-based artworks that seem to have a life beyond the two-dimensional. The pieces begin as archival-quality black and white prints which are then mounted onto wood and worked over with paint, stain and shellac. Each piece is a one-off that cannot be reproduced and all materials used ensure longevity.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda,
Melbourne
2007 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
2007 Williamstown Art Prize - Finalist’s exhibition
2006 Jackman Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
2000 Roar Gallery, Fitzroy - Behold the Moment
1997 Daimaru Gallery, Melbourne - Chimerical Vistas
1996 Spleen Gallery, Melbourne - Vespers
1996 Convent Gallery, Daylesford
1996 Gary McEwan Gallery, St Kilda Group Exhibitions
2004 Hermon & Hermon, Richmond
2003 Dante's Gallery, Fitzroy - Quiet spaces
1998 Vivid image Gallery, Fitzroy
1997 Roar Gallery - Three for all
1997 CCP Summer Salon exhibition
1995 RMIT Graduate exhibition
1995 The lounge, Melbourne Fringe Festival
1993 RMIT Group Exhibition
1992 Bright Bay Technical College, Graduate exhibition
PRIZES
1997 Kino/Smoke Competition Photography exhibition: Street scapes of Melbourne
- Finalist
1996 Cafe Provincial Photography Competition - Winner (Published in calendar)
1997 Marylands House Portraiture Competition - Second prize
1995 Melbourne Town Hall, Images of Melbourne - First prize photography
REPETITION
120 x 80 cm
pigment print, oil and shellac on board
MEMOIR
80cm x 80cm
pigment photograph with oil paint on wood
PROMENADE
60 X 140 cm
pigment print, oil & shellac on board
DUSK DEPARTURE
60 X 140 cm
pigment print, oil & shellac on board
TRANSIT
104 x 60 cm
pigment print, oil & shellac on board
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