Nick Breedon's sculptural practice weaves references from lived experience, pop culture, and art history into recursive narratives about intimacy, desire and alienation under late stage capitalism. Breedon incorporates a vast array of material processes and making techniques from craft, the western canon of sculpture; painting, textiles and video to make ritual-like objects which incorporate dark humour and extreme attention to detail.

Breedon’s career includes solo exhibitions 'Public Art' (2023) at Firstdraft, (Syd); ‘Feelings’ (2014), exhibited at West Space (Melb) and Firstdraft (Syd); ‘Bongs and Commodores’, Alaska Projects (Syd); ‘A Lot of Luck’, Bus Projects (Melb); and ‘Sierpinski Mountain’, TCB (Melb). Other highlights include large scale public realm works Let’s Get Metaphysical for Splendour in the Grass Festival in 2012, and large scale holographic artwork ‘Monotone Rainbow’ at Testing Grounds (Melb)

Nick is co-creator and co-host of the podcast Pro Prac in conjunction with artist Kiera Brew Kurec. Pro Prac is an interview style podcast speaking with artists about how they create a sustainable arts practice. Conceived as the talk behind the artist talk, the podcast covers under-represented subjects and facets within the arts including finances, mental health, sustainability, social expectations, privilege, productivity, acceptance and belonging. In its inaugural year, Pro Prac has garnered over 5000 unique listens and has been invited to speak at ACCA, RMIT and VCA Secondary School

Nick’s work has been shortlisted for a number of prizes and awards including the 64th Blake Prize for neon work Let’s Get Metaphysical II, the 2015 Darebin Art Prize and the 2015 Wangaratta Contemporary Textiles Prize, and features in the collections of Artbank and City of Melbourne.

Nick Breedon

Education
2023 Master of Fine Art, University of New South Wales
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Victorian College of the Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Public Art, Firstdraft, Sydney
2016 Bongs and Commodores, Alaska Projects, Sydney
2015 A Lot of Luck, Bus Projects
2015 Feelings, Firstdraft, Sydney
2014 Feelings, West Space, Melbourne
2013 Sierpinski Mountain, TCB art Inc. Melbourne

Selected Public Art, Projects and Commissions
2023 Pro Prac podcast – Seasons Three & Four
2020 Pro Prac “How Are You Today?” Series
2020 Pro Prac Symposium – Online webinar, Melbourne
2019 Pro Prac podcast – Seasons One & Two
2018 Monument to the People – Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2017 Monotone Rainbow – Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2012 Let’s Get Metaphysical – Splendour in the Grass Festival Arts Program
2010 Doomsday Vanitas, Next Wave Festival, Guildford Lane, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 I Will Tell You My Story, curated by Talia Smith, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2017 Big Numbers, 55 Sydenham Road, Marrickville, Sydney
2016 On Hubris, Irony and Schadenfreude, Lon Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Off Grid, Blindside, Melbourne
2015 Already, Free Range Gallery, Perth
2014 Rooftop Transmissions – Melbourne Now, Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne
2014 Fertile Ground, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2013 Full Court Press, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
2013 Onside, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

Awards & Prizes
2022 Wyndham Art Prize – finalist
2016 64th Blake Prize – finalist
2015 Darebin Art Prize – finalist
2015 Kate Derum & Irene Davies Awards for Small Tapestries – finalist
2015 Wangaratta Contemporary Textiles Prize – finalist

Collections
Artbank
City of Melbourne

Residencies
2023 City of Sydney Creative Studios, Sydney 2017 BLINDSIDE Regional Arts Residency, Cowwarr
2014 Artists in Schools, Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne
2013 Australian Tapestry Workshop Artist in Residence program, South Melbourne
2012 Signal Fire Winter Wren residency, La Grande, Oregon
2011 Splendid Arts Lab, Lismore