EDUCATION
BA. (Design & Communication) Swinburne School of Design, Prahran (VIC)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
‘Crime & Charity’, Cerasoli Gallery, Culver City, CA (USA)
2008
‘Own Worst Enemy’, Dont Come Gallery, Melbourne CBD (VIC)
2007
‘Alter Egotism’, Utopian Slumps Gallery, Collingwood (VIC)

COMMISSIONS, CURATED PROJECTS & MURALS

2010
Armac Glass, Collingwood (VIC)
St Alis’ Yarra Place Project, South Melbourne (VIC)

2009
Collingwood Punt Road Wall, Collingwood, Melbourne (VIC)
Nightcat nightclub wall, Fitzroy, Melbourne (VIC)
Brand Collective, Stussy Instore Artwork, Melbourne (VIC)
Caledonian Lane, St Jeromes Laneway Mural, Melbourne (VIC)

2008
The Cannery, Rebel Boutique Club, Singapore
JWT Advertising, Interior murals, Melbourne (VIC)
Peter O.Los, works on canvas, Melbourne (VIC)
Myer Stores: Hobart/Knox/Frankston, Interior murals, (VIC & TAS)
Marc Jallon, works on canvas, France
Urban Promotions, Interior Mural, Melbourne (VIC)
Uniform, Commissioned interior mural for retail store, Fitzroy (VIC)

Previous
Backwoods Exhibition Curated Project. Wooden Shadow Gallery, Richmond (VIC).
Melbourne Fringe Festival Commissioned Artwork for the exterior design of information booth at FedSquare (VIC).

PERMANENT ART COLLECTIONS & AUCTIONS

The Victoria and Albert Museum, permanent print collection, London UK.
ArtCurial Auction, April 2008, Paris, France.
International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books Collection, National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

‘Letterheads 2010 – Sydney’, Red Bull Gallery, Sydney (NSW)
‘Mixed Business’, Ambush Gallery, Sydney (NSW)
‘Letterheads 2010 – Melbourne’, 1000£ Bend, Melbourne (VIC)
‘Under the Influence: He-Man & TMOTU’, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles (USA)

2009

‘Dont Believe the Type’, Underground gallery, Shoreditch, London (UK)
‘Aqua Wynwood Art Fair’, Miami Florida (USA)
‘Blueprint for space’, Art center / South Florida (USA)
‘The Art of Rock’, Touring GreenDay art exhibition, (USA & UK)
Untitled Enemies, Apostrophe Gallery, Hong Kong (HK)
ZeroCool Gallery, London (UK)
Record time, Gorker Gallery, Melbourne (VIC)
12×12, Ambush Gallery, Sydney (NSW) & No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne (VIC)
The Outsiders, Kristian Pithie Gallery, Melbourne (VIC)
ArtMelbourne09, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (VIC)
Suit-Up Playing card show, No Vacancy Gallery, QV, Melbourne (VIC)
Contains 12 Pcs, Gorker Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne (VIC)

2008
Gifted Group Show, Cerasoli Galley, Los Angeles (USA)
SheOne x Meggs live painting, Mercat Cross Hotel, Melbourne (VIC)
No Comply III, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne (VIC)
Sideways, Charity Auction Exhibtion, MTV Gallery, Sydney (NSW)
Creepshow Exhibition, Per Square Metre Gallery, Collingwood (VIC)
Villain: Cut-Outs Exhibition, Per Square Metre Gallery, Collingwood (VIC)
Friendship Djerrip Art Auction, Synergy Gallery, Northcote (VIC)
Everfresh at Wasteland, Wasteland Gallery, Perth (WA)

2007
Back-up, Everfresh Studio Exhibition, Hogan Gallery, Collingwood (VIC)
Another Show, Everfresh Studio Exhibition, Hogan Gallery, Collingwood (VIC)
Archetypes, Group Exhibition, Revolver Prahran (VIC)
Fox Network/Toy 2R, Custom Bart Simpson Qee Exhibition
Touring Group Exhibition, San Diego Comic Con, (USA)
Colour Wheel, Group Exhibition, Revolver Prahran, (VIC)
The Backwoods, Everfresh Studio Group Exhibition, Wooden Shadow Gallery Richmond, (VIC)
Plastic pimps 2, Custom ‘Trexi’ exhibition, Central Station Records, Melbourne (VIC)
No Comply 3, Custom Skateboard Exhibition Atrium, Federation Square, Melbourne (VIC)
National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Paper works aquired by the prints
& works on paper collection. Canberra (ACT)

2006
All City Style,  Train Exhibition, Revolver Space, South Yarra (VIC)
All City Style, Train Exhibition, China Heights Gallery, Surry Hills (NSW)
Melbourne / Sydney Stencil Festival 06, Group Exhibition & Charity Auction
Rose Street Artists Market, Melbourne (VIC) & Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, Sydney (NSW)
ArtMelbourne 06 & ArtSydney 06, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (VIC)
RHI & Horden Pavillion, Sydney (NSW)
Plastic Pimps, Custom ‘Qee’ exhibition, 239 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (VIC)
& China Heights Gallery, Sydney (NSW)
Resist Crew Melbourne, Brightspace Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne (VIC)

2005
Tiquana Powder Run, Custom Snowboard Exhibition, Victorian ski field venues (VIC)
K-Spray: Asia Tour I, Touring Group ExhibitionContributing Artist,
(Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Bangkok)
Melbourne Stencil Festival 05, Group Show & Charity Auction, Nth Melbourne Meat Markets, Melbourne (VIC)
K-Spray, Custom Sneaker Exhibition Melbourne Stencil Festival 05, Nth Melbourne Meat Markets, Melbourne (VIC)

2004
Umbrella Street Art, Custom Umbrellas – Charity fund raiser, The Atrium, Federation Square, Melbourne (VIC)
Art for Africa, Group Exhibition – Charity Fund Raiser, Dazed Gallery, Stoke On Trent (UK)
Affiliated 2,  Forest One Gallery, Adelaide (SA)
Streetworks, Group Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne (VIC)
Melbourne Stencil Festival 04, Group Show & Charity Auction
E2E4 Warehouse, Nth Melbourne (VIC)

SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

“Cover story – VNA Magazine, Issue 9, June 2009, UK
“Feature – King Brown Magazine”, Issue 5, June 2009, Australia
“Feature – Gustav Magazine”, Issue 12, April 2009, Switzerland
“Feature – Blana Magazine”, Issue 8 2009, Bucharest
“MX Magazine Melbourne”, October 6, 2008
“Feature – Empty Magazine” Issue 13, 2008
“Own Worst Enemy”, Desktop Magazine, Issue 242 2008
“Uncommissioned Art”, The Miegunyah Press, 2007
“Graffers Delight”, Drum Magazine, Perth
“Backwoods Review” Illegal Fame Magazine issue 4, November 2007
“Artful Dodgers”, Everfresh feature, Desktop Magazine, Issue 230 2007
“Stencil art world draws a line”, melbourne Metro, The Age, July 2007
“Street Art Uncut”, Matthew Lunn. Craftsman House Publishers, Thames & Hudson Australia 2006
“Oyster magazine”, K-Spray article, Issue 58
“Oh Really Magazine”, Issue 4, 2006
“Graffiti down to a fine art” Maria Bervankis, Melbourne Leader, August 16 2006
“Feature – Stencil Graffiti Capital”, Mark Batty Publishing, 2005
“Daria – Silencer” Album cover artwork, France 2005
“Street Scene” Bill Craske, The Age (Melbourne Magazine Issue 10) August 2005
“No Comply” Tattoos Downunder Magazine no.51, Nicole Reed, November 2004

Growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, Meggs’ early artistic development was influenced by the cartoons, comics & sci-Fi films of the 1980’s. Fuelling his vivid imagination and creating a passion for superheroes, fantasy characters and bold colourful graphics, such as those found on toy packaging and video covers. This soon developed into a passion for skateboarding culture, graffiti art and graphic design.

Several years after completing his Bachelor of Design, Meggs became frustrated with client based design work and began exploring his personal artwork on the streets, particularly in the form of stencilling around 2003. Meggs quickly developed a recognisable style of complex stencil images and paste-ups, as well as exploring character based aerosol work with underlying themes of demons and duality. Early works such as the ‘devil kids’ and ’spew blobs’ become familiar to the back alleys and laneways of Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs.

In 2004, Meggs joined forces with artists Sync, Rone, Phibs, Reka, Wondalust & Meek to become a core member of ‘Everfresh’, a unique collective of street/graffiti/studio artists who are recognised as one of Australia’s most progressive and prolific street art collectives. Sharing skills, knowledge and passion Everfresh are now renowned and respected for their collaborative styles in group murals and exhibitions, as well as being accomplished individual artists with their own unique strengths and styles.

Meggs’ work continually references the nostalgia of childhood heroes and villains, exploring the notion of ‘duality’ and an on-going question of morals, rights and authorities. Reflecting on personal experience Meggs produces energetic depictions of heroes, villains, and subverted collages of pop culture symbology.

Spreading his street work as far as Paris, London, LA, SF and Tokyo, Meggs has also contributed to numerous group exhibitions both locally and internationally.  His work has more notably been sold through ‘Artcurial Auctioneers’ (Paris) and is included in the ‘National Gallery of Australia’s’ (Canberra) permanent collection as well as a recent print aquisition by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Continually evolving his painting style with a continued passion for graffiti and character painting, pop-art and abstract expressionism has led to Meggs being well recognised as one of Australia’s pioneering street to gallery artists.