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Joe Blundell was born in London and emigrated to Melbourne in 2008. 

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Self-taught as an artist, but with a degree in plant biology Joe is drawn to depictions of nature in his art - sometimes pure landscape and sometimes looking at the interplay between nature and the man-made. 

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A feature of Joe’s landscape work is intimate, depictions of nature’s entanglements and the fight for survival. 

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Less interested in big vistas and more pre-occupied with the experience of being in the bush his landscape work reflects the complexity he sees in botanical nature. 

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A recurring theme in Joe’s work is the concept of renewal in the natural world – the balance of life and death amongst plants and trees. 

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Forces of nature which exist independently of humans but are subject to the influence of mankind. 

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Joe's landscape paintings have been a finalist and award winner in Australia's leading landscape prizes including The Hadley’s Art Prize and The Paddington Art Prize.

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Joe exhibits regularly in Melbourne and paints from his studio in Swan Street, Richmond. 

Selected Exhibitions
2023 - Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2022 – Paddington Art Prize Defiance Award and Residency winners exhibition, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2019 – Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands, Sydney [Group]

2019 – Hadley’s Art Prize, Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart  [Group]

2019 – Habitats, Tacit Gallery, Collingwood, VIC [SOLO]

2018 – Urban Nature, Hawthorn Gallery, Hawthorn East, VIC [SOLO]

2018 – Impressions of Melbourne, Without Pier Gallery, Cheltenham, VIC [Group]

2017 – Without Pier Gallery, Cheltenham, VIC [Group]

2014 – Artist & Illustrators, Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, UK [Group]

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Prizes and Awards
2024 - Fleurieu Art Prize [finalist] 
2023 – Calleen Art Prize, [finalist]
2023 -  Hawkesbury Art Prize [Commended]
2022 – Calleen Art Prize, [finalist],
2022  - Doug Moran Prize [semi-finalist]
2021 – Paddington Art Prize, Sydney [Winner, Paddington Art Prize Defiance Gallery/ResidencyAward]

2020 - Blacktown City Art Prize [Finalist], Victorian Artist's Society Winter Exhibition [Highly Commended]

2019 – Paddington Art Prize, Sydney [Winner, Honourable Mention Prize]

2019 – Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart  [Finalist]

2019 – Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne  [Winner, City of Boroondara Prize]

2019 – Marvellous Melbourne, Its art and soul, Melbourne  [Winner, Peoples Choice Award]

2018 – St Kevins Art Show, Melbourne [Winner, Peoples Choice Award]

2017 – Camberwell Art Show, Melbourne  [Highly Commended]

2016 – Kennedy Prize, South Australia [Finalist]

2014 – Artist & Illustrators, Artist of the Year Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK [Finalist]

 

Selected Publications

2019 – Dr Amy Jackett, “Fires, Floods and desert Lakes” Catalogue Essay, Hadley’s Art Prize, July 21, 2019

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Collections

St Vincents Hospital, Wesfarmers, E&P Financial Group.

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