Piero Clemente Garreffa
Born July 10, 1982, in Mildura, Australia. Lives and works in Melbourne. Graduate of the Master of Fine Art program at RMIT University (2021). Finalist for the Paul Guest Arts Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery (2018) and the Pro Hart Outback Arts Prize at Broken Hill City Art Gallery (2024).
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022: Poking a Stick at an Ants Nest, Mildura Arts Centre.
- 2021: Look and See, Marios 303, Brunswick Street, Melbourne.
- 2019: Icons and Nostalgia, Marios 303, Brunswick Street, Melbourne.
- 2018: Untitled, Babe Space, Melbourne.
- 2009: New Lessons, Gallery 27, Deakin, Mildura.
- 2006: Art by Piero, Gallery 27, Deakin, Mildura.
Group Exhibitions
- 2024: Pro Hart Out Back arts prize, Broken Hill City Art gallery, Broken Hill.
- 2024: No Vacancy annual art show, No Vacancy, Melbourne.
- 2024: Gioa, a collaborative exhibition with Melissa Grisanach, On the Corner Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2023: National Photographic Portrait Prize, Sunju Calabrese, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.
- 2023: Sun-Raysed, Workspace3496, Mildura.
- 2021: RMIT School of Art Online Graduate Show, Melbourne.
- 2021: Re-manifested, Arts Mildura, Mildura.
- 2021: RMIT Hall and Wilcox Acquisitive Arts Prize, Melbourne.
- 2021: Lily Mora at Sunday Salon, Group Show, Melbourne.
- 2019: Self Portrait 2019 A.D., SMALL!, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne.
- 2019: Hey Love What You Thinkin, Trouble Makers II, Versus Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2019: Hands in Pants, Eat Sleep Paint Repeat, BSIDE Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2019: Nude Study, Breathru, Montsalvat, Melbourne.
- 2018: Bugiardo, Paul Guest Arts Prize, Bendigo Regional Gallery, Bendigo.
- 2018: Greatest Dancer, Dodgy Paper, BSIDE Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2018: World's Favourite Emoji, 50x50 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery.
- 2018: Cock Hors D'oeuvres, Inquisitive Palette Prize, Tacit Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2011: You Can’t Polish a Turd, White Cube Gallery, Mildura.
- 2009: Down a Drain, Mildura Palimpsest, Mildura.
- 2006: Common Love, Group Show, Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne.
- 2005: Christmas Group Show, Wall Flowers Gallery, Melbourne.
Residencies
- 2011: Premiere Art Studios, Mildura.
- 2009: Yard Studios, Hackney Wick, London.
- 2008: Studio 70 Rosso, Florence, Italy.
Collections
- The Elliot Collection, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura.
- Stefano Di Pieri Private Collection.
- Victorian State Parliament House.
- Private and esteemed collections in Italy, France, England, the United States, Germany, and Spain.
Publications
- Pettinau, R. “Park Street Pasta & Wine,” Melbourne, AU, 2018, 13-14.
- Middleton, C. “Ones to Watch,” Art/Edit + Interior Design Magazine, no. 30 (2021): 27.
- “Exhibition Tour: Poking a Stick at an Ants Nest,” 2022.
- National Portrait Gallery, “National Photographic Portrait Prize,” 2023, https://www.portrait.gov.au/npppphoto/104139/.
- The Design Files, “Aleksandra Harsic and Jamie McHutchison,” 2023, https://thedesignfiles.net/2023/10/aleksandra-harsic-jamie-mchutchison-fitzroy-north.
