Gus Armstrong

b.1992, Kandos, New South Wales

 

Selected Education and Training

 

Bachelor of Photography, CIT, Canberra

Cert III Graphic Design and Printing

 

Current Positions

Scam BBQ - Back & Front end commissioner
Milo Live - Creative Director

WAYOUTDOOR Cinema - Director

CEMENTA - Install Manager

Arts Out West - Media Associate

Mudgee Arts Precinct - Installer

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery - Installer

Cowra Regional Art Gallery - Installer

 

Previous Positions

 

WAYOUT Artspace Exhibitions Director

 

Collections

 

2021 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize,Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

2022 Mudgee Arts Precinct Portrait Prize Winner of Best Portrait

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2025 Yamandirra, Powerhouse Museum Sydney, commissioned by Jo Clancy

2025   Giralang Bundinya, NEWCO Kandos

2025   Ban Creeks - Wet Lands BRAG Digital Platforms

2021 Fright and Fragility, AIRspace Marrickville

2021 Unquestionably Dry, Gunnedah Bicentennial Artspace

2020 Unquestionably Dry, WAYOUT Artspace Kandos

2017 Milo Heat, Gallery 47, Rylstone

2016 Makers of Madness, Artisan On Lewis, Mudgee

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2025 A Creek Dreaming, Northern Beaches Environmental Art Prize
2025 Do, You, Love, ? 001,002,003, Firstdraft fundraiser

2024 deathbed5000, Vision 20/50 impossible arts festival

2024 Cultural Introduction, Mudgee Arts Precincts Biennial Portrait Prize finalist

2024  Tru Luv, Firstdraft auction

2024 Earn Your Welcome, Cementa Salon Exhibition

2024 Giralang Bundinya, Cementa Biennial Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos commissioned by Jo Clancy

2024 The Problems With Fences v.2 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

2024 Creek Dreaming Creekfeast, curated by Maddi Obi

2023 There Is No Lead Mine Here WAYOUT Artspace, Kandos Curated by Gus Armstrong

2023 Dubitatur Tensio, Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Hot Reels

2023 Fixed,  Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Art Prize
2022   High Waters On The Shoulders Of Giants, Mudgee Arts Precincts Portrait Prize

2022 Dubitatur Tensio, ‘So hot right now now now’ Firstdraft curated by Amala Groom, Kris Townsend, Alex Wisser

2022 Destruction of the family unit Cementa 2022 Salon Exhibition at WAYOUT Artspace

2022 Catharsis in Cm, Sunset Cinema, Winter Warmer, Curated by James Miller

2022 I (mis)connection, While The World Waits, ArtsOutWest, curated by Steven Cavanaugh

2021 Necropsy of A Swan, 'No Show' Carriageworks, Sydney, Curated by Aarna Hanley

2021 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre

2019 WAYOUT Commitee Vanitas: The Bitter Crust, WAYOUT Artspace, Kandos

2019 Sims Metal Waste To Art Exhibition, Regent Cinema, Oberon

2019 Mudgee Readers Festival Art Exhibition, curated by Sam Paine

2018 Pyrotechnica’ Survey 2  Exhibition, Clandulla State Forest, Kandos

2017 The Hill End Table Book Launch, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst

2017 Postcards From The Milonian, Backyard Opera, Sydney

 

Selected Awards, Bursaries, Grants and Prizes

 

2022 Mudgee Arts Precinct Portrait Prize Winner of Best Portrait

2021 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize Finalist

2021 Head On 2020 Vision Finalist

2019 Sims Metal Waste To Art Best Overall Work

 

Selected Residences, Labs, Workshops, Masterclasses and other Professional Development
 

2024 - Vision 2050 Future Arts Festival via Arts OutWest

2023 - Lawson Creek Arts Fellowship
2022 - Regional Artists Mentorship Program with Amala Groom