CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Michael Gromm

Michael Gromm completed his Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 2002 at the Univeristy of Ballarat. He has exhibited widely over the past 13 years, staging solo exhibitions and being included in numerous group shows in both Melbourne and Geelong. Gromm has been a finalist in The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize (2016), The Scope Galleries Art Prize (2012), The Metro Gallery Art Prize (2010), The Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize (2008) and was announced the winner of the David Pratt Drawing Award (2001).

In 2015 Gromm was selected to exhibit in FLG's Exploration Exhibition for emerging and unsigned artists. He was awarded the FLG Emerging Artist Award in 2015 and held a very successful debut solo exhibition with FLG in June 2016, with works entering collections in Singapore, USA and across Australia.

I have an innate fascination with what is not known, and enjoy those moments when my eyes perceive things incorrectly. Those moments, usually out of the corner of my eye, when a few shapes or movements blend together to trigger a response from my consciousness. My works delve into the unknown and form unplanned, unending puzzles; a game of charades for both me and the viewer. However, among the puzzles there exists an overarching awareness that sets the direction of my works, and strikes a fundamental balance between letting the paint do as it wants, and making it do as it is told.
Michael Gromm 2015

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Disco End Ever, by Phe Luxford 2016

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Waiting for my life to become a cigarette advertisement 2017
Oil & acrylic on canvas
182cm x 152cm
$7,500 AUD

Valium Cuddles 2017
oil & acrylic on canvas
182cm x 152cm
$7,500 AUD

Young Bear Playing Great Defence 2017
oil and acrylic on canvas
182cm x 152cm
$7,500 AUD

Any Malls 2017
Oil & acrylic on canvas
182cm x 152cm
$7,500 AUD

Ferrari Corrosion 2017
Oil & acrylic on canvas
182cm x 152cm
(in artist's studio)
$7,500 AUD

Dumbo finds some plastic 2017
Oil & acrylic on canvas
140cm x 120cm
$4,500 AUD

mymumalwaystoldmenottolicktheknifebecauseimightcutmytongue 2016
oil & acrylic on linen
182cm x 152cm
(in artists studio)
$7,500 AUD

sweetsweepsleepsteepsteelsteer 2016
oil & acrylic on linen
182cm x 152cm
(in artists studio)
$7,500 AUD

I Wish You Would Stop Following My Wishes 2016
oil and acrylic on linen
116cm x 91cm
(in artists studio)
$2,800 AUD

Is This Vanity Or Am I Crying Because I'm Finding My Religion 2016
oil and acrylic on linen
116cm x 91cm
(in artists studio)
$2,800 AUD

The Psychologist Left Through The Back Door 2016
oil and acrylic on linen
30cm x 30cm
(in artists studio)
$550 AUD