BIO
Meg Kelso (b.1992, Papua New Guinea) is a Naarm/Melbourne based artist working on Wurundjeri country. Her multi-disciplinary practice is grounded in a rhythmic, repetitive methodology of making. Through the collection, layering and erosion of materials and methods, Meg's practice is treated like an open-ended inquiry. She takes an iterative approach, akin to asking a question again and again, yet instead of an answer it yields new perspectives and subtle differences each time.
Informed by research into ecological philosophy and radical hope, as well as the personal experience of growing up during a volcanic eruption (Rabaul, PNG, 1994), the work finds solace in the universality of impermanence. Meg's work navigates above and below, past and present, while always returning to a reciprocal relationship with ecological forces as a grounding principle. This results in works that embrace chance and adopt an ephemeral aesthetic, selectively revealing holes and fragmentation.
Informed by research into ecological philosophy and radical hope, as well as the personal experience of growing up during a volcanic eruption (Rabaul, PNG, 1994), the work finds solace in the universality of impermanence. Meg's work navigates above and below, past and present, while always returning to a reciprocal relationship with ecological forces as a grounding principle. This results in works that embrace chance and adopt an ephemeral aesthetic, selectively revealing holes and fragmentation.
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EDUCATION
2025 - Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours), Monash University
2024 - Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Royal Melbourne Intitute of Technology
2020 - Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Painting & Printmaking), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2013 - Bachelor of Business (Marketing), University of the Sunshine Coast
RESIDENCIES 2023 - Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown Tasmania
SOLO EXHIBITS 2024 - I Think We Are Closer When We Meet This Way, 138 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Box of Rocks, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Soiree, Private Studio Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITS
2026 - The Commons Within, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne Australia
2026 - Fresh!, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Embodiment of Summer, Nightingale Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Dreams & Nightmares, Artemesia Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Storytelling, Intermission Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2025 - Compline, Oddany Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2024 - BUFF, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Coming Home, Strawberry Fields Bush Art Gallery, Tocomwal, Australia
2022 - Trace, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 - VACANT Vol. 2, Upstairs of the Pinnacle Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
2021 - Arise, Oigall Projects, Melbourne, Australia
2020 - Any Colour You Like, Marfa Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
CURATION
2025 - Curator at All The Very Best gallery, Abbotsford, Australia [current]
2024 - BUFF, group show co-curated with myself, Isaac Lizardo & Riley Beaumont, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Coming Home, group show, Strawberry Fields Bush Art Gallery, Tocomwal, Australia
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
2025 - Poster art for Poster For Good, Australia.
2024 - Poster art for Kanvas Presents, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Posted Home; mural & live painting, Revolver Upstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2020 - Alone, Together; public art projection, Melbourne, Australia
2019 - Pink Moon; wine label design, Limus Wine, South Australia
AWARDS
2026 - Wardle Craft Prize (Selected by partners John Wardle & Meaghan Dwyer as a part of the Fresh! exhibition at Craft Victoria)
2024 - Garland Membership Award (RMIT Graduation Exhibition)
PRESS
2026 - LowBrow Review by Amalia Série-Ruiz - read here
2025 - Mass Memo Review by Giulia Lallo - read here
2024 - RMIT Art School Graduate Profile - access here
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Eastern Kulin nation who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I create. I pay my respects to the Wurundjeri Elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that this land was never ceded.2025 - Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours), Monash University
2024 - Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Royal Melbourne Intitute of Technology
2020 - Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts (Painting & Printmaking), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2013 - Bachelor of Business (Marketing), University of the Sunshine Coast
RESIDENCIES 2023 - Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown Tasmania
SOLO EXHIBITS 2024 - I Think We Are Closer When We Meet This Way, 138 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Box of Rocks, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Soiree, Private Studio Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITS
2026 - The Commons Within, Schoolhouse Studios, Melbourne Australia
2026 - Fresh!, Craft Victoria, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Embodiment of Summer, Nightingale Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Dreams & Nightmares, Artemesia Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2025 - Storytelling, Intermission Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2025 - Compline, Oddany Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2024 - BUFF, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Coming Home, Strawberry Fields Bush Art Gallery, Tocomwal, Australia
2022 - Trace, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 - VACANT Vol. 2, Upstairs of the Pinnacle Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
2021 - Arise, Oigall Projects, Melbourne, Australia
2020 - Any Colour You Like, Marfa Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
CURATION
2025 - Curator at All The Very Best gallery, Abbotsford, Australia [current]
2024 - BUFF, group show co-curated with myself, Isaac Lizardo & Riley Beaumont, Green Floor Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Coming Home, group show, Strawberry Fields Bush Art Gallery, Tocomwal, Australia
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
2025 - Poster art for Poster For Good, Australia.
2024 - Poster art for Kanvas Presents, Melbourne, Australia
2023 - Posted Home; mural & live painting, Revolver Upstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2020 - Alone, Together; public art projection, Melbourne, Australia
2019 - Pink Moon; wine label design, Limus Wine, South Australia
AWARDS
2026 - Wardle Craft Prize (Selected by partners John Wardle & Meaghan Dwyer as a part of the Fresh! exhibition at Craft Victoria)
2024 - Garland Membership Award (RMIT Graduation Exhibition)
PRESS
2026 - LowBrow Review by Amalia Série-Ruiz - read here
2025 - Mass Memo Review by Giulia Lallo - read here
2024 - RMIT Art School Graduate Profile - access here