Neil Tomkins.

Neil Tomkins (b. 1987) is an award winning Australian artist. Over ten years of painting Tomkins has explored a contemporary approach to landscapes of Australia and beyond. Re-interpreting what he sees before him through symbolic colour and authentic mark making. He was a finalist in the 2020 Archibald Prize awarded by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Neil has also been involved in various artists residencies and studio programs in Portugal, Peru, South America, Mexico & Tasmania. His work is currently held in private collections throughout Australia, South America, Mongolia, Mexico and New York.

‘My aim is to connect with place, to find the spaces of stillness within the motions of the everyday. In this sense I would consider many of the direct references to landscape to be an exploration of how we as individuals visually consider the world around us.

Often breaking down the subject matter into fragments, my work alludes to a connection through displacement. I represent a re-emergence of the travel painter- a deep seeking into the unknown expressed with a joyous appreciation.

Over the last few years, I have been focused on what I call the dissected landscape. Through connection and interpretation of space my work develops on the idea of spatial understanding and interpretation. The work is created using representational ideals of landscape layered into a collaged form creating and interpretive approach which encourages the audience to be an active participant.’

-Neil Tomkins