Born in 1975, Sean Meilak works in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, video, sculpture and installation. Sean’s work explores the layering of personal and collective histories and the psychology of space often referencing the architecture of ancient Rome, theatre and film set design as well as modern and postmodern art, architecture and design movements.

After completing a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1997, Sean acted as Co-Director and Programme Co-ordinator of 1stFloor artists and writers space, until 2002. Sean was a studio artist at 200 Gertrude Street (2000-2002) and in 2006 he undertook an Australia Council residency at the Cité International des Arts in Paris.

Sean has had numerous solo exhibitions at Niagara Galleries including: The way we live today (2003) and Marble Park (2017). Group exhibitions include: Swoon, ACCA, Melbourne (2004); Pitch Your Own Tent, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2005); Screenings: International and Australian New Media Works, UBS Contemporary Art Galleries, NGV International, Melbourne (2006); Constellations: A large number of small drawings, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2010), Born into Space, Geelong Gallery Melbourne (2017), From Where We Stand, Artbank, Sydney (2018).

Sean Meilak currently lives and works in Melbourne.

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