Steven Rendall’s work is littered with references to technology, art history, horror movies, weird fiction and pop music. Materials, images and meanings are scavenged and rearranged via various methods including painting, sculpture and video.

Rendall was born in the UK in 1969. He moved to Melbourne in 2000 where he currently lives and works as a lecturer in the School of Art at RMIT University. He completed a BVA (Honours) at DeMontfort University in Leicester (1990-93), undertook post-graduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools in London (1993-96) and completed a PhD at Monash University in 2015. Rendall has staged numerous exhibitions in Australia and elsewhere including Collision Drive at Wimbledon College of Arts (2019).

His work is in private and public collections including The National Gallery of Victoria; The Monash University Collection; Artbank; RMIT University Art Collection; Geelong Gallery; Bendigo Art Gallery; The City of Melbourne; St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne; St. Helier Hospital London. He is a finalist in the 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and recently exhibited works at Heide Museum of Modern Art (2023); Blindside (2023) and RMIT Gallery (2023).