BORN

1983  Sydney NSW

STUDIES

2022

Master of Fine Art (Printmaking), National Art School

2016

Bachelor of Fine Art (Printmaking), National Art School

EXHIBITION STATEMENT

“Walking through the aisles of Bunnings looking for a circular saw blade, spirit level and 3M hooks I ended up in the nursery. I bought a coffee from the kiosk and started taking photos of all the plants and flowers, neatly arranged in long rows, stacked on tiered shelving like cereal. This was the beginning of a small series of paintings, the idea given to me by chance”.⁠

ARTIST STATEMENT

Bartok’s work can loosely be described as Pop social commentary, taking images from the social spheres of Google and then hand-tracing, scanning, and re-contextualising them into an allegory for our current cultural situation.

Human failure, light entertainment and social constructs are playfully lampooned into a kaleidoscope of the public and private worlds of Western civilisation.

“I recognise the privileged role of the artist to be able to reflect the world around them and to question things we take for granted, without any outside editing or mediation. I’m not interested in art about art or art about theory, I’m interested in art about us.”

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 – February – Harvey Galleries/ NAS Group Show

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2022 – Max Foley Memorial Award: Winner

2022 – The Waverley Art Prize: Finalist

2021 – The Grace Cossington Smith Art Price: Finalist

2020 – The Lester Prize for Portraiture: Finalist

2019 – The Kilgour Art Prize: Finalist

2018 – The Mosman Art Prize: Finalist

2016 – The Fisher’s Ghost Award for Drawing: First Prize