Victoria Reichelt (b. 1979) investigates objects and ideas that are threatened by redundancy, largely due to advances in digital technologies. A stunning realist painter, her medium enforces her message by affirming the place of painting in a world of digital saturation.
Reichelt won the 2013 Sulman Art Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and has been short-listed for a number of major art prizes including the John Leslie Art Prize, UQ Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, the Gold Award and the Fletcher Jones Art Prize. She has exhibited internationally at ArtBasel Hong Kong (2019), ART16 London (2016), Art Stage Singapore (2013) and the Korean International Art Fair (2011). Her work has been curated into major Australian exhibitions such as ‘We are Gold Coast: Works from the Gallery at HOTA Collection’, HOTA Gold Coast (2018); ‘Still: National Still life Award’, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery (2017); Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney (2017); ‘Survival Bias’, La Trobe Art Institute (2017); ‘Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007 – 2017’, Orange Regional Gallery (2017); John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery (2016);
‘Discerning Judgement’, Supreme Court Library QLD (2015); ‘The Medium is the Message’, La Trobe University Art Gallery (2014); ‘Remix. Post. Connect: The University of Queensland Artists’ Self Portrait Portrait Prize’, University of Queensland Art Museum (2013); ‘The Gold Award’, Rockhampton Art Gallery (2012); Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery (2011); Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery (2010); ‘Flying Colours’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery (2009); ‘Red Exhibition’, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney (2009);
‘Still Life 1930s – Present’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery (2009); ‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’, QAG|GOMA (2008); and Arc Biennale, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane (2007);
