• Guido Maestri, The Woods Themselves (Wollemia), 2022, Oil on french polyester, 182 x 153 cm
  • Guido Maestri, Rising Damp, 2022, Oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guido Maestri, Hour of the Wilderbeest, 2022, Oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guido Maestri, Dance of the Dodo, 2022, Oil on french polyester, 182 x 153 cm
  • Guido Maestri, Neo's other tree, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guido Maestri, The Voyager, 2021, painted bronze, 70 x 50 x 23 cm, Edition of 3 +1 AP
  • Guy Maestri, The Worm, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, The Velvet Fog, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, The Eye, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Test Pattern, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Neo’s Tree, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Half Half, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Ant Lion, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Berkele's Creek, 2021, oil on linen, 200 x 240 cm
  • Guy Maestri, Bugs, 2021, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guido Maestri, The Garden, 2019, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Guido Maestri, The Lane, 2019, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm
  • Installation view of Guido Maestri, The Garden, 2019, oil on linen, 168 x 137 cm (left); Impermanent Monument, 2017-2019, painted bronze, 67 x 44 x 26 cm, edition of 3 (left sculpture); Self Portrait (For Posterity), 2017-2019, painted bronze, 60 x 40 x 26 cm, edition of 3 (right)
  • Guido Maestri, Self Portrait (For Posterity), 2017-2019, painted bronze, 60 x 40 x 26 cm, edition of 3
  • Guido Maestri, Impermanent Monument, 2017-2019, painted bronze, 67 x 44 x 26 cm, edition of 3

Guido Maestri

Born in Mudgee, a country town of New South Wales, Guido Maestri (b. 1974, Australia) is known for his highly textural, expressive works that explore the painted materiality, gesture and observation. Although he is noted for his en plein air paintings, his recent works are solely studio based and draw on ancient ecosystems, nature’s cycles, imaginary realms, sites from his past, and his immediate physical and emotional environments to question notions of reality and explore humanity’s impact on the natural world.

A graduate of The National Art School, Maestri won the prestigious Archibald Prize in 2009 and is an eight-time finalist in the Wynne Prize (2012-2017, 2020-2021) for Landscape at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia). His works are collected widely, including institutions such as National Portrait Gallery (Australia), Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia), Art Gallery of South Australia, Macquarie Bank (Australia), Parliament House (Australia) and Fubon Art Foundation (Taiwan).

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