Steve Rosendale

Bio / CV

Steve Rosendale resides in Melbourne, Australia. His work is an exploration of the past, and has the ability to re-tell those images in a contemporary and cinematic language. Rosendale draws upon a tradition that’s all around us. As an archivist, he tirelessly trawls the collective subconscious, and discarded fragments of memory. Equipped with his eye for the compositional, he juxtaposes iconography into something intransigent and thrilling.

Education
1999 Bachelor of Arts Degree (Fine-Art Painting), Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
1996 Diploma: Foundations in Art and Design, Box Hill T.A.F.E., VIC
1994 Certificate: Basic Photography, Holmesglen T.A.F.E., VIC

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 ”Time Beauty Attention” The G Contemporary Queensland
2024 ”Half Hidden Houses” The G Contemporary Queensland
2023 “All Day Sunrise” The Gallery Eumundi Queensland
2022 “Cinéma du Look” The Gallery Eumundi Queensland
2021 “Transfiguration Of The Commonplace” The G Contemporary Queensland
2020 “I Was A Teenage Narcissist” The G Contemporary Queensland
2019 “It’s Ok On TV.”” Libby Edwards Gallery Melbourne
2019 ‘’Winter’’ Metro Gallery, Melbourne
2018 “Uncertain Silence” Libby Edwards Gallery 550 Swan St Studios, Melbourne
2017 “Black Or Burning Sun” 550 Swan St Studios, Melbourne
2016 “Roadside” Red Gallery, Melbourne
2015 ‘’Postcards’’ Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2014 ‘’Recent Work Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2013 “Cinerama”” Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2012 “The Material Gaze” Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2011 “For A Few Dollars More” Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2010 “Bring the Money, Come Alone” Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2009 “Incidental” – Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne
2008 “Ultraviolet Way” – Libby Edwards Galleries, Brisbane
2007 “New Work” – Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2007 “Portraits” – Off the Kerb, Melbourne
2006 “Silhouettes” – Brunswick Arts Collective, Melbourne
2004 “New Paintings” – Thierry B Gallery, Melbourne
2003 “Recent Work “ – Steven Print Gallery, Melbourne
2002 “Innercity” – Steven Print Gallery, Melbourne
2003 “Steve Rosendale” – Gallery Ranfurlie, Melbourne
2002 “Paintings” -The Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2002 “The City “- Goya Galleries, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 The Great Outdoors Arcadia Gallery New York
2023 Five and Under Arcadia Gallery New York
2023 Los Angeles Art Show with Arcadia Gallery New York
2022 Vanguard Outre Gallery Melbourne
2021 Metro Summer, Metro Gallery Melbourne
2020 Metro Salon, Metro Gallery Melbourne
2019 Winter, Metro Gallery Melbourne
2010 “Network” The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
2008 ArtBrisbane08, Thierry B Contemporary Art, Stand C10, Brisbane
2008 ArtSydney08, Thierry B Contemporary Art, Stand A17, Sydney
2008 ArtMelbourne08, Thierry B Contemporary Art, Stand D13, Melbourne
2006 The Brunswick Arts Collective, Melbourne
2005 Libby Edwards Galleries, Brisbane
2005 Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney
2003 VARIETY Celebrity Art Auction, Sotheby’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Melbourne
2003 “Exploration 4“ – Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
2000 “Emerging Artists Program” – Myra Gallery, Melbourne
1999 “Local” – Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Indigo Studios, Melbourne
1998 “Artists Online” – The Jackman Gallery, Melbourne

Bibliography
2023 Art Edit Magazine Profile by Rosy Leake https://artedit.com.au/?s=rosendale
2014 Design Addicts online publication http://designaddicts.com.au/platform/2013/07/30/you-i-steve-rosendale
2010 Art In Geelong webpage exhibition revue http://artingeelong.com/2011/01/15/net-work-the-tlf-exhibition
2008 Girdham, Ronnie ‘Art Section’, Sunday Mail Brisbane, pg. 14, April 20th
2008 Turner, Tonya ‘Around the Galleries’, The Courier Mail, pg. 39, April 21st
2007 Robert James, “Steve Rosendale”, On painters & painting, March
2007 Diana Simmonds, “Steve Rosendale”, STAGENOISE, March
2006 Holsworth Mark, “Rinaldi Gallery & Brunswick Arts”, Culture Critic @ Melbourne, 6th August

Prizes
2025 Finalist : Lethbridge Gallery Small Works Prize Brisbane
2014 Finalist: Doug Moran Portrait Prize Melbourne
2012 Finalist: Mount Eyre Vineyard Art Prize

Collections
Works held in private collections across Australia and most recently London, New York, Los Angeles, Porutgal, Switzerland and France.