Following a career as an advertising art director, Chris Bilby is an emerging visual artist with a Master of Fine Arts from RMIT University.
Currently living and working in Melbourne, his work incorporates drawing, painting, digital printmaking, and collage. A graphic approach is evident in his practice, with an affinity for typography and references to pop culture, informed by his professional background. Often featuring disparate figurative and abstracted images, his work contemplates themes such as memory, transience, identity, connection, and hope.
Having recently lived in China for three years, Bilby’s latest exhibition focused on the intersection of personal and collective narratives across divergent cultures and explored the role of the grid and the archive.
His work is in private collections in Australia, Asia, USA, UK, and Europe.
Education
2022 Master of Fine Art, RMIT University, Melbourne
1986 Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication, RMIT, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Spacious Palaces of Memory, Luren Gallery, Suzhou, China
2022 Immortal Clickstream, RMIT Gossard Space, Melbourne, Australia
Group Exhibitions
2024 Friends Everywhere, BFM Art Centre/AWG Gallery, Suzhou, China
2023 Because of a Bridge, BFM Art Centre, Suzhou, China
2022 MFA Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Volunteer Experience
2019 Studio Assistant at Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
