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 history, 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

Volunteer

2019        Studio Assistant at Arts Project Australia, Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2025        The Spacious Palaces of Memory, Luren Gallery, Suzhou, China

2022        Immortal Clickstream, RMIT Gossard Space, Melbourne, Australia

Group Exhibitions

2026 MAVA Art Prize Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

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

Awards

2026 MAVA Art Prize, Runner Up

2026 ‍ ‍MAVA Art Prize, People’s Choice Award