KILL PIXIE/MARK WHALEN
BIOGRAPHY & CV
Like archaeology in reverse, Kill Pixie's work excavates the future, searching for what is to come. Inextricably embedded in their geometrically structured environments, Kill Pixie’s humanoid characters and anthropomorphic machines are like puppets or dolls - compelled to enact roles prescribed by powers beyond their control.
However, in these meticulously crafted art objects - worked on paper in ink, acrylics, and water colours with resin, and mounted on wooden panels or handmade boxes - one senses the presence of the indomitable spirits of creativity, humour and resistance, and the power of adaptation.
The work of Kill Pixie fractures and realigns the old divides between street and studio, form and content, macro and micro views to reinterpret the universal human struggle between our antagonistic instincts for freedom and control for the contemporary era. For his rapidly expanding audience around the world, the work points towards the dynamic new understandings that will be necessary for future survival.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Observatory, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2009
Mary Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Everything's AOK, Until Never, Melbourne
2007
Kill Communication, Monster Children, Sydney
Bailbond, China Heights, Sydney
In The Woods, a collaboration between Kill Pixie & Edward Woodley, China Heights, Sydney
Kill Pixie, Until Never, Melbourne
Kill Pixie Kills Things, China Heights, Sydney
2009
Vexta, Kill Pixie & Ari Athans, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2008
Park Life, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
Kill Pixie & Cleon Peterson, White Walls, San Fransisco
Park Life Gallery, San Fransisco
The Alternative Philosophy, Leonard St Gallery, London
Hard Left, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin
Everything's AOK, Until Never, Melbourne
Welcome Home, Fecal Face, San Francisco
High Math with Ed Templeton, Geoff McFetridge & Shepard Fairy, Pool Gallery, Berlin
2007
All Star Hustlers, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco
Replace 'Please' with Fast & 'Thank You' with Good, with Anthony Lister & Kelsey Brookes, The Lab 101, Los Angeles
Fecal Face 7.5 Anniversary Show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Across the Board, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney
Brodeo with Bast, Kelsey Brookes, Date Farmers, Evan Hecox, Kill Pixie & Cleon Peterson, New Image Gallery, Los Angeles
Bootlegger, Until Never, Melbourne
Refill Seven, MTV Gallery, Sydney
Mini Pieces Exhibition, curated by Life Lounge, Melbourne Museum Plaza
Bailbond, collaboration between Kill Pixie & Edward Woodley, China Heights, Sydney
2006
What the Fuck?, Monster Children, Sydney
Sixteen x Twelve, Monster Children, Sydney
All City Style, China Heights, Sydney
Books
Kill Communication, published by Izrock Pressings, supported by Monster Children, Sydney
Selected Publications
2008
Juxtapoz, Show Stoppers, Kill Pixie & Cleon Peterson
Modart Europe, Front Cover, Issue 18
Vogue, On The Streets - Anthony Lister, Kill Pixie, Kaws & Banksy
Arkitip - issue 44 - High Math Berlin Catalogue
2007
Arkitip Magazine - issue 43 - Artist Profile
Sun Herald - Kill Communication, 4 Aug
Sydney Morning Herald - Kill Communication, 29 July
Nylon Magazine - Monster Children Gallery/Sydney Artist Kill Pixie
Monster Children - issue 14 - Studio Visit: Kill Pixie
2006
Monster Children - issue 11 - Kill Pixie vs Neckface
King Brown - issue 1 - Kill Pixie
Oyser Magazine - issue 64 - In for the Kill
Belle Magazine - Double Act - Kill Pixie/Edward Woodley
Collections
Artbank