Fashion Artists

8 February - 8 March 2025
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Opening event: Saturday 15th February, 5-7pm

Fashion Artists

 

curated by Paola Di Trocchio

 

 

Fashion Artists explores the work of artists and designers critiquing, questioning and celebrating the specificities of fashion culture, industry and artisanship across an array of media. Through drawing, film, photography, soft sculpture, jewellery and fashion, designers and artists reflect fashion’s textured portrayals of beauty, meaning, identity and more.

 

The term ‘fashion artists’ derives from the 2016 National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) exhibition Viktor and Rolf: Fashion Artists curated by Thierry Maxime Loriot. Viktor and Rolf use the term to describe themselves and their practice, the uninhibited creative ethos of all great artists and designers, and the constant desire to push the boundaries within their practice.

 

This term has been adopted and expanded in this exhibition and features work by artists and designers: Akira Isogawa, Amy Cottrell, Atong Atem, Bobby Corica, Collagism, Iltja Ntjarra artist Mandy Malbunka, Jenna Lee, Justin Ridler, Kate Rohde, Matea Gluščević, Michael Zavros, Phong Chi Lai, Romance was Born, Scotty So, Strateas Carlucci, Yarrenyty Altere art collective artists Marlene Rubuntja and Ronda Sharpe, Yanggurdi and Youkhana

 

 

 

 

Dr. Paola Di Trocchio is a leading fashion curator, writer and speaker. In her 20-year career at the National Gallery of Victoria, she curated and co-curated 22 fashion and textiles exhibitions including 200 Years of Australian Fashion. In 2025 she completed her PhD on self-fashioning and rapid curation through a case study of Anna Piaggi.

Works
  •  Atong Atem ,  Kitchen Table , 2024
     Atong Atem ,  Kitchen Table , 2024
  • Amy Cottrell,  The Golden Hour , 2025
    Amy Cottrell,  The Golden Hour , 2025
  • Akira, Three trouser jacket, 2025
    Akira, Three trouser jacket, 2025
  • Bobby Corcia, Malocchio mirror, 2025
    Bobby Corcia, Malocchio mirror, 2025
  • Collagism, Heavy Lifting but make it fabulous, 2024
    Collagism, Heavy Lifting but make it fabulous, 2024
  • Collagism, The Buck stops here, 2024
    Collagism, The Buck stops here, 2024
  • Collagism, Tira-miss-u, 2024
    Collagism, Tira-miss-u, 2024
  • Collagism, Yummy Gummy, 2024
    Collagism, Yummy Gummy, 2024
  • Mandy Malbunka, Hand Painted Thepa Dress, 2023
    Mandy Malbunka, Hand Painted Thepa Dress, 2023
  • Mandy Malbunka, Hand Painted Thepa Backpack, 2023
    Mandy Malbunka, Hand Painted Thepa Backpack, 2023
  • Kate Rohde, Iridescent neckpiece, 2025
    Kate Rohde, Iridescent neckpiece, 2025
  • Kate Rohde, A pretty folly neckpiece, 2025
    Kate Rohde, A pretty folly neckpiece, 2025
  • Kate Rohde, Serpentine neckpiece, 2025
    Kate Rohde, Serpentine neckpiece, 2025
  • Justin Ridler, Iris 01, 2025
    Justin Ridler, Iris 01, 2025
  • Justin Ridler, Iris 02, 2025
    Justin Ridler, Iris 02, 2025
  • Justin Ridler, Iris 03, 2025
    Justin Ridler, Iris 03, 2025
  • Jenna Lee, Dana-la (dillybag) vessel: dots (1-3), 2025
    Jenna Lee, Dana-la (dillybag) vessel: dots (1-3), 2025
  • Jenna Lee, Dana-la (dillybag) vessel: lines, (1-3), 2025
    Jenna Lee, Dana-la (dillybag) vessel: lines, (1-3), 2025
  • Michael Zavros, Boy Blowing A Bubble, 2025
    Michael Zavros, Boy Blowing A Bubble, 2025
  • Michael Zavros, Dad in Charlie Change Pin Stripe Double Blazer, 2024
    Michael Zavros, Dad in Charlie Change Pin Stripe Double Blazer, 2024
  • Michael Zavros, Dad in Prada and YSL, 2024
    Michael Zavros, Dad in Prada and YSL, 2024
  • Michael Zavros , Dad in Viktor & Rolf, Dior and Saint Laurent, 2024
    Michael Zavros , Dad in Viktor & Rolf, Dior and Saint Laurent, 2024
  • Matea Gluscevic, Forest Stompers, 2025
    Matea Gluscevic, Forest Stompers, 2025
  • Matea Gluscevic, I’m Home, 2025
    Matea Gluscevic, I’m Home, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, Always Flowers, 2025
    Strateas Carlucci, Always Flowers, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, For those who want to see them, 2025
    Strateas Carlucci, For those who want to see them, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, Societal Camouflage _ 01, 2025
    Strateas Carlucci, Societal Camouflage _ 01, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, Societal Camouflage _ 02, 2025
    Strateas Carlucci, Societal Camouflage _ 02, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, Submission, 2025
    Strateas Carlucci, Submission, 2025
  • Strateas Carlucci, Worn Out Macro Coat, 2024
    Strateas Carlucci, Worn Out Macro Coat, 2024
  • Scotty So, The Dance of the Seven Scarlett Veils, 2023
    Scotty So, The Dance of the Seven Scarlett Veils, 2023
  • Romance was Born , Look 41 The Nothing spring-summer, 2025
    Romance was Born , Look 41 The Nothing spring-summer, 2025
  • Phong Chi Lai, A Fabulous Nobody, 2025
    Phong Chi Lai, A Fabulous Nobody, 2025
  • Rhonda Sharpe, Tjulpu Tjuta, 2025
    Rhonda Sharpe, Tjulpu Tjuta, 2025
  • Yanggurdi, Adorn Country, 2024
    Yanggurdi, Adorn Country, 2024
  • Youkhana, Fluid spiral , 2025
    Youkhana, Fluid spiral , 2025
  • Youkhana, Spiral dress , 2024
    Youkhana, Spiral dress , 2024
  • Marlene Rubuntja, Kwatja, 2025
    Marlene Rubuntja, Kwatja, 2025
  • Marlene Rubuntja, Rubuntja Plain, 2025
    Marlene Rubuntja, Rubuntja Plain, 2025
  • Marlene Rubuntja, Rubuntja Plain, my Fathers Country, 2025
    Marlene Rubuntja, Rubuntja Plain, my Fathers Country, 2025
  • Marlene Rubuntja, The Gap, 2025
    Marlene Rubuntja, The Gap, 2025