About RONE

Rone, the Melbourne artist, has carved a distinct niche for himself, renowned for his large-scale "walkthrough" installations that breathe life into forgotten spaces. Transitioning from painting murals, Rone embarked on a transformative journey, collaborating with the very spaces themselves to evoke captivating narratives.

Together with his collaborators, Rone orchestrates the construction of these immersive installations, reminiscent of movie sets. Every aspect, from designing the furniture to meticulously placing cobwebs and dust, is executed with unparalleled attention to detail. The result is an enchanting fusion of sight, sound, and atmosphere, as carefully crafted soundscapes intertwine with dynamic lighting sequences.

Breaking free from the confines of the traditional gallery model, Rone has embraced a path less traveled, affording him the flexibility to explore new artistic horizons. His most recent triumph unfolded within the iconic Flinders Street Train Station, an architectural gem that stands as the epitome of Melbourne's identity.

Drawing from his street art background, Rone recognises the pivotal role of context in the appreciation of art. Unable to fully convey such context within the confines of a white-walled gallery, he embarked on a journey to present his work within its natural environment. Initially capturing his creations through photography, RONE swiftly extended an invitation to viewers to experience these sites firsthand. This innovative approach paved the way for collaboration with sound and lighting experts, offering Rone an entirely new dimension to incorporate into his art beyond the flat image.

Rone's work is a testament to the power of transformation, breathing new life into forgotten spaces and engaging audiences in a multi-sensory journey. With each installation, he pushes the boundaries of artistic expression, inspiring viewers to question their perceptions and embrace the beauty of impermanence.

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ARTIST CV

STUDIOS

2019 Private Studio

2004-2019 Everfresh Studio (Resident & Founding member)

2002-2003 Blender Studio

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

SELECTED COMISSIONS

2020 West Side Place - The Ritz Carlton, Empty Shop installation

2018 Westin Hotel, Perth 22m Mural

2017 Gen Fynsford, Geelong 38m Silos

2015 M-Docklands, Places Victoria 18 metre mural

2015 Embassy of Spain, Canberra Urban Art Prize

2014 National Gallery of Victoria 80m mural for Jean Paul Gaultier

2014 Melbourne Festival/Yarra trams Art Tram

2011 National Gallery of Victoria, NGV Studio space 25 Metre Wall commissioned by Gallery

2010 National Gallery of Australia (ACT) Molonglo group commissioned a 15 wall

 

INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

Geelong Gallery, Permanent Collection (2 photographic prints)

National Gallery of Victoria (4 photographic prints)

Urban Nation Museum, Berlin (Permanent Collection, Canvas)

Detroit Historical Museum Permanent Collection (print)

The State Library of Victoria Permanent Collection  (print)

PANDORA Archive  ‘r-o-n-e.com’ 

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund 2007 (8 works on paper)

Melbourne City Library ‘Street Works’ 2004

Victoria's gift to TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Urban Nation Opening Exhibtion, Berlin

2017 Kirk Gallery, Denmark

2017 “Born on the Street’ Benalla Art Gallery, Australia

2017 “Urban Currents” Kirk Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark

2016 “Brick to Canvas: A Survey of International Street Art” Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, USA

2015 “Murals in the Market” 1xRun Gallery, Detroit USA 2015 “LAX/LHR” Stolen Space Gallery, London UK

2015 “The Patterson Project”, Melbourne

2015 “Pow! WoW!” Honolulu Museum of Art, HI, USA

2014 “Miami Marine Stadium” National Trust For Historic Preservation, Miami, USA

2013 “Young Blood” | Opera Gallery, NYC, USA

2013 “Work In Progress” Above Second Gallery, Hong Kong 2013 “Writing’s On The Wall” | Metro Gallery, Melbourne

2013 “7” Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK

2013 “Keep Youth” Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay

2012 “Urban Master” Opera Gallery, London, UK

2011 “Everfresh Studio” | Ngv Studio, Melbourne

2011 “Outpost Project” Cockatoo Island, Sydney

2011 “The Super Heroes” | Edwina Corlette, Brisbane

2011 “Young & Free”, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, USA

2011 “12 X 12” Ambush Gallery, Sydney

2011 “Underbelly” | Opera Gallery, Miami, USA

2010 “On The Wall” Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne

2010 ’Everfresh:Blackbook’ Launch, Plsmis Gallery, Tokyo

2010 ’Everfresh:Blackbook’ Launch, Ambush Gallery, Sydney

2010 ’Everfresh:Blackbook’ Launch, £1000 Bend, Melbourne

2010 “Space Invaders” | National Gallery Of Australia, Canberra

2009 “Art Melbourne” Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2008 “Art Melbourne” Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2008 “Everfresh” Wasteland Gallery, Perth

2007 “Backwoods” (Everfresh Group Show) Wooden Shadow Gallery, Melbourne

2007 “The Back-Up Show” Hogan Gallery, Melbourne

2007 “No Comply 3” Federation Square, Melbourne 2005 Stencil Festival, Meatmarket, North Melbourne

2006 “No Comply 2” No Vacancy, Melbourne

2004 “Street Works” Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Stencil Festival, North Melbourne


Murals and installations in: Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Wollongong, Geelong & Bunbury) New Zealand, Vanuatu, Hong Kong, Tokyo, USA, (Hawaii, San Francisco, New York, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Austin), London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cuba, Mexico Argentina & Canada.


Professional Development

2018
Public Murals:

Docklands, Victoria, Australia
Perth, Western Australia
South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2017
Public Murals:

Geelong, Australia
Clarksdale, MI, USA
Toowoomba, Australia
Edinburgh,Scotland
Lascelles, Australia
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Benalla, Australia
New Orleans, USA

2016
Public Murals:

Gothenburg, Sweden
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Dark Mofo- Hobart,Australia Harlem NY, USA
Nashville TN, USA
Dubai, UAE
Melbourne, Australia Wellington, New Zealand Morro Bay, California, USA Bunbury, Western Australia

 

2015

National Gallery of Victoria, Speaker for La Trobe University

Public Murals:

Santiago De Cuba, Cuba Havana, Cuba
Museo Organico, Romerillo, Cuba
Varadero, Cuba
Docklands, Australia Detroit, USA
Spanish Embassy, Canberra Robina Town Centre, QLD Moreland City Council
Tokyo, Japan
Magda Gallery, London, UK Brighton, UK
Amsterdam, Netherland Vannes, Brittany, France Munich, Germany
Austin, Texas, USA
Playa Vista, USA

2014

Art Tram, Melbourne International Art Festival

Jean Paul Gaultier Mural, National Gallery of Victoria

Public Murals:

Mele Maat, Vanuatu
Powerhouse ‘Broken Window Theory’ Geelong, Australia
Downtown Hollywood Mural Project, Florida, USA
Art Basel Miami, USA
‘UrbanXChange’, Penang, Malaysia
Austin, USA
New Orleans, USA
Baton Rouge, USA
Nashville, USA
‘Miami Marine Stadium’, Miami, USA ‘Tryp’ Hotel Facade Mural, Brisbane ‘Mural Festival’ Montreal, Canada ‘Pow!Wow! Taiwan’ Public Mural, Taiwan University
‘Rue & Co’ Public Mural, Collins St, Melbourne

 

2013

’Just Graffiti’ The Age (Newspaper)

'What Is Sexy’ Tvc, Victoria’s Secret ‘Analogue Digital’ Creative Conference, Brisbane (Speaker)

‘Lunch Box Design Talks’ RMIT (Speaker)

Public Murals:

‘Rise’, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand
‘Hola Color’ Juarez, Mexico
Art Basel Miami, USA
‘Project M’ Berlin
‘Unstoppable’, Independence Australia ‘Oi You’ Mural Festival, Adelaide Wyndam Hotel Group, Brisbane
‘Pow Wow’Mural Festival, Hawaii, USA

 

2012

‘Fountain Art Fair’, Miami, USA
‘The Peoples Market’, Melbourne Australia ‘Freewalls’ Paris
‘Wonderwalls’ Mural Festival, Wollongong ‘Forest For The Trees’Mural Festival, Portland, USA
Art Basel Miami, USA
‘Pow Wow’Mural Festival, Hawaii, USA

2011 - 2003

2011 Public Murals, Art Basel Miami, USA
2010 ‘The Underbelly Project’ Hidden Subway Station, New York
2010 Founding Member Of Backwoods Gallery
2009 ‘First Five Out’ Rmit (Speaker)
2007 Public Works - Tokyo, Barcelona, New York, La
2005 ‘Live Art’ Big Day Out Festival 2004 ‘Street Art’ Livid Festival

 

 

Selected Media Coverage (Print/ TV)

2019 (TV) Channel 7 news 

2019 (TV) ABC News​

2019 (TV) Postcards​

2019 (WEB TV) Time Out

2019 (WEB TV) Urban List

2019 (TV) TRT World (Turkey)

 

2019 ABC News Street artist Rone transforms Melbourne mansion 

2019 Arts Review Empire – an installation by Rone

2019 Financial Review Artist Rone transforms derelict mansion in 'Empire'

2019 Broadsheet Rone's Empire

2019 Concrete Playground Rone: Empire

2019 The Age Street artist Rone turns back time in derelict Sherbrooke mansion

2019 The Design Files Rone's 'Empire' Eclipses All That Came Before

2019 Herald Sun beauty-among-the-decay-in-pictures

2019 The Local Project Empire by Rone Transforms a Deserted Art Deco Mansion

2019 Urban List Rone’s Latest Project Is The Transformation Of An Abandoned Art Deco Mansion

2019 Time Out Rone: Empire

2019 Weekend Notes Rone: Empire

2019 Booooooom Empire by artist Rone

2019 Daily Mail (UK) hauntingly beautiful art installation

2019 Hype Beast Rone 'Empire' Installation Australia

2019 Street Art News Rone unveils stunning project in Melbourne

2018 Domain 'eyesore transformed'

2017 Inside the ruined house that became a canvas for street artist Rone The Age

2017 Masterchef

2017 ABC Iview

2016 The Age

2016 Domain

2016 ABC.com.au -Julia Baird

2016 UK Daily Mail

2016 WSMV Bulgers Beat

2016 ‘Graffiti’ ABC

2016 7:30 interview

2015 Detroit Free Press, Cover

2015 Bliss Magazine, USA (Cover)

2015 ABC Radio Interview (Re: Vanuatu)

2015 ABC News Interview (Re: Powerhouse Geelong)

2014 Broadsheet ‘Breaking Down Rone’s Biggest Work’

2014 Broadsheet ‘Rone’s Melbourne Take Over’

2014 Seven News (90 Second National Tv ) ‘Giant Mural Unveiled In Melbourne’

2014 Ngv Gallery Magazine Feature ‘In Studio: Rone’

2014 The Age, M, (Cover Story) ‘This Rise Of Rone’

2014 Kwong Wah (Malayian Newspaper, Cover Story)

2014 The Geelong Advertiser (Cover Story Re: Powerhouse)

2013 Vogue Italia (Photo) 2013 Vna Issue 21, (Interview)

2013 Ilawarra Mercury, Nov 13 (Cover) 2013 Vanuatu Daliy Post, Jan 3 (Cover)

2013 ‘Graffiti Artist Steps Out Of The Shadows’ The Age

2013 ‘Collecting Street Art’ 7:30 Report, ABC (Feature)

2013 Leader Newspaper (Cover Story)

2012 ‘Extra’ The Sunday Age. (Photo)

2012 Laminate Most Wanted (Feature)

2012 ‘Top Five Pieces Of Street Art’ Time Out Melbourne

2012 ‘Where All Roads Lead To Rone’ The Age

2007 ‘The Girl In The Tunnel’ The Age (Feature)

2005 ‘Street Scene’ The Age (Melbourne) Magazine

 

Bibliography

Monograph: 

RONE: street art & beyond

Thames & Hudson 2020

Co-author:
EVERFRESH: BLACKBOOK Melbourne University Press, 2010

Featured Artist in:

Street Art, Lonely Planet, 2017 -The Art of the Mural, Schiffer, 2016
The Melbourne Street Art Guide, Thames & Hudson, 2016 (Cover)
Street Art Australia, Hardie Grant, 2015
Street Art Now, Sunshine, 2015
Mural XXL, Thames & Hudson, 2015
Contemporary Portraits, Index Book Barcelona, 2014 - The Art of the Underbelly Project, Rizzoli, 2012.
Space Invaders, National Gallery of Australia Publishing, 2011.
Street|Studio, Thames & Hudson, 2010
Space Invaders: National Gallery of Victoria (Exhibition catalogue), Thames & Hudson, 2010
Uncommissioned Art, Melbourne University Press, 2007
Street Art Uncut, Craftman house, 2006 -Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne, 2005

 

Documentaries

The Wanderers - 2017, ABC Iview (Featured artist)

Exit Through The Gift Shop 2010  Banksy (Appearance with credit)

Melbourne Ink- 2009 Romain Levrault & Julien Sena (Featured artist)

RASH 2005 Nicholas Hansen (Featured artist)

 

Podcasts