International contemporary, public and performance artist.

Brett Ashby

The body becomes the brush. View Selected Works and Performance & Commissions.

BOVEMENT®

An evolving performance language developed through the relationship between body, ranges of motion, sound, subject and matter.

“Brett Ashby is an Australian contemporary and performance artist whose practice explores the relationship between movement, psychology, neurology and portraiture. Using the skateboard and body as extensions of the painting process, Ashby transforms the act of making into a live experience between artist, subject and audience.”

Movement, Energy, Paint

Exhibitions

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The Skateboard Is Part Of The Painting

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★★★★★

“Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Sam Newman has once again found himself face to face with Skateboarders in Docklands”

Elizabeth Moss
9 News, Journalist

★★★★★

“Brett was brilliant, a true genius and a lovely warm guy”

Sarah Mcleod
The Superjesus, Vocalist

★★★★★

“It was a wonderful evening and I'am honoured that you asked me to sit for you. It was fascinating seeing you in action”

Lisa Edwards
John Farnham, Vocalist

★★★★★

“I have a close friendship with Brett and it was great to be involved in his painting process and his first subject”

Richard Lewis
Tumbleweed, Vocalist

★★★★★

“It was a experience and with it came an unexpected intensity. Ashby rendered a recognisable image and one could sense his connection throughout the process”

Mick Harvey
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Performer

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Brett Ashby Institute Of Fine Art

377 Docklands Dr, Docklands, VIC, 3008