Joe Whyte is a Naarm/Melbourne-based Visual Artist. After graduating from Monash University with a degree in Visual Communication, he spent time studying classical drawing and painting in Argenton-Chateau, France.

Working in oils, his intricate paintings draw inspiration from the people, the places and the light of the place he knows best, Melbourne's inner-north.

Joe has exhibited widely, and has been shortlisted for numerous awards both nationally and internationally. He was the winner of the 2023 National Emerging Art Prize.

He can be found sitting in the streets and laneways of Melbourne, sketchbook in hand.

Education

2013, 2017

Studio Escalier Classical Art Academy,

Argenton Chateau, France

1999-2001

Bachelor of Visual Communication (Design)

Monash University, Melbourne

Awards

2024

Hadleys Art Prize - Finalist

2023

The William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship & Rome Residency - Winner

National Emerging Art Prize - Winner

Harden Art Prize - Winner

Hadley’s Art Prize - Finalist

Kennedy Prize - Finalist

Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Finalist

Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Prize - Finalist

Maldon Landscape Prize - Finalist

2022

AME Bale Traveling Scholarship - Finalist

Lethbridge Landscape Prize - Finalist

2021

Communication Arts Award of Excellence - Winner

Rick Amor Drawing Prize - Finalist

American Illustration - Juried Selection

2020

AME Bale Drawing Prize - Winner

2018

AME Bale Traveling Scholarship - Finalist

Select Exhibitions

2024

Salon des Refuses - S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

In Waking Hours - solo show, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne

LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne

2023

Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York

National Emerging Art Prize, Michael Reid Art Bar, Sydney

Vanguard, Outre Gallery, Melbourne

Hadley’s Art Prize, Hadley’s Orient, Hobart

Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane

LOCALS, Outre Gallery, Melbourne

Light & Space, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne

2022

AME Bale Finalists, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne

Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane

Emergence, Divisions Gallery, Melbourne

2021

Rick Amor Drawing Prize, McLelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, Langwarrin

2020

All We Love We Leave Behind - solo show, Pea Green Boat Gallery, Melbourne

AME Bale Finalists, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne

Residencies

2024

British School at Rome, Rome, Italy

Grants

2023

The William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship & Rome Residency