Niels Oeltjen
Abridged Artist CV
• Bullet denotes solo show
Exhibitions | ||||
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| 2010 | Oct | Space Invaders Works on paper by street artists | National Gallery of Australia | Canberra/Aus |
| 2010 | Oct | May’s: The May Lane Street Art Project Touring show | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Bathurst/Aus |
| 2010 | Jul | Street/Studio Street artists launch book | Black Rat Projects | London/UK |
| 2010 | Jul | Wooden Foundations Art group make art from recycled materials | No Vacancy QV | Melb/Aus |
| 2010 | Jun | Street/Studio Street artists launch book | No Vacancy Fed Square | Melb/Aus |
| 2010 | Jun | King Brown magazine launch Launch of magazine | The Butcher Shop | Perth/Aus |
| 2010 | Jun | • Biolume (extended) Sculptural works + prints | No Vacancy Fed Square | Melb/Aus |
| 2010 | May | • Biolume Sculptural works + prints | SouthSouthWest | Melb/Aus |
| 2010 | Feb | Risographica! Fine art prints using the Risograph printing process | Lamington Drive | Melb/Aus |
| 2009 | Oct | Fundraislinn Group show fundraiser for Aislinn | Helen Gory Galerie | Melb/Aus |
| 2009 | Mar | Wilkintie at Outre Special event to show Wilkintie | Outre | Melb/Aus |
| 2009 | Mar | May’s Painting in retrospective of May | CarriageWorks | Syd/Aus |
| 2009 | Jan | Jacky Winter Group Show Group show launching illustration agency gallery | Lamington Drive | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | Nov | Poketo Australian Series Launch show for the LA label | Robio | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | Nov | No Comply Latest instalment in ongoing series of shows around skateboards | No Vacancy | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | Nov | Grow Wild Group show curated by Sleep Club | Utopian Slumps | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | Sep | • Making~Doo Paintings + Installation | Lamington Drive | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | Jun | The 40 Thieves Group show | Gorker | Melb/Aus |
| 2008 | May | No Vacancy Opening of new gallery | No Vacancy (QV) | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Dec | Greatest Hits A Retrospective of a year of Monster Children Gallery | Lee Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Dec | Jacky Winter Launch Launch exhibition for a boutique Illustration agency | Carlton Studios | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Nov | • Vagabond Street-based exhibition/performance showing paintings from a suitcase | Melbourne | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Nov | 1 Size, 1 Prize All works in standard format | SuperPlan | Berlin/Ger |
| 2007 | Aug | • Making~Do Paintings + Installation | Monster Children Gallery | Syd/Aus |
| 2007 | Jun | Bootlegger Bandannas by 19 artists from all over the world (Curation + production) | Until Never | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Apr | Refill Seven International artists designing laser-cut skateboards | MTV Gallery | Syd/Aus |
| 2007 | Apr | No Comply Artists make art on skateboards | Federation Square Atrium | Melb/Aus |
| 2006 | Dec | Monster Children Xmas show Fundraiser | Monster Children Gallery | Syd/Aus |
| 2006 | Nov | Self-Titled Launch show of Jade Palmer | Autopsy Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2006 | Jul | Outside over there Launch of The Guild #2 | Imp Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2006 | May | May’s Retrospective Exhibition displaying panels by artists | MTV Gallery | Syd/Aus |
| 2006 | May | May’s Painted panel displayed in laneway | May Lane | Syd/Aus |
| 2006 | Mar | Signs of the Times Exhibition looking at the history of signage in Melbourne | City Museum | Melb/Aus |
| 2006 | Mar | Nicholas: The life of a building Artists working in the Nicholas Building | Blindside | Melb/Aus |
| 2005 | Oct | Big Brobot v Nails Mural for the opening of store (with Lars Niebuhr) | Big Brobot | Berlin/Ger |
| 2005 | Jun | Citylights presents Nails Paintings in lightboxes | Citylights Centre Place | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Oct | Surface Artists create works inside a Docklands building | Shed 2 (MFF) | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Sep | Pieces Artists make lightboxes. Collaboration with Phibs | Citylights Hosier Lane | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Aug | Yume Exhibition focusing on toy culture | Outskirts Tshirt Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | May | FORT Large installation of treehouse and surrounding environment | NEXTwave Arts Festival | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Apr | Battleship Show featuring wall works | Early Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Mar | • Ostwind Solo show of paintings in an installation | Early Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Dec | Transfigure ACMIpark game on display | ACMI | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Oct | Halloween Exhibition to celebrate Halloween | Outskirts Tshirt Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | May | Boltz/Voltz Boltz art group | Seventh Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | May | Mish Mash Group show. 1 painting | Outskirts Tshirt Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Apr | Bong On 03 Bongs made by artists from various disciplines | BUS Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Mar | Outside In Tshirt labels make art installations | Helen Gory Galerie | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Feb | Honey Bees Zine Fair Works from zines | Gallery Wren | Syd/Aus |
| 2003 | Feb | Monster Children at Ourspot Curated by Monster Children magazine | Our Spot | Syd/Aus |
| 2002 | Aug | The Boltz Installation by artist group | Red Gallery | Melb/Aus |
Grants and awards | ||||
| 2007 | Jun | Melbourne City Council (for Vagabond) | MCC | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Jun | Kickstart (for FORT) | NEXTwave Arts Festival | Melb/Aus |
Media | ||||
| 2010 | Jun | Street/Studio Book on studio practice by street artists | Thames & Hudson | |
| 2010 | Apr | King Brown magazine #6 Profile in culture mag | King Brown | |
| 2009 | Jun | Hot Spots Profile in cultural guide to Melbourne | MCC | |
| 2009 | May | The Age A2 Supplement www.theage.com.au | The Age | |
| 2009 | Mar | Art Monthly Cover image | Art Monthly | |
| 2008 | Sep | Dumbo Feather Interview | Dumbo Feather | |
| 2008 | Sep | The Age A2 Supplement Profile sidebar | The Age | |
| 2008 | Jul | UnoPop magazine #34 Profile in Barcelona-based magazine | UnoPop | |
| 2008 | Jul | Juxtapoz magazine #90 Profile in low-brow US art magazine | Juxtapoz | |
| 2008 | Apr | Beautiful Decay Image spread in underground art magazine | Beautiful Decay | |
| 2007 | Nov | Uncommissioned Art Book about Australian Street Art by Christine Dew | MUP | |
| 2007 | Oct | Not Quite Art Interviewed for national TV program | ABC TV | |
| 2007 | Oct | Monster Children magazine #16 Exhibition write-up + pics | Monster Children | |
| 2007 | Aug | Juxtapoz.com Article + pic | Juxtapoz | |
| 2007 | Aug | Sydney Morning Herald Review of Making~Doo | SMH | |
| 2007 | Jun | mX Newspaper Front page write-up + pic about the Bootlegger exhibition | mX | |
| 2007 | Jun | Herald Sun Newspaper Article on wall art. Photo of mural | Herald Sun | |
| 2006 | Jul | The Guild #2: Outside over there Double-page image spread | SevenNine | |
| 2006 | May | May Lane Publication covering the history of the May | Graphic Art Mount | |
| 2005 | Dec | The Guild Curated gift book curated with artists from around the globe | SevenNine | |
| 2005 | Dec | Sneaker Freaker the Book Illustration in retrospective book | Big Block Creative | |
| 2005 | Dec | Seeds of Dissent Calender representing 30 years of activism in Australia | 3CR Radio Station | |
| 2005 | Dec | Sneaker Freaker magazine #7 Illustration artwork for back cover plus gatefold | Big Block Creative | |
| 2005 | May | Rash: Scratch it and it spreads Profiled in Documentary film on Street Art | Mutiny Media | |
| 2005 | Jan | STU magazine Double-page spread | STU | |
| 2004 | Dec | Outside The Square Documentary DVD | Citylights | |
| 2004 | Mar | Conform Book of photographs of Australian street art edited by Saskia Folk | Macmillan | |
| 2003 | Dec | Nylon Image in editorial | Nylon Magazine | |
| 2003 | Nov | Sneaker Freaker #2 Illustration | Big Block Creative | |
| 2003 | Jun | Spinach 7 #1 Editorial on Boltz/Voltz Exhibition | Spinach 7 | |
| 2002 | Dec | Burn Book celebrating emerging Australian and New Zealand Artists | The Revolution | |
| 2002 | Sep | Straighty180 Publication featuring new Australian artists. Double page spread + cover | Basis Publishing | |
Commissions | ||||
| 2007 | Sep | Patchwork Mural for exterior wall of Miss Libertine | Miss Libertine | Melb/Aus |
| 2007 | Jan | St Kilda Festival Tram Painted a tram that ran for 2 months leading up to festival | Foxtel | Melb/Aus |
| 2005 | Sep | Tokion Tshirts Tshirt Design for global magazine | Tokion | NY/USA |
| 2005 | Aug | Sixpack Tshirts Tshirt Designs for clothing label | Sixpack | Avig/Fra |
| 2005 | Apr | Intrude Mural Mural with Phibs | Intrude Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2005 | Mar | Melbourne Central Mural Mural at large shopping centre | Melbourne Central | Melb/Aus |
| 2005 | Mar | Calvin Klein Launch Installation of workshop to process clothing | CK Jeans | Melb/Aus |
| 2005 | Mar | MFF Mural Mural for festival offices | Melbourne Fringe Festival | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Aug | Extra Classic (Outside the Square) Artists paint the 300sqm hoardings | World Square development | Syd/Aus |
| 2004 | Mar | Cave Mural Mural for fashion boutique with Josh Petherick | Figure 8 | Melb/Aus |
| 2004 | Jan | Big Day Out 2004 Murals Live painting at Australia | Big Day Out | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Sep | ACMIpark Owl Graphic for computer game character skin | ACMI | Melb/Aus |
| 2003 | Jun | Outskirts Mural Mural with Ben Strunin, Chris Hill and Josh Petherick | Outskirts Tshirt Gallery | Melb/Aus |
| 2002 | May | Missing Link Mural Mural for a record store with Josh Petherick | Missing Link | Melb/Aus |
| 2000 | Aug | Many Voices Portraits Portraits of local identities | Frankston City | Melb/Aus |