About

Teo Treloar, He/Him (b 1974)

I am a Dharawal Country/South Coast-based artist whose drawing practice bridges representational and abstract concerns. Illustration is my foremost device, in which I attempt to present a select cast of characters in and out of context. The resulting compositions commonly imagine the inner workings of human behaviour, and carefully articulate its temptations and corruptions. Repetition and duality are key to my approach, often representing how thoughts can be processed and turned over in the mind. Beauty and aesthetics are important to me and fostered in equal parts by my focused attention to detail and exploration of composition and materials.

Teo Treloar completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts with first class Honours in 2004, he then received a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Visual Art from Sydney College of the Arts in 2006. He has taught Visual Art and drawing for the last fifteen years, for the past decade he has taught at Wollongong University as a Lecturer in Visual Arts.

Teo Treloar is represented by Olsen Gallery.

Photo credit, Paul Jones & The University of Wollongong.