Greg Mount and Wen Pham

Name: Greg Mount and Wen Pham
Start: 2025-10-17T08:00:00+11:00
Location: 319 Smith St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia

Schedule

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

319 Smith St, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia | Melbourne, VI

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
17 Oct - 9 Nov 2025
Opening Night
6–8pm on Friday, 17 Oct 2025
319 Smith Street, Fitzroy
Drinks provided by Range Life Wine & Bodriggy Brewing Co.
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A LONESOME ROAD by Greg Mount
Greg Mount is an artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Greg's paintings occupy a rich intersection of 20th-century nostalgia, urban grit, and striking visual intensity. Through bold hues and carefully composed scenes of an America filtered through the lens of the TV generation, he summons a world that feels both relevant and tenderly remembered. Whether capturing desert highways, pickups, or discarded everyday heroes, he invites us to see beauty in the overlooked and the worn.
Artist Statement:
I am not one for explaining the narrative of my work; I like the viewer to find their own connection to what I have composed and I enjoy hearing those fresh interpretations. Having said that, the overarching narrative in A Lonesome Road is around moments of solitary contemplation and thought, often in those times where life feels its heaviest. Figures, everyday heroes, and vehicles that have worked hard, lived hard, and travelled what sometimes feels like a lonesome road. Heroes that have had their day and vehicles that are past their prime. But colour and brightness often surrounds the character, just as it does with all of us, and I encourage the viewer to find the beauty in the smallest of things as they travel their path - be it the sunshine on a headlight or the implied smile of a bear, the joy is there you just have to find it.... or perhaps this is just a bunch of cool trucks, you decide.
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CATALYST by Wen Pham
Wen Pham (he/him) is an artist based in Melbourne, Australia. He works as a tattoo artist, painter and has just entered the world of sculpting. He is inspired by fluid shapes, textures and also moody cats!
Artist Statement:
Every piece represents the emotions felt between the big and small events in life, with each change being a catalyst for the next. Not only is this word so perfect to describe the inspiration for the artworks, it’s an enjoyable play on words too.
I have been through a lot of changes the past two years, especially in my personal life. I started transitioning into my gender, I let a lot of things go, I found the love of my life and also I lost one of my best friends. It's hard to find the time and mental space to sit and process everything when other things in life take up all your time, but painting each piece, I got to revisit those feelings and really have time to sit with these emotions.
I have always had an obsession with cats. I think I am like a cat. They are mostly quiet and a little hesitant to approach people until comfortable. They can hold both gentleness and ferocious. They are also quite independent but also love a cuddle.
I hope people can really connect with the feelings represented in each piece and maybe take it as a reminder to remember to sit and mentally and process each moment in our very turbulent lives - I know I need the reminder to do so as well!