David Mendelsohn is an interdisciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne who works in the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, digital technologies and embroidery. His methodology is one of multiple layering: portraits, drawings, information, personal writing, data— a mixture of image, text, colour and textures. As a neuro-diverse artist, David draws on his personal experiences of hospitalisation and concepts based in scientific paradigms. His ongoing project is grounded in science: chemistry, physics, medicine, microbiology, mathematics. More recently, David has been sourcing his own CT scan images to detail the inner workings of his brain. Due to the injury caused to his brain, circa 1988, these scan images reference his condition: hypoxic brain damage due to loss of oxygen over an extended period of time (coma 14 months, 3 year’s hospitalisation). David's process is intuitive and experimental, and revels in the meander.
David Mendelsohn
Achievements
2023
Winner, The Gospel Whiskey Art Meets Science Award, Linden Postcard Show 2023-24, Linden New Art
Shortlisted, Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Proximate Worlds, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2025
Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Collingwood Yards
Biophillic Tendency, Mailbox Artspace, presented with Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2024
Annual Gala, Arts Project Australia, Collingwood Yards
Linden Postcard Show 2024-25, Linden New Art
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, ACU Melbourne Gallery, Fitzroy
29th Annual Mayoral Art Exhibition, Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, Ringwood
So Fresh, curated by Arts Project Australia and Spencer Coomb, Arts Project Australia, Northcote
2023
CCP x Hahnemuhle Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
Annual Gala Exhibition, Arts Project Australia, Collingwood Yards
Linden Postcard Show 2023-24, Linden New Art
Fisher’s Ghost Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2021
Linden Postcard Show 2021-22, Linden New Art
2020
Certificate IV Graduate Show, Melbourne Polytechnic, Prahran
2015
Interact Arts, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
Education
2020 Certificate IV Visual Art | Melbourne Polytechnic, Prahran
2010 Introduction to Painting | CAE, Melbourne
1995 Certificate IV Horticulture | Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Burnley
1992 Certificate IV Audio Engineering | School of Audio Engineering, St Kilda
David is represented by Arts Project Australia
Images: Courtesy of the artist
David Mendelsohn working on Mithu-isms at ACCA, Melbourne.