BIO

Isabella Darcy (b. 1995) is an early career cross-media artist based in Melbourne. Her practice explores the systems and flux of value within consumable objects and design, reconsidering the ways value is constructed and aligned with contemporary culture, material culture, and human consumption. Through the use of colour, material, and tactile processes, Darcy examines how objects communicate meaning, desire, and cultural significance, drawing attention to the shifting relationships between aesthetics, consumption, and value.

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Solo and Duo Exhibitions

2026
Solo Exhibition, Mary Cherry Contemporary, Collingwood
Isabella Darcy and Stephen Bram: NEW SCULPTURE AND PAINTING, Cafe Gallery, Abbotsford

2023
Soft Furnishing (with Anne-Marie May), CAVES Gallery, Melbourne

2022
Articles of Blue, Black and White, Connors Connors, Fitzroy Town Hall

2021
Reworked: Moodboards and Assembled Behaviours, Haydens Gallery

2020
Reworked, C3 Contemporary Art Space
Labour & Luxury, DisLand Paris

2019
the corner of the drawer (with Emily Rose), Bus Projects
2018
springsummer95, Cathedral Cabinet curated by Emma Nixon
Neomaterial Girl, Sawtooth ARI

2017 Hold On Tight!, West Space Noticeboard Series

Group Exhibitions

2026

Cost Benefit, Bus Projects, Brunswick East, Curated by Emmy Robinson-Shaw
Chimera pt.2, Raw Lemon Gallery, Leipzig
Chimera pt. 1, Hayden’s Gallery, Brunswick East

2025

I ♥ Lizzy, Neon Parc, Brunswick
Clock Walk, Threshold Projects, Brunswick East
ANU Art Collection: Conjunction, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Eye to Eye: The Susan Taylor and Peter Jones Collection, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra

2024

Splitting Hairs, Green Floor Gallery, Fitzroy

2023

Frozen Blood, Neon Parc, Melbourne
BACKWASH, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
Cut & Pasted: The Collage Experience, Brightspace, St Kilda
Material Remains, Linden New Art
Top Quality Plastics, Adult Contemporary

2022

PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography: New Photographers Program, James Makin Gallery
Silver Bullet, AAAB Gallery and Australian Centre of Contemporary Art
Text Tile, CAVES Gallery, Melbourne
Jeans & Bags, Nod Gallery, Perth

2021

On the Path, Bracken Avenue, Thornbury curated by Isabella Darcy and Babs Rapeport
Cooking With John, Haydens Gallery
Future Proof, Megalo Print Studio, Canberra

2020

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Graduate Exhibition, Monash University , Caulfield

2019

Behind the Seen, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, USA
Drawing Folio 3: Abstraction, Blockprojects
Collectively, West Space

2018

Coming Soon, West Space
Concrete Commodity, C3 Contemporary Art Space
Caught up in things, Irene Rose Gallery, Brunswick

2017

Commodify Me, Seventh Gallery
An Act of Showing: Rethinking Artist Run Initiatives, Testing Grounds
RE:, Rearview Gallery a group exhibition with John Nixon and David Attwood

2016

Objects/Utilities, Monash University Graduate Exhibition

2015

Luccente, Monash University, Prato, Italy

Projects/Workshops

2025
Built Environment Art Book Fair, Collingwood

2024

SPHERE Image Archive Project

2020

Fabric Collage Workshop, George Paton Gallery
Denim Workshop, Yarra Youth Centre

2019

The Unreadymade Workshop, Monash University Museum of Art

2018

The Unreadymade: Docklands Edition, Placeholder ARI

Awards

2020

John Nixon Award, Monash University
Megalo Print Studio Award, Canberra

2016

West Space Award

Residencies

2024 - 2027

Shakespeare Grove Artist Studios Residency, St Kilda, City of Port Phillip

2019

New York Artist Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation

Education

2020

Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Monash University

2015

Bachelor of Fine Art Study Abroad Program, Monash University, Prato

2014–2017

Bachelor of Fine Art, Monash University

Publications & Reviews

2024

SPHERE Image Archive Project Publication

2022

Articles of Blue, Black and White, Memo Review — Camille Orel

2021

On the Path, Memo Review — Cameron Hurst & Paris Lettau

2020

Luxury & Labour, Memo Review — Amelia Winata