Gum Trees, ocean tides and wind directions shaped my upbringing on the East coast of Australia. These days, painting in Canada, I still find myself drawn to places where trees, waterways and natural elements interact and coexist. Inspired by practices of Shinrin-Yoku (Japanese Forest Bathing), meditation and somatic healing practices my work is an expression that supports my life long journey of healing from complex PTSD. For this reason play, curiosity, spontaneity and joy are emphasised over strict rules and rational and objective decision making in the work.
Brett Mallon is an Australian artist currently residing on the Sinixt, Ktunaxa, Sewpemec and Sylix territories of interior British Columbia, Canada.
He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking at Melbourne’s RMIT University in 2018 and received his Masters of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, Canada in 2026.
His work can be found in collections at Melbourne’s RMIT University, Western Australia’s Curtain University, Canberra’s National Art School and Queensland’s USQ Toowoomba. He has been the recipient of the Arts Law Pro Bono Print Commission (2018), winner of the Open Bite, Queenscliff Gallery Graduate Award (2018), finalist in the Peebles Print Prize (2019) and the Brisbane Portrait Prize, Salon Des Refuses (2020, 2022, 2024). As well as attending the NG Art Creative Residency in Provence France (2022) and the Empire of Dirt Residency (2025).