Imogen Corbett is a New Zealand artist and curator based in Brisbane. In 2018 she attended Studio Arts College International in Florence Italy, studying art history and painting, which has greatly influenced her work. She co-curated and exhibited in the exhibition ‘Ex/Studio’ (2019), ‘The Centenarian Portrait Project’ (2019) and co-founded and exhibited in ‘The Brisbane Indie Project’, for emerging artists and musicians (2020). She has exhibited in the New Zealand and Australian painting awards ‘The Adam Portrait Award’ (2018 and 2020), ‘The Midland MRI National Youth Award’ (2017) and ‘The Wallace Secondary School’s Art Award’ (2017) and The Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award (2021).
Imogen Corbett is a Brisbane based oil painter, whose work combines hyper realistic detail with surreal, fantasy compositions. Her subject matter engages with the traditions of portraiture, still life and landscapes, which is then destabilized through surrealism. She uses recurring motifs such as young and older models, skulls, smoke and decaying fruit, as reminders of our mortality. Her objective is to make contemporary vanitas paintings which explore life, death and their often overlooked connection to one another.
