Guido Maestri (b. 1974, Australia) is known for his highly textural, expressive works that foreground materiality, gesture and observation. Over the course of his career, he has explored en plein air painting, ancient ecosystems, cycles of the natural world, imagined realms, personal memories and the shifting terrain of his immediate environments to reflect on notions of reality and humanity’s impact on nature.
A graduate of the National Art School, Sydney, Maestri has received numerous awards and residencies. He won the prestigious Archibald Prize in 2009 and has been a nine-time finalist in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. His works are held in major public and private collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Artbank, Australia; the Art Gallery of New South Wales; the Art Gallery of South Australia; Parliament House, Canberra; and the Fubon Art Foundation, Taiwan.