Chloe Caday is a painter based in Wadawurrung, Victoria. Drawing inspiration from her Filipino heritage, Caday explores her historical, cultural and spiritual connections to place and dedicates her knowledge and experiences to reshape the preconceived Western ideology of life in the islands. Caday's practice is a direct response to her experiences and memories of both Australian and Philippines landscapes. Finding solace within her home in the bush, each intuitive and organic motion of the brush is a direct response to her environment – exploring the intricate and rhythmic interplay of sound, light and form. Her use of gestural mark making is a central technique to her practice - acknowledging the ability of the landscape to hold forgotten histories and stories.
Caday is a 2017 Fine Arts graduate from RMIT University in Melbourne. She was born in Quezon City – a highly urbanised city northeast of Philippines’ capital city, and now resides in the Victorian bushland with her family, where she works out in the land surrounding her home.
ARTIST CV
Chloe Caday, Wadawurrung, VIC
B. 1997
Education
RMIT University, Melbourne; 2015 – 2017, Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Distinction.
Awards
Finalist, 2024, Blacktown City Art Prize
Finalist, 2022 Paddington Art Prize
Solo Exhibitions
• Diwata’s Song, 02.08.23 – 12.08.23; Curatorial+Co, Woolloomoolo, NSW
• Winter Wildflower, 08.10.22 – 30.10.22; Cook Street Collective, Flinders, VIC
Group Exhibitions
• Blacktown City Art Prize 2024, 15.01.24 – 05.04.2024; Blacktown City Arts, Blacktown NSW
• Darlings, 06.12.23 – 16.12.23; Curatorial+Co, Woolloomooloo, NSW
• Paddington Art Prize 2022, 27.10.22 – 06.11.22; Defiance Gallery, Paddington NSW
• Don’t Be A Stranger, 02.06.22 – 19.06.22; Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
• Balmy, 29.04.22 – 27.05.22; Gallery Raye, Newstead Studios, Newstead, QLD
• Trust The Process, 24.03.2022 - 7.04.2022; MILK Gallery, Collingwood
• Darlings, 11.12.21 – 19.12.21; Curatorial+Co, Redfern, NSW
• Radiant Dreams, 18.11.21 – 09.12.21; Modern Times, Fitzroy, VIC
• Home is more than a place, 13.06.21 – 22.08.21; Hamilton Gallery & NETS Victoria (online)
• Under The Sun, 01.05.21 – 28.05.21; Cook Street Collective, Flinders, VIC
• Darlings, 09.12.20 – 17.12.20; Curatorial+Co, Redfern, NSW
• Friends and Family, 14.11.19 – 14.12.19; Daine Singer, Fitzroy, VIC
• Motion, 24.10.19 – 27.10.19; Albert St Gallery, Brunswick, VIC
• Coming Soon 2, 23.02.18 – 10.03.18; West Space, Melbourne, VIC
• CBSDCP Third Edition Exhibition, 03.10.14 – 12.10.14; Ruffian Gallery, Footscray, VIC
Media + Publications
• The Design Files, '10 Affordable Landscape Artists We Love', Interview (online), August 2023
• The Calamansi Story, Filipino Migrants in Australia, Artist feature, book published April 2023
• Hunter & Folk, ‘Victoria-based artist, Chloe Caday creates textural oil paintings which are a visual representation of her experiences of the Australian and Philippines landscape’, Interview (online), July 2022
• The Design Files, 'Meet The Artist Creating Textural Oil Landscapes From Her Outdoor Studio', Interview (online), April 2022
PAINTING IS INTUITIVE MOTION | CURATORIAL+CO
Film by Tash Yuncken; Music by Jonatan Hartmann