Experience a rare glimpse into the chapters of Stormie Mills’ life through this compelling exhibition, where each meticulously curated piece is a window into Mills' personal journey, revealing the challenges, ideas and reflections that have shaped his creative world.
With every stroke, he invites viewers to connect deeply.
Stormie uses the ‘feeding the tiger’ metaphor in this exhibition as a way of managing his inner conflicts and the power of art and journalling to tame the powerful, sometimes overwhelming emotions that can dominate one's thoughts. When channelled into reflective art and journalling, this process becomes a form of self-expression and healing.
While journals serve as an artist’s toolbox, the exhibition’s essence lies in personalising the story for each viewer, inviting them to embark on their own immersive journey of self-discovery and connection.
Stormie Mills is best known for his whimsical, thought-provoking characters created from a restricted colour palette of black, white, grey and silver.
As his practice developed, Stormie’s iconic characters found their way into the galleries, streets and homes of collectors around Australia and the world.
His work draws on a deep sense of isolation and yet each character seems to carry a message of hope. These opposing elements in Stormie’s practice imbue his characters with a palpable presence and humanity capturing the tenderness of the human condition that people connect with. Testament to this is the significant expansion of Stormie’s collector base globally and sell out shows in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.
His whimsical works are represented in galleries around Australia and Stormie’s private and public commissions light up streetscapes across the globe from Perth to the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. He has been invited to participate in some of the world’s most prestigious street art festivals and completed countless private and public art commissions. Most recently he was invited to create the first sanctioned street art mural as part of the prestigious Florence Biennale.
- First sanctioned street art project Florence Biennale, Italy
- Appreciation award City of Los Angeles, USA
- Mural Project for 2004 Olympics in Greece
- Bunnyman, Brisbane International Arts Festival
- Bunnyman, Kids’ Choice Prize, Sculptures By The Sea
- The Cullen, Art Series Hotel Group, Melbourne
- Speaker: AG Ideas conference, Design Conference London, Design Institute of Australia, FORM’s PUBLIC Street Art Festival and PUBLIC Symposium
In 2016, after many years in the Perth CBD, we moved our main office to the Old Stationmaster’s House and established a gallery in the heritage-listed goods shed building at Claremont Station. While overseeing the transformation and establishment of this beautiful old building as an exhibition space and community hub, plus café, we felt it appropriate to retain the name The Goods Shed. However, it’s now time for us to retire that name, and bring our main office, Gallery and café together under the one FORM name.
First of all, we hope this will result in more clarity for FORM's many present― and future―visitors, partners, collaborators and supporters over exactly who runs the Gallery and café. And secondly, it’s important for us as an organisation to reinforce our FORM identity and brand.
FORM owns and manages the Gallery building. The State Government signed it over to us in 2019, and its ongoing use, preservation and purpose―for the benefit of all Western Australians―is in safe hands with us.
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