Past | Nicholas Mau

Retrospective exhibition
of limited edition screenprints 2021

29 July - 7 August 2021

Nicholas Mau
Australian, born 1967

Nicholas Mau completed a 4 year Bachelor Degree in Graphic design at Swinburne University and graduated in 1990. He worked as a graphic designer and artist in residence at Another Planet Posters (Richmond), Redletter Community Press (Brunswick) and later RedPlanet (Fitzroy).

Nicholas has screenprinted works in the permanent collections of National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Ballarat, National Library Estonia and Chaumont Poster Museum in France.

In 2007 Nicholas Mau established Rogue Planet, an organization that would create art with a social conscience. Rogue Planet in name, is a reference to the Melbourne based political arts collective RedPlanet, which fostered the creative talents of Nicholas Mau and many more artists who contributed to the art of revolution within the RedPlanet community art movement. In 1992 RedPlanet was the remaining entity of Redletter and Another Planet and other political art organizations that evolved over a twelve year period in Melbourne. It provided access and arts resources for cash strapped organizations, individuals and not for profit communities. It was the dissident voice of those with a different view to the mainstream. In the mid 90’s the screenprinted poster was fast becoming an expensive voice in comparison to more cost effective desktop publishing option. Funding from the Australia Council ceased in 1998 and eventually RedPlanet went into receivership. The State Library of Victoria bought the remaining poster stock in 2001.

In 2019, SLV purchased all works produced 2007–2016 by Nicholas for their permanent prints collection.