MADELEINE PFULL

The first act in Madeleine Pfull’s practice is peculiar. She ages herself with makeup, puts on wigs and dresses up as the characters she wants to reproduce, namely 1980s suburban housewives. Mimicking particular expressions, idiosyncrasies and postures, she feeds the documentation into smoothly surfaced paintings. Describing the process she says: ‘I think I have similar impulses to writers and actors, of making up stories and involving myself in a character’s life. I am fascinated with performance and mannerisms which can provide a whole backstory to the person they portray.’

Madeleine Pfull's solo exhibitions include Madeleine Pfull, Nino Mier, Los Angeles, 2021; Madeleine Pfull, Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2021; Madeleine Pfull, Nino Mier, Cologne, 2020; Madeleine Pfull, Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2019; Madeleine Pfull, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, 2018; Sequence, M2 Gallery, Sydney, 2017; Sincerity, Good Space, Sydney, 2015 and Suburbia, The Corner Cooperative, Sydney, 2015. Selected group exhibitions include Sydney Contemporary with Chalk Horse, Sydney, 2021; The Inaugural Exhibition, Nino Mier, Brussels, 2021; Works on Paper, Nino Mier, Los Angeles, 2020, amongst others.