Vincent was born in 1977 in Birmingham, UK. At the age of four, he moved to Melbourne with his family. Vincent graduated from RMIT (Melbourne) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, and then moved on to complete his Masters of Fine Arts at RMIT at the age of twenty-eight.
Using a medium of oil on canvas, Vincent paints figures in the pictorial space an often draws upon techniques used in other mediums such as photography and film to create a narrative. Through the use of contrasting elements of light and dark, shadows and colours, he creates depth in his images and heightens the realism and theatrical effect.
In 2008 Vincent’s entry into the Archibald Portrait Prize of the late Heath Ledger won him the runner-up and the People’s Choice award. In 2009 his entry of the child actor Brandon Walters in Baz Luhrmann’s epic ‘Australia’ again won him the People’s Choice award.
Recently Vincent has been recognised as artist of the year in the GQ man of the year awards for 2008 and was voted as one of the Melbourne’s top 100 most influential people of 2009 by the Age.
Awards & Prizes
2010
Finalist – Sovereign Asian Art Prize
2009
Archibald Prize – People’s Choice Winner
Finalist – Arthur Guy memorial Art Prize
Finalist – EMSLA Still Life Art Prize
2008
Archibald Prize – Runner Up
Archibald Prize – People’s Choice Winner
Melbourne Artfair, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Finalist – Metro 5 Art prize, Melbourne
Finalist – ABN AMRO art prize
Finalist – Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth
2007
Finalist – Williamstown Art Prize
Finalist – Poimena Art Prize, Tasmania
Finalist – Prometheus Art Prize
Finalist – DLAP, La Trobe University Art Award, Melbourne
Finalist Savage Club Painting Prize, Melbourne
2006
Finalist – Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award
Artist in Residence – St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne
Finalist – RIPE Art Prize
2005
Artist in Residence – St Vincents Hospital,Melbourne
Finalist – Conrad Jupiters Art Award, QLD
Finalist – Whyalla Art Award
2004
Siemens Touring Exhibition, Melbourne
2003
Winner – Tolarno RMIT Partnership Prize, Melbourne
Finalist – Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship, Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery , NSW Australia
2009
Inner Conflict, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
An exhibition of art works, Damina Gallery, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam
Artist Residency – Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
2008
“30 portraits in 30 days”, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong
Melbourne Art Fair
Scrutiny, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Dusk Gallery, Mumbai, India
Nature of Fate, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, Melbourne
First Site Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2009
Los Angeles International Art Fair – ART LA 2010
Hong Kong International Art Fair – ART HK 2009
Archibald Prize, NSW Art Gallery, Australia
EMSLA Still life Art Prize, Coffs Harbour
Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize, Bendigo
2008
Archibald Prize, NSW Art Gallery, Australia
2007
Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne
Poimena Art Award, Tasmania
Prometheus Art Prize, Queensland
Kodak Salon Photograpy Award, CCP, Melbourne
Artist for Kids Culture, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Melbourne GPO, Melbourne
Bega Valley Regional Gallery, National Portrait Award, N.S.W.
2005
Domain House, Melbourne
Group exhibition, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
Gold Coast City Gallery, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Queensland
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, South Australia
RMIT Masters Graduate Show, RMIT Latrobe St, Melbourne
2004
Next Wave Festival, S pacement Gallery, Melbourne
Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
Melbourne Arts Fair
2003
Siemens Touring Exhibition, Melbourne
Collections and Commisions
Art Gallery of NSW
Myer Art Collection
RMIT collection
Torlano Art Collection, Melbourne
Australian Boxing Hall of Fame Collection
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Ligetti Partners
GIO Workers Compensation
John Wiley and Sons
Academic Publishers
YMCA Melbourne
Various Private Collections
CHARITIES
Jeans for Genes Day 2009
Juvenile Diabetes Association
QLD Multiple Sclerosis Association