Steven Bellosguardo is an emerging artist working between Naarm/Melbourne and Tarntanya/Adelaide. Embracing labour-intensive techniques, Bellosguardo creates hybrid biomorphic forms and constructed assemblages that explore themes such as labour, counterculture, and the Anthropocene. By intertwining historical narratives with personal reflections, Bellosguardo’s work examines the complexity of shared subjective experiences.
Central to his studio practice is an awareness of the body, failure and time. With a background in construction and stonemasonry, Bellosguardo has adopted various processes and techniques, including forming, sculpting, casting and assemblage, with materials as diverse as metal, plaster, paint, bronze, aluminium, and silicone.
Bellosguardo has participated in international and local residencies in New York and Adelaide and recently exhibited at Melbourne Sculpture Biennale, TCB Gallery, Bundoora Art Centre, West Space, Incinerator Gallery, VCA Artspace, Woollahra Gallery, Praxis Artspace, West Gallery, Fontanelle, Palmer Sculpture Biennial, and Woven Projects. Bellosguardo has exhibited in prizes such as the Incinerator Art Prize, Tom Bass Prize and in 2019 was the recipient of the SALA Emerging Artist Prize.
He has been awarded support through Arts South Australia and the Helpmann Academy and in 2021 undertook a mentorship with Australian artist Alex Seton.
His work is held in collections including the Hilton Adelaide, Adelaide Airport, City of Adelaide, and numerous other private collections both nationally and internationally.
Bellosguardo apprenticed as a Stonemason (third-generation, 2010), completed a Bachelor of Visual Art specialising in Sculpture (2016) at the University of South Australia and Bachelor of Fine Art Honours - First Class (2021) at the Victorian College of the Arts.
