"Artistic creation has always been my escape and fortitude against the personal challenges I experienced as a migrant, adapting to life in Australia - a vast land drenched in colour, and the murmurings of something primordial. Drawing inspiration from artists as varied as Francis Bacon, with his characteristically claustrophobic spatial relationships between figures and their surrounds, David Lynch's dreamlike surrealism, and Olivier Messiaen's static musical tones, my own inner conflicts were perhaps the earliest and most formative influences on my art - I paint from the interior to recalibrate, to defragment and to liberate." - Loribelle Spirovski
Born in Manila in 1990, Loribelle Spirovski resettled in Australia in 1999. Her work is influenced by the contrasting images of both countries, as well as her parent's mixed European-Asian ethnicities. Having spent a childhood creating collages, drawing, and. sculptures, she embarked upon formal artistic study at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney, where she graduated in 2012.
Driven by a strong sense of play and experimentation, Spirovski's work draws inspiration from artists as varies as painter Francis Bacon, filmmaker David Lynch and composer Oliver Messiaen. In her practice, Spirovski feels most connected to the medium of paint, rich in historical tradition, with a timeless versatility able to capture the unique conflicts and contradictions of the 21st century. Though her artistic output varies in subject and style, Spirovski especially drawn to the human form.
She has collaborated across various fields including Swedish fashion brand Limitato, Patos wine, Sinbono handbags, and the album covers of musical artists including, Methyl Ethel, Sondre Lerche, and her husband, pianist Simon Tedeschi. In 2021, her work was featured in a major public art installation in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. She lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
She has exhibited across Australia, USA, UK and Europe, and her work appears in private and public collections across the world. She is the winner of the 'Naked and Nude Art Prize' (Manning Regional Art Gallery), the 2021 Bluethumb Art Prize and is a three-time finalist of the Archibald Prize.