Boris Cipusev

Boris Cipusev (born 1988) is an Australian artist known for his highly detailed and colourful drawings in felt-tip pen and watercolour pencil. His work often incorporates text sourced from signage and advertising billboards. He works in Melbourne at Arts Project Australia

Early life Boris Cipusev was born in 1988 in Melbourne, Australia. He is of Slovenian descent.

Career From 2007, Cipusev has been a regular studio artist at Arts Project Australia (APA) in Northcote, Melbourne,

In 2021 NGV curators Sophie Gerhard and Beckett Rozentals selected works for a 2022 exhibition called Who Are You: Australian Portraiture, produced in association with the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The works included a wide range of types of portraiture, including Ciposev's text portrait of Jeff Fatt, a founder member of The Wiggles.

Themes and practice His work was described by the NGV as having "enigmatic juxtapositions and poetic resonances", owing to his manner of combining multiple word or word-number combinations which are open for deciphering and interpretation by viewers.

Selected group exhibitions

Who Are You: Australian Portraiture, NGV, Melbourne, and National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2022 Paper Projects, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 2016 That's Funny, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2015 Connected, Yarra Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2014 The Soft Knife, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW, 2014 Turning the Page, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2014 Hybrid Making – new work from Australia, Canada, Scotland, Project Ability Gallery, Scotland, 2014 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2013 – 2014 Repeat, Restate… Reiterate, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2013 Video Doctor, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2013 At the Table, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2013 Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, 2012 Detours through abstraction, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2011 High Views, Northern Exposure Festival, Northcote Town Hall, Melbourne, 2010 Hidden, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2010 Frank and Friends, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, 2010 Licorice Allsorts, King Street Gallery on William, Sydney, 2009 Studio Days, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2007

Collections Ian Potter Centre at the NGV National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne