Craig Midford, Unmasking the Masculine

Craig Midford

Unmasking the Masculine 

2025

Mixed Media (paper, zip, digital print)

61cm x 44cm

$1,200

Artist Bio:
Along with a BA (Visual Arts) majoring in both photography and sculpture, Craig has also completed Grad Diploma in Design (Interiors).

Craig has participated in more than 25 group exhibitions and 3 solo shows predominantly in Australia with an emphasis on contemporary and experimental spaces. He has exhibited with the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Sydney Opera House and Brooklyn Art Library, New York. In 2018 Craig was a selected for ‘The Other Art Fair – Melbourne’ and in 2019 was a finalist in the ‘Footscray Art Prize’.

Craig lives and works in Melbourne and continues to push new ideas with mixed media.

Artist Statement
My creative process is to absorb information around me, with a focus on the simple and often overlooked. 

As a mixed media artist I have explored mediums including sculpture, drawing, photography painting and mixed media on canvas. My work is not defined by a medium; rather I let the idea dictate the medium. I enjoy dissecting, reassembling, reappropriating, mixing both a scientific and organic process. Recurring themes in my work include nature, repetition, architecture, camouflage, geometry, symbology, minimalism and social commentary. 

Unmasking the Masculine:
This work examines the coded language of queer masculinity, the systems of visibility that exist within gay culture and the tension between what is hidden and what is allowed to be seen. The coloured business card embedded in the work acts like a fragmented badge or digital code and the work questions how queer identity is filtered through labels and performative expectations.