Steve Cox has been teaching painting and drawing at art schools around Melbourne for the last 30 years. However, over the last few years he has witnessed the systematic eradication of drawing and painting from the art school experience. Originally Steve imagined this must have been a local administrative mistake, but it appears to be a global phenomenon. There are many who believe that painting and drawing are irrelevant to the future facing Contemporary Art. Has the concept of art that once sustained painting and had its day? Steve believes students are now facing ‘Art School Lite’.
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Steve Cox works in exhibition
William Mora Galleries
30 April–28 May 2026Address: 1/60 Tanner St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
Steve Cox’s works will be shown as part of a group exhibition.
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Steve Cox: ‘The Road to Ruin’
Steve Cox A virtual record of Steve Cox’s exhibition ‘The Road to Ruin’
The exhibition was held at William Mora Galleries, August to September 2025.
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Exhibition: Devils & Horns
The work of UNFURL contributor the artist Steve Cox is featured in this exhibition at William Mora Galleries.
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Steve Cox, Anna Jacobson, Tara Mokhtari, Anne Casey,
Stephen J. Williams
Tara Mokhtari Steve Cox 
Anne Casey 
Anna Jacobson Screenshots (~10MB PDF)
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Steve Cox, Gloria Stern,
Ali Whitelock, Steve Warburton, Sebastian SteensenSteve Cox 
Gloria Stern 
Ali Whitelock 
Steve Warburton 
Sebastian Steensen Screenshots (~10MB PDF)
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Steve Cox
Steve Cox is an artist and writer. He has a forty-year exhibition history and his work is held in major public and private collections throughout Australia and internationally. As an arts writer, since 2000, he has contributed articles and reviews, and has conducted interviews with artists, for numerous newspapers, journals and magazines, including The Guardian; VAULT: Australasian Art & Culture; Gay Times, UK; FilmInk.com, amongst others. Cox writes on a range of subjects, including contemporary and historical art; LGBTQI issues; social issues; cinema; contemporary music.
Between 2013–2014, he was the London Arts Editor of NakedButSafe magazine. In 2019 he was on the judging panel for the Young Arts Journalist Award (YAJA). Also in 2019, he was the inaugural Writer in Residence for Brunswick Street Village, an innovative building complex, which espouses green values and arts in the community as a primary concern. During the residency, he produced a collection of fifty poems, on a range of subjects.
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Robyn Rowland AO, Steve Cox, Stuart Barnes, Nigel Cross, Peter Lach-Newinsky
Screenshots (~10MB PDF)
