Liam Key (b. 1988, Australia) meticulously creates images of large scale worlds that depict the borders and conceptual-thresholds of dream and reality. His work is concerned with capturing information perceived in imaginary and visionary states. For fifteen years (2011–2026) he worked anonymously under the name “Sleepr”, developing thousands of artworks from his own private research.
Liam Key, CV
Education
2011–2013Doctoral research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (leave of absence)
2008–2011Master of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2005–2008Bachelor of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
2024Meditations on Chicago: (a ’new) digital dawn, Chicago
2024Prima Vere, New York
2023Artist In Residency, Art Basel Miami
2023Art Futures, Exchange Art, Miami Beach
2023Contemporary Discoveries: Down the Rabbit Hole, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
Performance
Film
Fieldwork
2025Fieldwork with Shipibo maestros Eligio and Luis, Iquitos, Peru
Auction
Texts
2025“The Amazon Diaries”, field journal, Iquitos, Peru. Available on request
2024Elizabeth Forrest, “Sleepr’s Secret Ontological Quest”, Secrets, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
2024Naomi Bu, “The Secret World of Sleepr”, Secrets, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
2024Lauren McMahon, “The Boy and the Plant”, Secrets, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
2024Isabelle De Polla, “Delve into the visual translation of hidden dimensions of reality and the human mind”, FabUK Magazine, London
2024Secrets, exhibition catalogue, 80 pp., Scene, London
2021“Portals: The Non-Linear and Hyperspatial Aspects of Visual Art”, Available on request
Interviews
2024Visual Art Journal, no. 8, Germany, text interview
2024Exchange Art, with Goku, New York
2024One Artist, One Artwork, with Daniel Curtis, London
2024Oddjobs, with Daniel Curtis, London
2023The Creative Mind, with Andrew Lycom, Los Angeles
2023Interview with Pedro, Brazil
2023Sol City Radio, Brazil
2022The Boogle Podcast, Portugal
2022Interview with Pengu, Minnesota
2022Interview with Shake, Los Angeles