# Liam Key — CV

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.

## Education

- 2011–2013. Doctoral research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (leave of absence)
- 2008–2011. Master of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
- 2005–2008. Bachelor of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

## Solo exhibitions

- 2024. [*Secrets*, Scene, London](https://liamkey.com/exhibitions/secrets-london-2024/)

## Group exhibitions

- 2024. *Meditations on Chicago: (a ’new) digital dawn*, Chicago
- 2024. *Prima Vere*, New York
- 2023. [*Artist In Residency*, Art Basel Miami](https://liamkey.com/exhibitions/artists-in-residence-miami-2023/)
- 2023. *Art Futures*, Exchange Art, Miami Beach
- 2023. [*Contemporary Discoveries: Down the Rabbit Hole*, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong](https://liamkey.com/exhibitions/sothebys-hong-kong-2023/)

## Performance

- 2023. [*Hidden Worlds*, five-day performance, Artists in Residence, Solana Foundation at Art Basel Miami Beach](https://liamkey.com/works/hidden-worlds/)

## Film

- 2025. [*Maps of Hyperspace*, 65 min](https://liamkey.com/works/maps-of-hyperspace/)

## Fieldwork

- 2025. Fieldwork with Shipibo maestros Eligio and Luis, Iquitos, Peru

## Auction

- 2023. [*The Trinket Maker*, 2023, lot 1147, Contemporary Discoveries: Down the Rabbit Hole, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-trinket-maker/)

## Texts

- 2025. “The Amazon Diaries”, field journal, Iquitos, Peru. [Available on request](https://liamkey.com/contact/)
- 2024. Elizabeth Forrest, [“Sleepr’s Secret Ontological Quest”](https://liamkey.com/texts/sleeprs-secret-ontological-quest/), *Secrets*, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
- 2024. Naomi Bu, [“The Secret World of Sleepr”](https://liamkey.com/texts/the-secret-world-of-sleepr/), *Secrets*, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
- 2024. Lauren McMahon, [“The Boy and the Plant”](https://liamkey.com/texts/the-boy-and-the-plant/), *Secrets*, exhibition catalogue, Scene, London
- 2024. Isabelle De Polla, [“Delve into the visual translation of hidden dimensions of reality and the human mind”](https://fabukmagazine.com/delve-into-the-visual-translation-of-hidden-dimensions-of-reality-and-the-human-mind-through-psychedelia-experienced-by-the-superb-artist-called-sleepr/), *FabUK Magazine*, London
- 2024. [*Secrets*](https://liamkey.com/files/liam-key-secrets-catalogue-2024.pdf), exhibition catalogue, 80 pp., Scene, London
- 2021. “Portals: The Non-Linear and Hyperspatial Aspects of Visual Art”, [Available on request](https://liamkey.com/contact/)

## Interviews

- 2024. [*Visual Art Journal*](https://visualartjournal.com/2024/09/09/sleepr/), no. 8, Germany, text interview
- 2024. [*Exchange Art*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/exchange-art-goku-2024/), with Goku, New York
- 2024. [*One Artist, One Artwork*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/one-artist-one-artwork-2024/), with Daniel Curtis, London
- 2024. [*Oddjobs*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/oddjobs-2024/), with Daniel Curtis, London
- 2023. [*The Creative Mind*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/the-creative-mind-2023/), with Andrew Lycom, Los Angeles
- 2023. [Interview with Pedro](https://liamkey.com/interviews/pedro-2023/), Brazil
- 2023. [*Sol City Radio*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/sol-city-radio-2023/), Brazil
- 2022. [*The Boogle Podcast*](https://liamkey.com/interviews/the-boogle-podcast-2022/), Portugal
- 2022. [Interview with Pengu](https://liamkey.com/interviews/pengu-2022/), Minnesota
- 2022. [Interview with Shake](https://liamkey.com/interviews/shake-2022/), Los Angeles

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Source: https://liamkey.com/cv/