Arlo Mountford is an artist best known for his large-scale installations that combine sound, video, and digital animation. Working primarily with digitally animated films, as well as object-based work, drawings and photography, Mountford creates complex, multi-layered narratives that traverse the history of art, weaving together iconic artists, landmark artworks, and key historical moments alongside pop culture references. His practice is characterised by a distinctive blend of humour and irony, offering a critical and playful re-examination of art history and its relationship with contemporary visual culture.

Since the early 2000s, Mountford has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally. His solo exhibitions include Revolutions at Assembly Point, Melbourne (2024); The Folly, The Triumph & The Lament at Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW; Obscured by Clouds, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne (2021); Playing the Fool at MADA Gallery, Monash University (2020), and the touring exhibition Deep Revolt at Shepparton Art Museum (2019) and Goulburn Regional Art Gallery (2018). Earlier solo presentations include Out of Time, 2018; 100 Years, 2016; and Galaxy Express, 2014, all at Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, as well as institutional exhibitions such as The Vanishing Point of History at La Trobe University Museum of Art (2011) and Animated Video Art at Shepparton Art Museum (2010).

Mountford’s work has also featured in numerous significant group exhibitions, including The Magic Artist:, Australian Animation from the 1970s at QAGOMA, Brisbane, 2021; Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, 2013; Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2012, and 21st Century: Art in the First Decade at QAGOMA, 2011. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and residencies including Australia Council Tokyo Residency in 2010 and in 2013 he was commissioned to make a site-specific installation for the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Mountford’s work is held across a wide range of institutions including the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Monash University Museum of Art and Heide Museum of Modern Art.