‘Where do they all belong?’ Adam Elliot on his inspiration and first solo exhibition

How Oscar-winning Australian artist Adam Elliot uses art to highlight neurodiversity and mental health and promote his own mental wellbeing.
Adam Elliot at work. A grey scale close up of a face with a bald head, closed eyes and huge ears, being drawn with a pen and hand completing the drawing.

Many know the acclaimed, painstakingly crafted films of Australian artist, writer and director, Adam Elliot. In 2004, he won an Oscar for his short film, Harvie Krumpet. His debut feature, Mary and Max (2009), voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette among others, was praised globally.

Yet, few have seen Elliot’s personal trove of drawings and clay sculptures.

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Anthony Frajman is a culture writer originally from Melbourne.