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Artipodean 🇦🇺
@artipodean.bsky.social
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• Australian artist creating hybrid artworks
• Physical miniature acrylic gouache and digital NFTs
• #outsiderart #brutart #occultart
⭐ https://www.artipodean.au/
⭐ https://beacons.ai/artipodean
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Empty Canvas, 11/30 Leo & Neil 🖼️⏰💔
Neil noticed Leo stopped painting after they met. "No time," Leo said. Neil reflected on how resignation wears the mask of practicality.

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Abstract portrait of a man shown front-facing, constructed from bold geometric colour blocks. The face is divided into contrasting sections of yellow, red, blue, green, purple, and orange. Simplified eyes, nose, and mouth are outlined with dark lines. The head and shoulders fill the frame, with flat colour fields forming the background. The composition uses strong colour contrast, sharp edges, and is framed by a thin border.
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Traces, Leo & Neil, 10/30 STORIES SERIES 🔍📜 🌳
Leo found Neil researching his family genealogy.
Racing time against forgetting. Loss makes historians of us all eventually.

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Abstract artwork depicting two stylised human figures standing close together. Their bodies and faces are formed from overlapping geometric shapes in bright colours including blue, red, yellow, green, purple, and orange. Simplified facial features are indicated by small shapes and lines. The figures overlap vertically within the frame, with flat colour fields filling the background. The composition uses bold outlines, flat colours, and is framed by a thin border.
January 20, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Empty Tiles, Leo & Neil, 9/30 STORIES SERIES 🚿🎵
When Leo stopped singing in the shower, something shifted.
The absence of small rituals reveals deeper changes.

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Abstract artwork showing a stylised human figure from the chest up, head tilted back and mouth open. A stream of blue geometric shapes flows downward into the mouth from above, originating at a white oval form. The figure is rendered in flat blocks of brown, grey, and tan. The background is composed of angular colour fields in yellow, orange, blue, and light purple. Bold outlines and flat colours define the composition, framed by a thin border.
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Battle Wounds, Leo & Neil, 8/30 STORIES SERIES 🔍📖🕊️
Leo noticed Neil researching the war his grandfather never discussed. "Understanding his silence helps," Neil said.

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Abstract portrait of a man shown front-facing, composed of bold geometric colour blocks. The face is divided into contrasting sections of yellow, blue, purple, red, green, and grey. Simplified eyes, nose, and mouth are outlined with dark lines, with a small black moustache indicated above the lip. The head and shoulders fill the frame, with flat colour fields forming the background. The composition uses strong colour contrast, sharp edges, and is framed by a thin border.
January 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Ancient Tunes, Leo & Neil, 7/30 STORIES SERIES🗑️🎵 🎸
Neil watched Leo delete his band's recordings. "Ancient history," Leo dismissed.
Neil silently wondered what else Leo deleted.

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#glbt #queerart #gayart #outsiderart #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries #artipodean
Abstract artwork depicting multiple stylised human-like figures arranged within a vertically oriented composition. The figures are constructed from rounded and angular shapes in bright colours including green, blue, yellow, red, orange, and purple. Simplified heads and limbs are suggested through overlapping forms. The background is divided into flat colour panels that interlock with the figures. The composition uses bold outlines, flat colours, and is framed by a thin border.
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Erasure, Leo & Neil, 6/30 STORIES SERIES👥🤫
Leo noticed Neil never mentioned his ex-wife. Not from healing but erasure. Relationships die from neglect as easily as conflict.

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Abstract portrait of a face composed of a grid of bold geometric shapes. The facial features are fragmented across square and rectangular blocks in black, green, red, yellow, blue, and orange. One eye appears green and the other red, separated by thick black lines. Simplified nose and lips are formed by intersecting shapes. The composition uses flat colours, strong contrast, and is framed by a thin border.
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Tongues, Leo & Neil, 5/30 STORIES SERIES 🇮🇹 📚💬
Neil found Leo learning Italian on his lunch breaks. "Nonna only spoke it," Leo said wistfully. Language resurrects voices.

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#glbt #queerart #gayart #outsiderart #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries #artipodean
Abstract portrait of a man shown front-facing, constructed from bold geometric colour blocks. The face is divided into contrasting sections of yellow, blue, green, red, purple, and teal. Simplified eyes, nose, and mouth are outlined with dark lines. The head and shoulders fill the frame, with flat colour fields forming the background. The composition uses strong colour contrast, sharp edges, and is framed by a thin border.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Dial Tone, 4/30 Leo & Neil🤝📞
Leo learnt Neil's best friend stopped calling after they moved in together. "He disappeared," Neil claimed. Relationships end in omissions as much as actions.

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#glbt #queerart #gayart #artipodean #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries
Abstract artwork composed of overlapping geometric shapes and flat colour fields. Curved and angular forms in yellow, purple, teal, blue, green, red, and orange fill the frame. Several shapes suggest simplified human-like silhouettes and facial profiles without detailed features. Circular and rectangular elements repeat across the composition. The image is vertically oriented, uses bold outlines and high colour contrast, and is framed by a thin border.
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Early sacrifice, Leo & Neil, 3/30 STORIES SERIES🧘‍♂️🕯️⏰

Neil asked about Leo's meditation practice. "Got too busy," he said. Neil wondered when self-care became the first casualty of their life.

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www.artipodean.au/post/stories...
#glbt #queerart #gayart #outsiderart #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries
Abstract portrait of a man shown front-facing, composed of bold geometric colour blocks. The face is divided into contrasting sections of yellow, red, blue, green, purple, and orange. Simplified eyes, nose, and mouth are outlined with dark lines. The head and shoulders fill the frame, with flat colour fields forming the background. The composition uses strong colour contrast, sharp edges, and is framed by a thin border.
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Pruning Ceremony, Leo & Neil, 2/30 STORIES SERIES🌳✂️
Leo learnt when Neil's cousin got married, they weren't invited.
Some family trees are pruned without confrontation.

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#glbt #queerart #gayart #artipodean #outsiderart #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries #Artipodean
Abstract portraits composed of intersecting geometric shapes and bright colour blocks. The faces are fragmented across squares and rectangles in orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, and red. Facial features include mismatched eyes, stylised eyelashes, a simplified nose, and lips divided across panels. Additional curved and circular elements appear within the faces. The composition uses flat colours, bold outlines, and high contrast, framed by a thin border.
January 13, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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Stay, Leo & Neil, 1/30 STORIES 💼🤐💔
Neil discovered Leo rejected his dream job to stay together.
Sacrifices made in silence can speak the loudest.

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#glbt #queerart #gayart #artipodean #outsiderart #LeoNeil #StoriesSeries #Artipodean
Abstract artwork depicting two stylised men shown from the chest up, standing side by side and facing forward. Their faces are divided into bold geometric colour blocks in blue, yellow, red, green, purple, brown, and black. Both figures have simplified eyes, noses, and mouths, with one figure wearing a jacket and tie. The figures overlap slightly against a background of flat colour fields. The composition uses strong colour contrast, sharp edges, and is framed by a thin border.
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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✨LAUNCHED✨ Leo & Neil Collection ✨
30 abstract works map the quiet erosion of long-term partnership through intimate moments that feel both specific and universal. 👬💔❤️
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Series of six random images from the Leo & Neil Collection in a grid layout.
January 11, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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COMING SOON: Leo & Neil Collection
Some truths about partnership live in the spaces between words. ❤️👬💔

📫SUBSCRIBE: Advance notice!
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January 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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✨2025 Review 🎨🖌️
• Invoking Belial Collection - April
• Legacy of Silence Collection - July
• Terminal Networks Collection - September
• Virologic Assault Collection - December

👉 www.artipodean.au

#Artipodean #handpainted #gouache
January 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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After viewing the #WorldAIDSDay Virologic Assault Collection
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I’d love to hear your thoughts!
⚡6 quick short
🔒ANONYMOUS questions
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#HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Embodied Coherence | Living fully within constraints of a perpetual health siege.

30 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired works
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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Embodied Coherence' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features a thin horizontal pale blue-gray line with soft, textured edges positioned in the center of a vibrant bright red background, creating a subtle division between the upper and lower portions, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Homeostatic Grace | Dressed in the uniform of pharmaceutical dependence, what are the aesthetics of survival?

28 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks
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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Homeostatic Grace' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features two horizontal pale pink rectangles with soft, cloudy textured edges positioned at the top and bottom of a vibrant bright red background, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Chronic Wisdom | Hard-won insights gained from years of long-term condition management.

27 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks
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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Chronic Wisdom' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features four horizontal rectangles with textured, rough edges stacked vertically on a dark red background: a grass-green rectangle at top, two deep blue rectangles in the middle sections, and a golden-yellow rectangle at the bottom, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Biological Diplomacy | Cellular negotiation between virus and treatment. Physical treaties etched in blood and pharmacology.

26 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks
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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Biological Diplomacy' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features a large rust-red rectangle with textured, weathered edges centered on a vibrant, bright green background, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Adaptive Equilibrium | Our body's sophisticated response to permanent alteration. Stability within the ongoing biological combat.

25 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks.

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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Adaptive Equilibrium' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features two rectangles with textured, soft edges stacked vertically on a vibrant bright red-orange background: a grass-green rectangle in the upper portion and a deep purple square below, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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After viewing the Virologic Assault Collection
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
⚡6 quick short
🔒ANONYMOUS questions
forms.gle/rgmiuynG8Y9s...

#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Integration | Claiming wholeness within the chronic condition of #HIV. Despite disease and incorporating it.

Rothko-inspired artworks that examine the biological siege beneath the medical success story.

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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Integration' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features three horizontal rectangles with textured, rough edges stacked vertically on a vibrant bright red background: a dark charcoal-black rectangle at top, an olive-green rectangle in the middle, and a golden-yellow square at the bottom, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Therapeutic Twilight | The grey zone of medicated existence. Viral war suppressed.

23 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks

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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract artwork titled 'Therapeutic Twilight' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features three horizontal dark slate-blue rectangles with soft, textured edges stacked vertically on a vibrant red background, all framed by a rough black border.
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Quantum Existence | Inhabitants of multiple health states simultaneously.

22 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks

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#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Quantum Existence' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features a deep blue rectangle with textured, rough edges positioned in the lower portion of a vibrant, bright red background, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Sustained Remission | HIV occupies the borderland of wellness. We live in the margins between sick and well.

21 of 30 abstract Rothko-inspired artworks.

📌 www.artipodean.au/post/virolog...
#WorldAIDSDay #HIV #HIVAIDS #VirologicAssault #Artipodean
Abstract art titled 'Sustained Remission' from the Virologic Assault Collection by Artipodean, a series of 30 Rothko-inspired works exploring chronic HIV viraemic assault. The composition features three horizontal rectangles with textured, rough edges stacked vertically on a vibrant, bright red background: a deep teal rectangle at the top, a bright orange rectangle in the middle, and another deep teal rectangle at the bottom, all framed by a rough black and white border.
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM