Guido Maestri, born in Mudgee, completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) in painting at the National Art School, Darlinghurst in 2003. Based in Sydney, he has had seven solo exhibitions at the Tim Olsen Gallery, most recently the sellout Paintings and drawings from West and South in March 2011. Rejected for the Archibald eight consecutive times, he was a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize in 2007 and 2008.