Johnny Romeo

Johnny Romeo

SLAYMAKERS

A Solo Exhibition
Grainger Gallery 22 April 2025

Step into a neon-drenched, Technicolor dreamscape where Pop culture misfits and fearless daydream rebels shatter the limits and redefine the impossible. In Slaymakers, internationally acclaimed Australian Pop painter Johnny Romeo returns to Canberra with an electrifying collection of new paintings that celebrates the visionaries and Pop counter culturalists who are shaping the future—those who make waves and redefine what it means to succeed. Originally coined in 1980s alternative culture and popularised by Gen Z to describe someone who is performing exceptionally well, ‘slay’ is given a gloriously Kitsch Pop twist by Australia’s King of Pop as he transforms the term into an anthemic call to arms for the movers and shakers who dare to push the revolution into motion. Bursting with larger-than-life imagery, explosive colour arrangements, and undeniable swagger, Slaymakers is more than an exhibition, it is a powerful declaration by Australia’s leading Pop artist that to change the world, you can’t just play – you need to slay.