MICHAEL MUIR CHAMELEON EFFECT
8 March - 1 April 2018
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright Michael Muir This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILER: Dean Andersen PHOTOGRAPHER: Felicity Jenkins PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER: Stephen Oxenbury COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney Cover Image: the tenderness, 2017, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm (detail)
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LIST OF WORKS
distant land, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 167 cm brothers, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm payback, 2018, oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm stolen friends, 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 305 cm underneath the bed, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm hits the brakes, 2018, oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm local knowledge, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm the tenderness, 2017, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
distant land, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 167 cm
brothers, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
payback, 2018, oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm Following Page: stolen friends, 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 305 cm
underneath the bed, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
hits the brakes, 2018, oil on linen, 91 x 91cm
local knowledge, 2018, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
the tenderness, 2017, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
MICHAEL MUIR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018 Chameleon Effect, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2017 Disappearing Act, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2016 Turning to Water, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2016 HOME, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2015 Slush Fable, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2014 Under Water, Sophie Gannon and Jan Murphy offsite, Perth 2014 Corner Shops, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2013 Between the lines, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2012 Perpetual Motion, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney 2012 Fitting In, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2012 Keeping it clean, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 2011 Are we there yet, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2011 A magic number, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney 2010 When you were young, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney 2010 Growing Pains, Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne 2008 One road to freedom, Libby Edwards Galleries, Brisbane 2008 Room to move, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Sticky rice, Global Gallery, Paddington, Sydney 2002 Waiting for rain, Alta Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize 2017 Finalist, Tattersall Art Prize 2016 Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 2015 Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2014 Winner, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney 2014 Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2010 2nd Prize Winner, Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane 2010 Finalist, Metro Art Award, Melbourne 2005 Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2004 Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, Adelaide 2001 Winner, John Olsen Scholarship 2001 Julian Ashton Art School
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Artbank City of Port Phillip Macquarie Group Mosman Municipal Council Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre Harbour City Estates, Hong Kong Private Collections in the U.S.A, Australia, Ireland, England, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
2018 Muswellbrook Art Prize, New South Wales 2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney 2017 Tattersall Art Prize, Brisbane 2017 Martin Browne Contemporary @ Denfair, Melbourne 2017 Surface, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2017 From Nature, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2016 Martin Browne Contemporary @ Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand 2016 Fair Go, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2016 Jan Murphy Gallery @ Spring 1883, Melbourne 2016 Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 2015 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2015 Martin Browne Contemporary @ Art Central Hong Kong 2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney 2014 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2014 Percival Portrait Award, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville 2014 Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany 2014 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2013 Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise 2013 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney 2013 Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra 2012 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Gallery, Campbelltown 2012 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2012 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
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