MICHAEL MUIR CHASING RAINBOWS 2 - 26 April 2020
© 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: Ally Russell-Floyd PHOTOGRAPHER: Felicity Jenkins COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney Cover Image: low rider, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
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LIST OF WORKS
underground, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm complications, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm wiser time, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm future people, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm be invisible, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm under a mountain, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm share the ride, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm low rider, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
underground, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
complications, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
wiser time, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
future people, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
be invisible, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
under a mountain, 2020, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
share the ride, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
low rider, 2020, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
MICHAEL MUIR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020 Chasing Rainbows, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2019 Proximity, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 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 2019 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks, Sydney 2019 Martin Browne Contemporary @ Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand 2019 Mirror Mirror 2: Portraits from the collection, Macquarie University Art Gallery 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
COLLECTIONS Artbank City of Port Phillip Harbour City Estates, Hong Kong Macquarie Group Mosman Municipal Council Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre Private Collections in the U.S.A, Australia, Ireland, England, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand