music and life (detail), 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
© 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: James Edwards PHOTOGRAPHER: Felicity Jenkins COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney Front Cover Image: natural mood (detail), 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 167 cm
MICHAEL MUIR RISING TIDE 31 March - 24 April 2022
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LIST OF WORKS:
a little bit closer, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm every sign, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm music and life, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm natural mood, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 167 cm space and time, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm the actual path, 2022, oil on linen, 183 x 152 cm time complications, 2022, oil on linen, 198 x 167 cm
a little bit closer, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
every sign, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
music and life, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 122 cm
natural mood, 2022, oil on linen, 137 x 167 cm
space and time, 2022, oil on linen, 122 x 107 cm
the actual path, 2022, oil on linen, 183 x 152 cm
time complications, 2022, oil on linen, 198 x 167 cm
MICHAEL MUIR SOLO EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2022 Rising Tide, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2021 Rabbit Holes, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 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, Sydney 2002 Waiting for rain, Alta Gallery, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Muswellbrook Art Prize 2017 Finalist, Tattersall Art Prize 2016 Finalist, Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, 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 2022 The Art of Giving Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney 2022 Martin Browne Contemporary at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne 2021 Winter Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2021 Summer Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2020 Summer Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2019 Martin Browne Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2019 Mirror Mirror’ Portraits from the collection Macquarie University 2019 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand 2018 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand 2018 Fantasy Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2018 Jan Murphy Gallery at Spring 1883, Melbourne 2018 Martin Browne Contemporary at Melbourne Art Fair 2018 Muswellbrook Art Prize, New South Wales 2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Carriageworks 2017 Tattersall Art Prize, Brisbane 2017 Martin Browne Contemporary at Denfair, Melbourne 2017 Surface, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2017 From Nature, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney 2016 Martin Browne Contemporary at Auckland Art Fair, New Zealand 2016 Fair Go, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne 2016 Jan Murphy Gallery at Spring 1883, Melbourne 2016 Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
COLLECTIONS 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