Michael’s work is a form of extended diary keeping in which he reinterprets his own past and memories, both true and false, idealised and misremembered. Working from a foundation in drawing Michael utilises a range of techniques to navigate a line between revealing and concealing private, interior and architectural spaces, as well as the family, friends and moments that once haunted them.
Solo Shows
2022 – Shutter, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Vic
2021 – Go!, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Vic.
Group shows
2023 – Odd Fragments, ad infinitum, Blindside, Vic
(with Elena Misso, Kaijern Koo, & Skye Malu Baker)
2022 – The Macfarlane Fund exhibition, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton, Vic.
2021 – Ripple, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Vic.
2020 – VCA Graduation exhibition and catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.
2020 – idlewild, side gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
2020 – A Proposal, available as a digital catalogue.
2020 – Surface + Form, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Vic.
2020 – Summer Projects VII, Boom Gallery, Geelong Vic.
2019 – VCA Graduation exhibition, Melbourne, Vic.
2018 – Cross-Currents Project, a print exchange with Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) resulting in two shows:
– June – Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Tokyo.
– August – Student Gallery, University of Melbourne (VCA), Melbourne, Vic.
Awards
2019 – Majlis Encouragement Award, VCA Graduation Show
2019 – Fiona Myer Award, VCA Graduation Show
Education
2020 – Honours year
2017 – 2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing and Print) VCA
I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of all the unceded lands upon which I have lived and created, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung where I live now and the people of the Yugambeh and Yuggera where I grew up. I also acknowledge and extend my respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which my work is viewed, heard, or read and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.