m i c h e l e   m o r c o s 

 

Michele Morcos is a multimedia visual artist with a studio practice in Sydney, Australia. She graduated from UNSW Art & Design (Collage of Fine Arts) in 1999 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting/drawing) and a BA Honours in Art Theory.

 

Michele has been a twice finalist for The Brett Whiteley travelling Art Scholarship and a finalist in major art prizes such as The Mosman art prize, North Sydney art prize and Hawkesbury art prize. She has exhibited her work in thirteen solo exhibitions and over twenty group exhibitions throughout Australia.

 

During the past 12 years, Michele has lectured and taught at Macquarie University, wrote and taught summer art courses for Sturt Collage in Mittagong, and created a number of workshops in art galleries and art spaces around the country -  including ADC: Australian Centre for Design in Sydney and Gate8 in Adelaide. She has completed Artist-in-residence programs in Australia & overseas, and in 2016 collaborated on a public art project with DoeandDoe to create a ten minute hand drawn animated film for Transport NSW’s Wynscreen project in the redevelopment of Wynyard Station in Sydney.

 

In March 2018 Michele exhibited a new multidimensional installation for a group exhibition in association with North Sydney council and Sydney’s Art Month 2018 festival. Entitled ‘The red project’ - the exhibition was curated by Alison Clark, at The Coal Loader Site in Balls Point Sydney, and was followed up with the second major group exhibition - Project 2060: Homeward Bound in 2021.

 

In 2020 Michele exhibited new work at Sabbia Gallery, the Jamfactory in Adelaide, and completed her 9th solo exhibition at Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Sydney.

 

Her recent solo exhibitions at Koskela and Galerie Zadra in Switzerland, took her back to her first love – that of the Australian landscape and memories of painting and drawing trips to the stunning traditional lands of the Malyankapa, Pandjikali, Wanyuparlku and Wilyakali peoples in Far Western NSW.

 

In June 2023 Michele premièred a new installation/ performance work commissioned for The Openfields Arts festival in Berry NSW, which was also performed in May 2024 in Sydney.

 

Michele has an artist studio in Marrickville Sydney, on the traditional lands of the Cadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora Nation.