m i c h e l e m o r c o s
c u r r i c u l u m v i t a e
n a t i o n a l i t y
Australian / Egyptian
l i v e s
Sydney on Cammerygal country
s t u d i e s / t r a v e l / t e a c h i n g
2022
Research trip, Broken Hill/Mutawintji National Park, Far Western NSW
2021
Teaching, Drawing workshops, The Happen Store, Annandale, Sydney
2020, 2015, 2014
Interwoven, Summer School Coil Weaving Course, Sturt: Australian Contemporary Craft & Design, Mittagong
2019
Tutor in the Creative Arts (fine Arts), Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney;
Intuitive Drawing Workshop, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
Art Mentorship program in collaboration with The Inner West Council, Sydney
2019 -12
Artist lecture + Expressionist drawing workshop, Institute of Early Learning, Macquarie University, Sydney
2015 -14
Coil Weaving Workshops, Koskela, Sydney; Coil weaving Adult and Children’s workshops & Abstract drawing/Painting workshops, The Camperdown Residency Studios, Sydney
2013
Coil weaving workshops, Gate 8 Studios, Thebarton, Adelaide
Coil Weaving Workshops, Koskela, Sydney; object: Australian Centre of Design, Sydney; The Camperdown Residency Studios, Sydney; The Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, Sydney
2012
Storybook Bunting Workshop + Weaving Workshop, object: Australian Centre of Design, Sydney
Coil Weaving Workshop Series, The Pop Up Shop, North Sydney Arts Council Project, Crows Nest, Sydney
Adult Painting Workshop, North Sydney Community Centre, Sydney
2011
Teaching Children's Weaving Workshops Kindle Hill Primary Wentworth Falls NSW
2006
Etching Short Course at National Art School with Andrew Totman
2003
Certificate in Textile Design, East Sydney Technical College (incomplete)
2001/2
Travel / work in Edinburgh and Europe
2000
Drawing trip to Riversdale/Arthur Boyd property of Bundanon
1999
Completion Bachelor of Art Theory Honours, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
1998
Completion Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW
1997
Drawing trip to Mutawinji and Fowlers Gap in association with UNSW
1994
Completion Higher School Certificate Mosman High School
s c h o l a r s h i p s + p r i z e s
2023 Finalist Hawkesbury Art Prize
2013 Finalist North Sydney Art Prize
2012 Community Group of the Year Award for The Pop Up Art Project, North Sydney Council
2009 Finalist Mosman Art Prize
2005 Finalist Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
2000 Finalist Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
g r a n t s
2007 NAVA Marketing Grant for Make –Off Exhibition
r e s i d e n c i e s
2016 Guynah Artist - in - residence, North Arm cove, NSW
2015 The Milos studios, Skepolos, Greece
2013/4 The Camperdown Studios, Art Camp, Marrickville Council, Sydney
2012 Pop Up Creative Spaces Project, Six Month Residency, North Sydney Arts Council
2009/10 The Primrose Studios, 6 month studio residency, North Sydney
c o m m i s s i o n s
2016
Public art commission, Transport NSW
Woven Moments
Animation made up of many different painted and drawn elements
23 x 3m LED Screen
doeanddoe in collaboration with Michele Morcos
2014
Colouring Our Habitat, North Sydney Council & RMS Traffic Light Box Mural Painting Commission
The Green Room – coil weaving commission, North Sydney Council Chambers, Wyllie foyer
c o l l e c t i o n s
2021 North Sydney Council chambers, Sydney (landscape painting from Coal Loader exhibition March 2021)
2013 North Sydney Council chambers, Sydney (collection of woven fibre artworks)
2010 North Sydney Council chambers, Sydney (diptych painting)
e x h i b i t i o n s
s o l o
2023 The portal you are seeking, Galerie Zadra, Bael Switzerland
2022 The Enlightenment, Galerie Zadra, Basel Switzerland
Frisson, Koskela, Sydney
2020 Breathe, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
Breathe landscapes, Galerie Zadra, Luxembourg
2018 Everywhen: Sensory displays of affection and alight, Bridget Kennedy Project Space, Sydney
2016 Among the Whisperings & the stars, Koskela, Sydney
2014 The Nocturne 528, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
2013 One moment.one view, Pop up Studio residency exhibition, Art Camp Camperdown Studios, Sydney
2012 Trip the Light Fantastic: New Drawings +Paintings, Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney
2010 Spirit of Place Primrose Studio Residency Exhibition, Primrose Gallery, Sydney. Opened by Wendy Whiteley
2007 Ten 1997- 2007, The Intuitive Well Gallery, Bondi Junction, Sydney
2002 Girl From Ipanema, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
g r o u p
2024
The Mother, Group exhibition, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2023
The Hawkesbury Art Prize (finalist), NSW
Openfield Arts Festival, Berry, NSW
2021
Project 2060: Homeward bound, Group exhibition, Coal Loader, North Sydney
2020
The Space Within, Group exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, Redfern, Sydney
Collect Space Group exhibition, Jamfactory, Adelaide, SA
2019
insitu, Art residency Group exhibition, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2018
Vase + Vessel, Group exhibition curated by Amber Creswell Bell, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington Sydney
the red project, Group exhibition curated by Alison Clark, The Coal loader, Balls Point, Waverton Sydney
2017
S o l a c e, Group exhibition with Mignon Steele + Emily Besser, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington, Sydney
On Paper Of Clay, Group exhibition curated by Amber Creswell Bell, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2016
Twelve, Group exhibition, Koskela Sydney
2015
T ON E - Group exhibition, Council of Objects, Adelaide, SA
Art/vert, Group exhibition, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2012
Make your Mark_ 2012, Object Gallery Group Exhibition, Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney
Arts for Humanity, Group Charity Exhibition for Red Cross, Danks st Depot Gallery, Sydney
2011
Make_it 2011, Object Gallery Group exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Resolutions, Group Exhibition, Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
2010
Make Believe, Object Gallery Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Say your Piece, Group Jewellery exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2009
Le Fil (The Thread), Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
Make_Over Object Gallery Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery,Surry Hills, Sydney
2008
Make_Do Object gallery Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
Through the Eye of the Needle, Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2007
Lingua Loca, Group Exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
Make – Off, Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
Gender and Diversity, Group Exhibition, Long Gallery,Wollongong University
2006
Four Steps Forward, Group Exhibition, Gaffa Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney
2005
On the Same Page, Group Exhibition, Arial Bookstore in conjunction with Mobile Sydney
Sydney05, Group Exhibition, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Taste, Mobile Sydney Group Exhibition, The Clock Hotel, Surry Hills, Sydney
2004
The White Room Series II, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza Victoria
Scratching the Surface, Two person Exhibition, Artichoke Gallery, Manly, Sydney
2003
Harvest, Group Exhibition Quadrivium Gallery Sydney
2002
Piemonte Series Solo Exhibition Bookstop Café Edinburgh
Contemporary Textiles Group Exhibition Edinburgh College of Arts Scotland
2000
Alumni Graduates Exhibition Kudos Gallery
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists Exhibition The Brett Whiteley Studios Surry Hills
On The River Landscapes: From the Arthur Boyd Estate at Riversdale, Group Exhibition, The National Art School, Sydney
Wallpaper Two Person Exhibition Starfish Gallery, Bondi Beach, Sydney
1998
Forces Group Exhibition Arthaus Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
1997
Gaps Group Exhibition College of Fine Arts Student Gallery
Graduation Group Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1994-6
Mosman Youth Art Prize
a r t i c l e s/ f e a t u r e s
2023 House & Garden (Australian edition), 'Cottage industry', story by Judy Pascoe, August 2023, pg 22
2020 Artist Interview with Angharad Rixon, Textile stories podcast, streamed on Soundcloud and YouTube
Breathe Landscapes, exhibition essay, Karen Zadra, GalerieZadra, Luxembourg
2018 Artwork Feature, Domino Magazine, September 2018 (USA edition)
Artwork feature, Inside Out magazine, June 2018
Artwork Feature, Vogue Living Australia, Jan/Feb 2018, pg 91
2017 Artwork Feature, Home Beautiful Australia, May 2017, Front Cover
2015 Artist feature, The Craft Companion publication, Ramona Barry & Rebecca Jobson, Thames & Hudson, pg 36
Art/Vert group exhibition review, writer: Sammy Preston, photgrapher: Jacqui Turk, Broadsheet Sydney website, 3 February, 2015
Art/Vert group exhibition review, writer: Georgina Reid, photographer: Nikki To, The Design Files website, 2 February 2015
Space to Create, Artist Interview with Lisa Tilse, we-are-Scout.com, 2 March 2015
2014 Artist Interview with Natalie Walton, The Daily Imprint Blog, 2 September
2013 Half Hour Radio Interview with Kitiya Palaskas on her radio show - Made by Hand, 2SER, Sydney
2012 Artist Profile, Inside Out Magazine, Writer: Lee Tran Lam, Photographer: Craig Wall, Nov/Dec, pg 54
2011 Artscareer Newsletter for NAVA, Featured Arts Blog (tinytrappings), March 2011
2010 Two Artists with lots of Spirit, Mosman Daily, 3 June, p.2
2007 Make – Off Exhibition Review, Design Hub, Powerhouse Museum Website
2003 Girl From Ipanema, Lenny Ann Low, Metropolitan Section The Sydney Morning Herald, May, p.12
w r i t i n g
2014
Four Artists Review One Exhibition - Pippin Drysdale, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 53 no 2, July 2014 pg 42
Album Notes & artwork image, Alphabet Family Journal, Issue 1 (A), pg.62-3
2009
F!nk Education Kit, June 2009, Object Gallery, Sydney
New Design Education Kit, April 2009, Object Gallery, Sydney
2008
Object Eye Section, Object Magazine Issue #57, December- November 2008
Object Eye Section, Object Magazine Issue #56, September –February 2008
2003
Metal Element 6 Lemel supplement of Object Magazine
2002
Japan Series Helen Van Meer Smallfry Magazine Edinburgh
2001
College of Fine Arts Graduate Show 2000 Textiles Magazine
2000
Land/Mark Groovine Music Magazine Feature
Biennale 2000 Groovine Music Magazine Arts Feature
1999
Finding Din/Kum and Trading Curios: Representations of the Chinese on the New Gold Mountain Honours Thesis College of Fine Arts
1998
Art Monthly Correspondence
1997
Fifteen Minutes of Fame Art-Write Magazine Article
a r t i n d u s t r y
w o r k e x p e r i e n c e
2023
Sydney Contemporary (Art Fair), Gallery Assistant, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney
2019, 2014
Exhibition Review/Selection Panel, Marrickville Council, Sydney
2018
Artist Interview with Cath Derksema, In conversation: Creative Women Talks Event, North Sydney Community Centre, Sydney
2014
Exhibition Review Selection Panel, Marrickville Council
2012 - 2005
Part time Retail + Gallery Assistant at Object Gallery, Sydney Opera House; St Margaret’s Hospital Gallery; Collect Store The Rocks & St Margaret Sites
2011 Volunteer Dubbo Regional Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW
Volunteer/ Facilitate workshop, Happy Talk Project, Art + About Festival, October 2011, Sydney
2011- 10
Casual Gallery Administrator, Sabbia Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2007 - 6
Installation work, Ranamok Glass Prize, Sydney Opera House
2004
Volunteer guide for Ranamok Glass Prize 2004, Government House, Sydney
Guest Exhibition Work involving installation of November exhibition, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery
2002
Gallery Assistant in Administration and Curation Quadrivium Art Gallery Sydney
Gallery Assistant to John McDonald New Contemporaries Gallery Sydney
1998
Volunteer Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney
Gallery Assistant Patrick Corbally Stourton Contemporary Art