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Born Sydney, Australia.
Lives and works on Dharawal Country, NSW.
2004-07 Masters of Fine Art by Research, Monash University, Melbourne
1994-95 Graduate Diploma, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1985-87 Diploma of Fine Art, Claremont School of Art, Western Australia
GRANTS, AWARDS, PROJECTS
2023 Artist-in-Residence, UNSW Library for the exhibition Care is a Relationship
2022 Australia Council for the Arts, Grant for Individual Art Projects (exhibition at Wollongong Art Gallery 2024)
2021 Artist-in-Residence, Textile Support online residency during February.
2019 Artist-in-Residence, The HIVE, an Arts Health research project through Black Dog Institute
2017-20 Artist-in-Residence, Tender Funerals, Port Kembla (2017-19 REALM project funded by Create NSW)
2016 Arts NSW Artist Support Grant
2014-18 Costume construction and design, John A Douglas Circles of Fire
2014 Artist-in-Residence, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2013 Australia Council Skills and Art Development Grant
2009 Australia Council New Work Grant (Established Artists)
2009 Artist-in-Residence, Khoj Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2008 Artist-in-Residence, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth
1997 Artist-in-Residence, School of Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth
1991 Artist-in-Residence, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE
1990 Artist-in-Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 | what is held, is here - new work, Wollongong Art Gallery 1st June - 25th August |
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2018 |
some kind of longing : textile works 1995-2018, Tamworth Regional Art Gallery : 15th Sept-28th Oct |
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2016 |
some kind of longing : textile works 1995-2015, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, Vic |
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2014 |
whitewash, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW and Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic |
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2011 |
the vanishing, Faculty of Creative Arts Gallery, University of Wollongong - Global Animal Conference Exhibition |
| hemispheres, Gallery 5 Crown Lane, Wollongong, NSW | |
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2010 |
the vanishing, Atrium Gallery, Australian High Commission, Singapore |
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2008 |
surfacing, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
| 2007 | always between us, Span Galleries, Melbourne |
| 1997 | new drawings, SEA Gallery, WAAPA at Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA |
| 1990 | Scar Char Chair, Installation at Wellington St, West Perth |
| Vacant Block, Installation at Wellington St, West Perth |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2024 |
Bowness Photography Prize, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (upcoming September)
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| 2023
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Care is a Relationship, UNSW Library with Sphere in the Know Transform: Shirts Reimagined, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong and Barometer Gallery, Paddington |
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2022
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SECOND Look: remade and refashioned textiles, Barometer Gallery, Paddington and Tamworth Regional Gallery p a l i n d r o m e , (David Roach, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove, Melinda Young, Michele Elliot, Mignon Steel), Clifton School of Arts |
| 2021 |
SECOND Look: Handmade Textiles, Barometer Gallery, Paddington |
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FRACAS 4, Articulate project space, Leichhardt |
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2020 |
The Long Kiss Goodbye, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA: a Festival of Perth exhibition |
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EMBEDDED: A exhibition of contemporary quilts, Flux Gallery, Perth |
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Fabrications, Wollongong Art Gallery |
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FROLIC FREEZE, Articulate project space, Leichhardt |
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2019 |
STILL : National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery (September) |
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REALM : Tender Funerals Artists in Residence; Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong In the Making: Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong Gabrielle Adamik, Felix Allen, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove, Michele Elliot, Anita Larkin, Geoff Morrell, Catriona Stanton |
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2018 |
Making : memory - Rox de Luca, Michele Elliot, Laurie Paine, Articulate Upstairs, Leichhardt NSW |
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2016 |
Animaladies, Interlude Gallery, Glebe |
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2015 |
Notes for a Future Feminist Archive, Affiliated Text/Cross Arts Books, Potts Point |
| slowing down time 4 : Louise Curham, Michele Elliot, Sue Healey, Jo Law, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT | |
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Openings, AirSpace Projects, Marrickville |
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2014 |
Horizon: Exploring the West Coast with the Clipperton Project, Fremantle Arts Centre |
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Organic Intimacy (curated by Sara Lindsay), Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
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slowing down time 1 (April; slowing down time 3 (October): Louise Curham, Michele Elliot, Sue Healey, Jo Law, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, NSW |
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| 2013 | Burqas Veils and Hoodies : identity and representation, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, VIC |
| The Situated Line : Boni Cairncross,Brogan Bunt, Jo Law, Michele Elliot (curator), Ruth Hadlow, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, NSW | |
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Drawing Now, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, an exhibition of drawings by the staff of COFA, curated by Peter Sharp and Kylie Banyard |
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| 2012 | Kindness : Udarta (celebrating 20 years of Australia-India Council Cultural Exchange program) Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India and RMIT Gallery, Melbourne |
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The Line in Space : Anne Mosey, Barbara Halnan, Elke Wolhfhart, Michele Elliot, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt, NSW |
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| 2011 | Sensorial Loop : Tamworth Textile Triennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery (touring 2011 - 2013) |
| local : current 2011, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW | |
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Pattern Matters, Impact7: Intersections and Counterpoints Printmaking Conference, Monash University (curated Professor Teresa Cole, Tulane University, New Orleans USA) |
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2010 |
Stains on my Chintz : Archana Hande, Joscelyn Gardener, Lavanya Mani, Michele Elliot and Paula Sengupta (curator), The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata, India |
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Silver: 25 years of Artrage, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA |
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| 2007 | an edge meets an edge, Spectrum Gallery, Northbridge, WA |
| 2006 | Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, NSW |
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The Colour and the Shape, Glen Eira City Gallery, Caulfield, Vic |
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| 2005 | ‘Veneer’ Poimena Art Prize, Launceston, Tasmania |
| 2003 |
20th Century Women Artists, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA |
| 1998 |
Gotham Times Ten – A survey of ten years of Gotham Studios, PICA, WA |
| 1996 | The Pathology of Home, The Performance Space, Redfern; Linden Gallery, St Kilda |
| 1995 | Precious (BVA Honours & Graduate Diploma Graduating Exhibition), Sydney College of the Arts, NSW |
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bur-ran-gur ang (court out) - Women and the Law, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA (A Festival of Perth exhibition) |
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| 1993 | Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1992 | Feminisms : 27 Women Artists, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA |
| Maria Cruz, Michele Elliot, Nicole Page-Smith, Lucia Tancredi, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA | |
| ARX 3 (Artists Regional Exchange), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA | |
| Coals to Newcastle: Xerox Art by 5 Australian Artists (curated by Neil Roberts) Australia Centre, Metro Manila, The Philippines | |
| 14 Nautical Miles, Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan, NSW | |
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Gotham Shows, Artplace Gallery, Claremont, WA |
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| 1991 | A Backward Glance : A Survey of WA Sculpture from the mid 60's to the 90's, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA |
| 1990 | The Arsonists, Galerie Constantinople, Queanbeyan NSW |
| Local Talent Urban Living, Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia | |
| Gotham Goes Shopping, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA | |
| 1989 | Desire, The Jam Factory, Adelaide Fringe Festival |
| Gotham Goes to the Beach, The Beach Gallery, Northbridge, WA | |
| 1988 | A New A Gender, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA |
EARLY COMMISSIONS/PROJECTS
1993-94 Percent for Art Scheme, WA Department for the Arts: Lakelands High School Public Art Project in collaboration with Penny Ralph - Design and construction of amphitheatre and slate mosaic
1993 Poster workshops for Social Justice Commission Weekend Forum for the Pilbara, Karratha
1993 Visual Artist, Red Desert Theatre in Northbridge Derelict Angels
1992 Artist-in-Residence, Geraldton Regional Community Education Centre
1992 Postcards from the Pilbara Project - A Series of Workshops and production of postcards held in Karratha, Tom Price, Paraburdoo and Roebourne for women living in isolated communities
1991 Visual Artist (Costumes) Ariadne's Understudies, written by Marion Campbell, directed by Noelle Janasczewska, PICA
1991 Banner for the State School Teachers Union of WA in collaboration with Sarah McNamara
1991 Graffiti Mural Project, Bassendean Youth Centre
1990 Poster Design 6UVSFM (University of WA) programme Burning Down the House
1990 Postcard Design for Mt Leseur Campaign with Sarah McNamara and Pam Kleemann
1989 Mural for Save the Children Fund, Out of School Care Centre, Midvale
TEACHING
2014-2019 Short Course and Public Programs Lecturer, National Art School, Darlinghurst
2013-16 Sessional Academic - Gateway program and Textiles Studio, UNSW Art and Design
2012-13 Tutor, Foundation Studies, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong
2011 Visiting Lecturer - Textiles, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong
1989-93 Lecturer Sculpture/Drawing, School of Visual Arts, Curtin University,
1992-93 Drawing Lecturer, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth
1990-91 Tutor (part-time), Department of Fine Arts, University of WA
COLLECTIONS
Artbank; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA; Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, Perth; Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, Perth; Town of Albany, WA, University of New South Wales Library, Sydney