Biography

Matilda Michell CV

  • 1982 Born in Canberra, ACT
  • 2005 Bachelor of Arts (Media Arts and Production) University of Technology, Sydney
  • 2005 Bachelor of International Studies University of Technology, Sydney
  • 2008 Bachelor of Fine Art National Art School, Sydney
  • Currently lives and works in NSW

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2015 ‘Still Life’, A-M Gallery, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2016 Fletcher Foundation 30 th Anniversary Exhibition, Aartamon Galleries, Sydney
  • 2016 Stanthorpe Arts Festival, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
  • 2016 ‘Drawing Now’ Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
  • 2016 Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Townsville Regional Gallery
  • 2016 Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Queensland
  • 2016 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
  • 2015 12 years of the Waterhouse Art Prize Retrospective, National Archives, Canberra
  • 2015 Blacktown Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 KAAF Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Portia Geach Portrait Prize, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 2015 Manning Art Prize ‘Naked and Nude’, Taree, NSW
  • 2015 Kogarah Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2015 Moreton Bay Art Awards, Pine Rivers Gallery, Queensland
  • 2015 Cossack Art Awards, Cossack Gallery, WA
  • 2015 Brisbane Art Prize, Lightspace Venue, Queensland
  • 2015 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Glebe Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Hunters Hill Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
  • 2014 In Company, Matilda Michell and Nicole Kelly, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
  • 2014 AME Bale Art Prize, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Victoria
  • 2014 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 2014 40 x 40, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2014 Art Est Tutor Show, Art Est Gallery, Sydney
  • 2013 Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • 2013 Rick Amor Self-Portrait Prize, Montsalvat Gallery, Victoria
  • 2013 Manning Art Prize ‘Naked and Nude’, Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW
  • 2013 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2013 Flannagan Art Prize, Ballarat, Victoria
  • 2013 Kogarah Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2013 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2013 Wilson Art Prize, Lismore, NSW
  • 2013 Lethbridge 10000 small-scale art award, Brisbane
  • 2013 Art Est Tutor show, Sydney
  • 2012 Fish in Australian Art, National Maritime Museum, Sydney
  • 2012 Marie Ellis Drawing Prize, Brisbane
  • 2012 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
  • 2012 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Award, Brisbane
  • 2012 Xstrata Percival Portrait Prize and ‘Directors Cut’ exhibition, Townsville
  • 2012 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2012 Harrison Galleries Stock Show, Sydney
  • 2012 Art Est Tutor Show, Sydney
  • 2011 National Trust Still Life Award, Berrima, NSW
  • 2011 Fleurieu Art of Food and Wine Prize, Adelaide
  • 2011 AME Bale Art Prize, Glen Eira Gallery, Victoria
  • 2011 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2011 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane
  • 2010 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
  • 2010 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Perth
  • 2010 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards, Bega Regional Gallery, NSW
  • 2009 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum and National Archives, Canberra
  • 2009 Waiting: a still life, NG Gallery, Sydney
  • 2009 St Michael’s Archangel Prize, Melbourne
  • 2008 John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing, National Art School, Sydney

Residencies and Awards

  • 2015 Painting Prize winner, Glebe Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2015 Drawing Prize winner, Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
  • 2009 Overall winner in the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
  • 2008 Recipient of the Pata Paris Studio Residency Award
  • 2008 Winner of the Third Year National Art School Prize for Art History and Theory
  • 2008 Recipient of a William Fletcher Foundation Grant
  • 2008 Highly Commended in the John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing
  • 2008 Highly Commended in the Arthur Le Gay Brereton Draftsmanship Award
  • 2006 Winner of the First Year National Art School Prize for Art History and Theory

Collections

  • South Australian Musuem
  • Private Collections