Biography – Matilda Michell

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