ARTIST- MICHELLE HALLINAN

It all started when…

I was immersed in nature, observing the textures, patterns and colours around me.

From the experience comes works on paper - drawings, print making (etching, drypoint, lithographs, collagraphs) and artist books.

Recently relocated from the bush capital to coastal Newcastle I take any opportunity to be in nature - coastal, wetlands, botanical gardens and more.

I help those who say they ‘don’t have a creative bone in their body’ to achieve drawing confidence and a connection to nature without feeling fear of making a mark on paper.

Come join me.

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Education

2015 Masters of Visual Arts (Advanced with Honours), Australian
National University, ACT

2004 Bachelor of Education (Primary) Post-graduate Australian
Catholic University, ACT

1988  Associate Diploma of Visual Arts (Printmaking) Canberra
School of Art

1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking) Deakin University
(formerly W. I. A.E), VIC

Awards

2017 VCCAFS (Vice Chancellors College Artist Fellowship Scheme)
ANU College of Earth Sciences

Residencies

2022 Lighthouse Arts Newcastle, Nobbys-Whibayganba Headland, Newcastle, NSW.

2019  Craft ACT Artist in Residency- Namadagi National Park/ ANU
Dept. of Astronomy& Astrophysics.

2018  The Art Vault Mildura (March-April)

Solo Exhibition

2023 Nature Connections ArtShine Gallery, Bendigo Community Bank, Haymarket, Sydney, NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Winter Solstice Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle, NSW

2021 Manly Artist Book Prize, Manly Library, NSW

Small Works, Bolt Space Gallery Maitland, NSW

2019 Manly Artist Book Prize, Manly Library, NSW

2018 From Little Things Big Things Grow, GOST and Megalo Gallery
and Print Studio, ACT.

2017 Manly Artist Book Prize, Manly Library, NSW

          Inner North Art Prize, Canberra, ACT

2016 M16 Drawing Prize, Canberra, ACT

          Libris Artist Book Awards, Mackay Art Space, QLD

2015 ANU School of Art Drawing Prize

          Manly Artist Book Prize, Manly Library, NSW

2014  ANU School of Art Drawing Prize

Group Exhibitions

2023 Urban Fringe Art Systems, Wickham, NSW

2022 Printopia, Art Systems Wickham, Newcastle, NSW

Sintered,Onwards Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2021 Small Works The Boltspace, Maitland, NSW.

Just Desserts-the Plate Show,M16 Canberra, ACT.

Locus-Printmaking, NERAM, Armidale, NSW.

Terre Celestial, Craft ACT Artist in Residency Exhibition,
Tidbinbilla Visitors Centre, ACT.

Unfurl Newcastle Printmakers and Sculptors, Hunter Wetlands, Newcastle, NSW.

New Print 21 Newcastle Printmakers Workshop,
Newcastle, NSW.

2020 Small Works The Boltspace, Maitland, NSW.

40/40 Newcastle Print Workshop, Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW.

Grimm Neu Defin Newcastle Print Workshop, Newcastle, NSW.(online)

          Terre Celestial Craft ACT Artist in Residency Exhibition (online)

2019 40/40 Newcastle Print Workshop, Art Systems Wickham, Newcastle, NSW.

          Overwintering Newcastle Print Workshop with Newcastle
Sculptors, Newcastle Wetlands, NSW.

2018  Il Bisonte Florence/Fire Station Print Workshop, Armidale, VIC

          Sandholme Saloon Show & Environmental Sculpture
Exhibition, Seechange Jervis Bay Arts Festival

          The Plate Show: The Third Course The Foyer Gallery,
Australian National University, Canberra.

2017 Traces II, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT

Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC

I See Re(a)d, ANCA, Canberra, ACT

         The Plate Show, M16, Canberra, ACT

2016 Traces, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT

          The 2nd Edition, M16, Canberra, ACT

          Ex-Libris, Megalo, Canberra, ACT

          Regroup, The Artery Warrnambool, VIC & Deakin University
Geelong, VIC

2015  Masters of Visual Arts Graduate Show, School of Art Foyer Gallery, ANU ACT

          Gippsland Print Award, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC

          Underground Prints, 8th Print Symposium, National Gallery of
Australia, ACT

          Making our Mark, Left Hand Gallery, Braidwood, NSW

2014  Megalo Rocks, Lithography exhibition, Megalo Print Studio,
Canberra,ACT

2011- 17 Megalo Annual Members Show, Megalo Print Studio,
Canberra, ACT

Public Art Commissions

2012 Black Mountain Playground, Canberra, ACT, Tile design and
installation with Bev Hogg.

2012 Concrete public art projects, assisting Bev Hogg & Elizabeth
Paterson, Black Mountain.

Peninsula playground & Village Building Company North
Watson site.

2003 Being Australian, tiled mural, St Thomas More School,
Campbell, ACT

2002 Griffith Shopping Centre, A.C.T. Designed and made 10
mosaics with Bev Hogg.

2001 Dickson Bus Stop, ACT. Painted mural with Majura Primary
School, Watson, ACT

2000 Dickson Aquatic Centre, ACT. Painted mural in collaboration
with Bev Hogg, Dickson

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Private Collections