Energetic and experimental, Michaela Gleave is one of Australia’s upcoming contemporary artists. Working across installation, performance, photography, sculpture and video, her multi-faceted projects explore the systems and structures through which we construct our reality, challenging us to rethink our presence within it.

Gleave was awarded a M.F.A. (Research) from the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in 2007. She was commissioned to create Cloud Spa (Faux Mo), a pool of real cloud, installed underground as part of the Museum of Old and New Art’s (MONA) Festival of Music and Art (2016). That same year, she will also perform A Galaxy of Suns, where constellations will be transcribed into scores by her and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra as part of MONA’s Winter Arts Festival. A major museum exhibition of experimental media, Experimenta: Recharge – 8th International Biennial of Media Art, featuring Gleave’s series Model For The End Of The Universe, is currently touring across Australia (through 23 September 2016).

In 2015, Lines of Sight, in collaboration with Cameron Robbins, marked her fourth solo exhibition at Anna Pappas Gallery. Gleave has held solo exhibitions at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia (2013), Performance Space, Sydney (2012); Art Futures, Hong Kong Art Fair (2012) and group shows at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2011), the Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin (2010) and Primavera 09 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2009). From 2012 to 2013, Gleave was the resident artist at the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science Division. In 2015, she was the recipient of Australia’s foremost prize for emerging artists – The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize – and in 2012 she was awarded a Creative Australia Fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts and a Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship in 2009.

• Michaela Gleave – Persistent Optimism
• Korean International Art Fair
• ART HK 2012
• Michaela Gleave – I Would Bring You The Stars
• Michaela Gleave – Universal Truths
• Project14: Free Range
• Melbourne Art Fair 2014
• Project15: DEATH | LIFE
• Michaela Gleave + Cameron Robbins – Lines of Sight
• Project 16: The Agency of Things

Born 1980. Lives and works in Sydney.

EDUCATION

2007    MFA (Research), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2003    BFA (Hons First Class), School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart
1998    Associate Diploma of Music, Australian Music Examinations Board, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015
Lines of Sight – in collaboration with Cameron Robbins, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne

2013
A Day is Longer Than a Year, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Western Australia
Universal Truths, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Into the Aether, MCA Art Bar, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

2012
We Are Made of Stardust, Hong Kong International Art Fair (ART HK12)

2011
We Are Made of Stardust, Boxcopy, Brisbane
I Will Bring You the Stars, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
We Are Made of Stardust, Boxcopy ARI, Brisbane

2010
Persistent Optimism, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne

2009
Snowfield, MOP Projects, Sydney

2007
Constructing Space: Experiments in Light, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Cloud Field, Kudos Gallery, Sydney

2006
Raining Room (Diamond Dust), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2002
Between the Cracks (Recent Explorations in Sugar), Republic Gallery, Hobart
(h)ours<e>, (in Collaboration with Benjamin Wright), Entrepot Gallery, Hobart

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Project15: DEATH | LIFE, curated by Sebsatian Goldspink, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, Arts Mildura: Palimpest, La Trobe Art Institute Gallery, Mildura, Australia
Taken to Task, curated by Dara Gill, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
As if Light Could be Translated, curated by Annika Kristensen and Samantha Williams, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Gallery, Brisbane
Futures, curated by Dara Gill, ArtBar at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Elemental Phenomena, curated by Naomi Evans, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane

2014
Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Enduring Parallels, curated by Lottie Consalvo and Ineke Dane, The Lockup, Newcastle
Dame Joan Sutherland Fund Art Showcase, American Australian Foundation, New York City
New Worlds: Science Fiction & Contemporary Art, curated by Andrew Frost, CoFA Galleries, Sydney
The List, curated by Megan Monte, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Trace: Performative Works from the Collection, curated by Bree Richards, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Project14: Free Range, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne

2013
Redlands Art Prize, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
Underbelly Festival, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
I Love Todd Sampson, curated/directed by Michelle St Anne (Living Room Theatre), Pier 2/3, Sydney

2012
Winner!, curated by Mish Gregor, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Photo-Sculpture, Pictures, Objects and Paradox, curated by Sarah Mosca, MOP Projects, Sydney
An Impossible Distance, curated by David Horwitz, Border, Mexico City
Where the birds always sing…, curated by Theodore Wohng, Ausin Tung Gallery, Melbourne
Clear Dove Tone, curated by Brooke Furguson, Level, Brisbane
Border Poetics, curated by Eileen Cubbage, Sqing&Oup, New York – online exhibition
Our Frozen Moment, Performance Space (Carriageworks), Sydney

2011
Spectacle Obstacle, Westspace, Melbourne
Unchained Melodies, Wardlow Art Residence, Melbourne
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney
Korean International Art Fair (KIAF11), Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Octopus 11: The Matter of Air, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Rules of Play, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
The Feeling Will Pass, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2010
No Risk Too Great, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes (White), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Urban/Landscape, curated by Iris Holstein and Matthias Hederer, Gallery Linda, Hamburg
Draught, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

2009
Primavera 09, curated by Jeff Kahn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Bucket, MOP Projects, Sydney
Breathing Space, curated by Brendan Penzer, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Hawkesbury
Hello, ESP Gallery, Sydney
Save Firstdraft! Fundraiser Auction and Exhibition, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Unto the Breach (Dear Friends), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
The Ice Palace, The Red Rattler, Sydney
Life of Staff, See Street Gallery, Sydney
Game is Good, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2008
Membrane, Next Wave Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne
Runway – Conversations, curated by Anneke Jaspers, publication launch, ICAN, Sydney
Cash and Carry, MOP Projects, Sydney
Single Poster Seeks Same, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Salút, See Street Gallery, Sydney
Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
By George!, Art and About Laneway Festival, Sydney

2007
Shelf Life, curated by Nicholas Vickers, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Deck, MOP Projects, Sydney
Vive Le Bonheur! (Long Live Happiness!), curated by Cecelia Huynh, Workshop Showroom, Sydney
Square Dance, Firstdraft, Sydney
Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney
Raise High the Roof Beam, BUS Gallery, Melbourne
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come), curated by Elizabeth Reidy, Presented by 1⁄2 Doz., Chauvel Cinema, Sydney

2006
Better Than It Really Is, INFLIGHT Art, Hobart
Red Wall Gallery Launch, Red Wall Gallery, Hobart

2005
Are we there yet? (The Sublime Project), Curated by Christine Bradburn and Alicia Ritson, Phatspace, Sydney

2004
Hatched, National Graduate Survey Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth

2003
BFA (hons), Plimsol Gallery, School of Art, Hobart
Kylie’s Dog Dreams of Paradise, curated by Caroline Rose, INFLIGHT Art, Hobart

2002
Down the Garden Path, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hobart
Global House Project, curated by Shaun Wilson, Various Site-specific Locations, New York and San Francisco
Brush Strokes, Side Space, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Inside-Out, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart

2001
Transistor, Entrepot Galleries, Hobart
Shoe Box, Entrepot Galleries, Hobart

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2015    Winner, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Australia
2015    Finalist, Burnie Print Prize, Hobart
2014    Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2014    International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
2014    Tokyo Wondersite, Tokyo
2013    Dame Joan Sutherland Fund, Travel Grant
2013    Finalist, Art on Paper: Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurt, Australia
2013    Finalist, Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, Australia
2013    Laughing Waters Artist Residency, Eltham, Australia
2013    CSIRO (Astronomy and Space Science), Sydney
2012    Creative Australia Fellowship, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
2011    Finalist, Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Australia
2011    Finalist, Maddock’s Art Prize, Australia
2010    NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2010    Takt Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
2010    Watch This Space, Residency, Alice Springs, Australia
2009    Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Australia
2009    National Finalist, Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards, Australia
2009    Firstdraft Emerging Curator Grant, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2007    Highly Commended, Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, Australia
2005    Australian Postgraduate Association Scholarship, Australia

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Robert Nelson, “Exhibition does not take air lightly”, The Age; Visual Arts, 21 September, p. 17
Michaela Boland, “Fair gives locals a brush with Korea”, The Australian; Arts, 19 September, p.17

COLLECTIONS

Art Bank, Australia