michael le grand
Born in Sydney 1951
Education
| 1976-1977 | Certificate of Advanced Studies, St Martin’s School of Art, London, UK. | |
| 1972-1974 | Diploma of Art, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC. |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 | Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Canberra Museum and Gallery | |
| 2007 | Michael Le Grand, Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2005 | Michael Le Grand, Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2002 | Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2000 | Defiance Gallery, Sydney Beaver Galleries, Deakin, ACT | |
| 1992 | Room 371, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada | |
| 1988 | Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1985 | Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1980 | Link Theatre, Canberra | |
| 1980 | Albert Hall, Canberra |
Exhibitions
| 2011 | Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark Sculpture by the Sea, Inside, Aarhus, Denmark Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe Inside, WA Sculpture Inside, Orange Regional Gallery | |
| 2010-2011 | Sculpture in the Caroline Chisholm Courtyard, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, Vic. | |
| 2010 | Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA Japanese Story, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University, Vic. Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Sculpture by the Sea Inside, Bondi, NSW | |
| 2009 | You Little Beauty, 14th Annual Miniature Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA Abstraction, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2008 | Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW | |
| 2007 | Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW One Small Step for Mankind, 12th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture 2007, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2006 | Sculpture 2006, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA How Much Art Thou Shrunk, 11th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney. Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW | |
| 2005 | Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA 10th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture 2005, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney | |
| 2004 | University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition. Sculpture 2004, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney The March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2003 | McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, Vic Where Small Walk Tall, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Great Works for the Great Outdoors, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture 2003, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery and Defiance Gallery, Sydney. | |
| 2002 | Defiance Group Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Sculpture Inside, Bondi Pavilion, NSW The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Factor 10, Australian National University, Canberra Edition + Artist Book Survey, Canberra Museum and Gallery Environmenta, Time, Bowral, NSW Three Colours Red, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney. That Was Then ANCA Tenant’s Exhibition, Canberra | |
| 2001 | Sculpture 2002, Defiance Gallery; Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery. Sculpture 2001, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney; Defiance Gallery. Sydney; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery. Roche Contemporary Art Prize. | |
| 2000 | The Importance of being Small, The Annual 6x6x6 Inch Miniature Sculpture Show Defiance Gallery, Sydney, King Street Gallery, Sydney Various Views, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture from the Sea, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery; Arts Centre, Hazelhurst; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Gallery; Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Tribal Echo, Oceanic Arts Australia, Paddington, Sydney Tribal Echo, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW Sculpture 2000, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1999 | Big Thoughts, Small Works, Defiance Gallery, Sydney We are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Sydney (and touring nationally) Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park. Eizan Line, CSA, Foyer Gallery, Canberra Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Still Life, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, King Street Gallery, Sydney Five Easy Pieces, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1998 | Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park. The Defiant 6’’, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Figure in the Landscape Defiance Gallery, Sydney, King Street Gallery, Sydney Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Canberra National Sculpture Forum, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | |
| 1997 | Biggest Little Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture Walk, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW It’s a Box 11, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1996 | Size is Not Important, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Sculpture Now ’96, Castlemaine, VIC Box by any other Name, Defiance Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1995 | Solander Gallery. Canberra Canberra National Sculpture Forum, ACT. | |
| 1993 | Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, NSW Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa, ACT Alberta College of Art Faculty Show, Calgary Canada Art Can’t Hurt You, Newzones Gallery, Calgary Canada | |
| 1991 | Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa Canberra Institute of the Arts Staff Exhibition, Canberra | |
| 1990 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne | |
| 1989 | Huntly Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Uriarra, ACT | |
| 1988 | Solander Gallery, Canberra Canberra School of Art/National Capital Development Commission Sculpture Walk < Floriade Festival, Canberra Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre |
Commissions
| 2010 | Darwin Place, London Circuit, ACT (in process) | |
| 1999 | Shortlist, ANU Graduate Management Program Facility Building Commission | |
| 1998 | Shortlist, ANU Gravity Wave Building Sculpture Commission | |
| 1997 | ACT Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre | |
| 1997 | Manly Art Gallery and Museum Sculpture Walk | |
| 1992 | Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT |
Collections
Ian Hicks, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Gandel Sculpture Collection, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Spa Park, Bad Laasphe, Wittgenstein
Arts Act Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
Commonwealth Industrial Gases, Wetherill Park, NSW
Darwin Community Art Gallery, Darwin NT
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Evandale Sculpture Park
Lord Alistair McAlpine Collection, Broome, WA
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
The Jackson Smith Collection
The Niland Collection
The Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT
Tetsuya Wakuda, Sydney
Australian National University, Canberra
Evandale Sculpture Park, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Janet Holmes à Court Collection, Vasse Felix, Margaret River, WA
Achievements
| 2011 | Emeritus Fellow, ANU School of Art (Sculpture Workshop) | |
| 2010 | Helen Lemprière Scholarship artsACT Project Fund Grant Emeritus Fellow ANU, School of Art, Sculpture | |
| 2007 | Tetsuya Wakuda Sculpture Prize | |
| 2006 | Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Prize | |
| 2004 | University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award | |
| 2003 | Sculpture in the City | |
| 2002 | Sculpture by the Sea, (invited participant)Bondi, NSW | |
| 2001 | Roche Contemporary Art Prize (finalist), Australia | |
| 2000 | ACT Arts Quick Response Grant Australian National University Stopover Grant | |
| 1998 | Capital Arts Patron’s Organisation Creative Arts Fellowship 1998 ACT Government Creative Arts Fellowship, 1998 (Visual Arts) Donation of Steel, Transfield Sydney for the Canberra National Sculpture Forum Co-winner, inaugural Sydney Water Prize, Sculpture by the Sea | |
| 1979 | Creative Arts Fellowship, Australian National University | |
| 1977 | Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council - Special Projects | |
| 1975 | Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council - Travel Grant |
Publications
| 2010 | McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2010 | |
| 2009 | Scarlett, Ken An exhibition with a vast following, Australian Art Review, Aug-Oct Scarlett, Ken From Bondi to Aarhus, Art Monthly Australia, Aug 09 Artnotes ACT, Art Monthly Australia, July 2009 | |
| 2008 | McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2007 Streak, Diana Grand miniatures, Canberra Times, Oct 18 Park, Nicky Take a walk on the magic sides, Canberra Times | |
| 2007 | Price, Jenna Surfing the waves of creativity, Canberra Times, Nov. 11 McDonald, John Sydney Morning Herald, Oct. 13-14, 07 Six ACT sculptors shape up for exhibition, Canberra Times, Oct. 2007 Ingram, Terry Art Outdoors, Australian Art Collector April-June 2007 Artnotes ACT, Art Monthly Australia, Dec 2007 – Feb. 2008 Sculpture Symposium examines Public Art issues, The Triangle, April, 07 On the edge, South Coaster, Winter 2007 | |
| 2006 | Scarlett, Ken Australian Art Review, Nov. 2006- Fev.2007 | |
| 2005 | Musa, Helen Steelworks on show in Sydney, Canberra Times, July 30 | |
| 2004 | Parker, L. Artist steels award, Camden Advertiser,. December 1. | |
| 2003 | Musa, Helen Le Grand’s work wins top sculpture award, Canberra Times, Nov. 24 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award. Kelly, Phillipa Review – “insiders”, Muse, No.233, October Why don’t you? , The Sydney Magazine, September Barron, Sonia, Insiders – Celebrating teachers’ talents, Canberra Times, Sept. 20 | |
| 2002 | Insiders, ANU School of Art Gallery. Sponsor awards play vital role, The Australian , Oct. 30 McDonald, John Marvels in miniature, The Australian Financial Review Watson, B. Little rocks, Sydney Morning Herald A head for figures, Sunday Telegraph, November 03 Critics pick, Sydney Morning Herald, November 15 Artlink , Vol. 23, No. 3 | |
| 2001 | Look, Art Gallery of NSW, October Roche Contemporary Art Prize CSA Showcase: Jubilee 2001 | |
| 2000 | Genocchio, Benjamin Anything goes, The Weekend Australian, December 9-10 Watson, Bronwyn, In the scale of things, Sydney Morning Herald, November 11 James, Bruce Arts review – arts today, Radio National, October 10 Dysart, Dinah, Sculpture by the sea. Contemporary art along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Art & Australia, Olympic Issue, Vol 38, No. 1 Proudfoot, Cassie Sculptor steeled for solo show, Canberra Times, August 25 Barron, Sonia Reflections of human aspirations, Canberra Times, Aug 25 Musa, Helen Tangible results of Arts Fellowships, Canberra Times, August 12 Harris, Peter A wealth of talent, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring Harris, Peter Down to the sea, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring Harris, Peter The power of the miniature’, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring Hynes, Victoria Tribal Echo at Oceanic Arts and Campbelltown City Gallery, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring Reed Burns, Jenna A new tribe, Sydney Morning Herald, April 06 | |
| 1998 | Nolan, Mathew Galleries-Arts- Times, Newtown Times, June Issue Smee, Sebastian Sculptureby the sea – rough ride for our new wave of sculptors, Sydney Morning Herald, October 09 | |
| 1993 | Scarlett, Ken Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens, Craftsman House, Sydney | |
| 1991 | Sturgeon, Graeme Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Craftsman House, Sydney | |
| 1989 | Bishop, Margaret Young Artist, Piper Press, Sydney | |
| 1985 | Art and Australia, Vol. 29, No.1, Spring | |
| 1984 | Winter-Irving, Celia Metal Sculpture, Craft Australia Year Book, Crafts Council of
Australia, Sydney Collins Australia Year Book Sturgeon, Graeme Australia Sculpture Now, Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Nicklin, Lenore The Arts, The Bulletin, December 25 - January 01 Germaine, Max Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Boolarong Press, Brisbane | |
| 1983 | Exhibition Commentary, Art and Australia, Vol. 21, No.2, Summer Haynes, Peter Sculpture by Michael Le Grand, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1982 | Murray-White, Clive, 8th Sculpture Triennial’, Art Network, No. 7, Spring. Scarlett, Ken There is no substitute for quality, Art Network, No.7, Spring |
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