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Michael Doolan
Exhibitions
> 11 - 22 November | Sydney
> 12 September - 6 October 2007
> 16 November - 10 December 2005
> Other Works
Michael Doolan was born in 1959, Melbourne, Australia and currently lives and works in Melbourne.
Michael completed a Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) at Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne (1981), and graduated with a Master of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne (2001) where he is currently a lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Fine Art.
Michael has held various solo exhibitions throughout Australia, most notably for now and for ever, Karen Woodbury Gallery (2007); Never EverLand, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston (2005); Boo Who?, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Good as Gold, Brisbane City Gallery, Queensland (2003); The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne (2000).
He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria (2007-08); the prestigious by invitation only Trans Ceramic Art, Third World International Ceramics Biennale, Korea (2005); Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art as a State of Encounter, Newcastle Region Gallery, touring regional galleries (2006/2008); Snap Freeze: Still Life Now, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria (2007); You’re so Vain: 5 Contemporary Sculptors, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Boogie Jive and Bop, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston (2004); the Gold Coast International Ceramics Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland (2003).
Among his various achievements, Michael has been the recipient of the Out of Time Grant, Australia Council for the Arts (2005); a London Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts (2002); the Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award (2002); and in 1995, was awarded a gold medal at the 14th International Biennale, Ceramique d’Art, Vallauris, France.
Michael’s work features in many private collections, as well as public collections both locally and abroad such as the Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria; Newcastle Region Gallery, New South Wales; Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland; Ipswich Art Gallery, Queensland; and the Chateau Museum, Vallauris, France.
Michael is a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2007, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria.
Downloads> Artist CV
> Essay by Lisa Slade (2007)
> Essay by Stuart Koop (2005)