Biography
1973 Born Sydney
2022 - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts - Candidate
2004 Master of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Hons (First Class), University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1997 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts, University of Western Sydney, Nepean
Lives and works in Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Regression Paintings, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2021 Art Habits, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2018 The Creative Act, The Delaware Contemporary, Delaware, U.S.A.
An Awkward Dance, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2015 Studio Chatter, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2014 Notes to Self/ Letters to Others, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2012 Skeleton Makes Good, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2011 The Gumbo Variations, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2010 Greetings from Lindeman Island, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2009 Captain Ziggy Presents…., Gallery9, Sydney
2008 Paintings, Prints & Wall Hangings, Gallery9, Sydney
2006 Streetscape, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2004 Missing in action, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2002 Artbox, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
Death Wobbles, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2001 LA International Biennial, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
2000 The Lounge, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
1999 Not Pop, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney
Artbox, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
1998 Open House Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Sydney Contemporary 2024, Carriageworks, Sydney
Deeply Unserious, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Queensland
Summer Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Melbourne
2023 More, More, More, Works form the Artbank Collection, Artbank, Melbourne
2023 KAAF ART Prize, Korea-Australia Art Foundation Art Prize, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary 2023, Carriageworks, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Melbourne
2022 Artist Seeking Collector, Res Artists, Melbourne
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
InlandSee, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
Annual Summer Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
Art Mix Tape: Yours for Summer, HOTA - Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Queensland
2021 Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
The Work of Art, curated by Sabrina Baker and Anja Loughhead, Artbank, Melbourne
The Future is Humanity, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Space YZ, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
2020 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
Adelaide Perry Prize, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney
Annual Summer Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2019 2019 KAAF ART Prize, Korea-Australia Art Foundation Art Prize, Sydney
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
Installation Contemporary 2019/ Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
Love, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
Poor Imagination, curated by Rafi Abdullah, Sullivan + Strumpf, Singapore
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2018 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales
40th Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2017 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Text, Curated by Mark Hetherington, Adelaide Perry Gallery, PLC, Sydney
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australia
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2016 Blindside Curtain Call, 1000 2000s, curated by Soap Collective, Blindside, Melbourne
Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
Group Exhibition, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2015 Mug Shot: A Still Life Show, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
SSFA 2015, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Cars = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2014 Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland
Far and Wide : Narrative into Idea, curated by Jasmin Stephens, UTS Gallery, Sydney
For Lease : Reinterpreting Place, curated by Chloe' Wolifson, Breezeblock, Sydney
SSFA 2014, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2013 National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Speak To Me, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
SSFA 2013, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2012 Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
The Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Lie of the Land : New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC
SSFA 2012, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2011 Whyalla Art Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla, South Australia
House Inspection : Interior Motives, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
SSFA 2011, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Subtext : Art For Literacy, Carriageworks, Sydney
2010 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Sydney
RBS Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
SSFA 2010, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
2009 Langue Froide, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
The Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
I’m worse at what I do best – curated by Tom Polo, Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney
2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Artbank, Melbourne
Works on Paper, Cuchifritos gallery/project space, New York
2007 Ceci n’est pas…. (This is not….), Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Business and Pleasure, Suite 711, New York
Open Studio Exhibition, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
2006 Poor Yorick, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney
2005 Micro Master/Action Hero, Blindside, Melbourne
Material Boys and Girls, Deloitte, Sydney
2004 Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Masters of Cofa, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Art and Champagne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2003 Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Boofheads and Scrubbers, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Sydney
Artbox Inc., Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2002 Graduate Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales,Sydney
Festivus, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks, Sydney
Open Studio Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York
2000 The Palace of Exaggeration and Everything, Grey Matter Contemporary Art, Sydney
One Last Show, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney
The Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney
Garage Sale, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney
1999 Hack, Grey Matter, Sydney, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Art Project Management
Qintex, Smith and Stonely,, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Art Project Management
Hatched : Healthway National Graduate Show, PICA, Perth
Figure 8, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Al Eisen & Friends, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney, curated by Michael & Michael…
Open Studio Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York
1998 Honours Graduation Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Mary Alice Evatt Art Award, Coach House Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney
(symbol), First Draft, Sydney, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Arts Project Management
COFA Honours Exhibition, Visual and Performance Space, COFA, UNSW, Sydney
1997 Professional Human, Graduation Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Nepean
Awards
2023 KAAF ART Prize, Korea-Australia Art Foundation, Sydney
2023 The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship – University of Sydney, SCA Travel
2022 Arthur Macquarie Travelling Scholarship, University of Sydney
2022 The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship – University of Sydney, SCA Travel
2022 Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
2022 Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship, USYD, Sydney College of the Arts
2020 Arts Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts
2016 Arts and Cultural Development Fund, Arts NSW
2016 Arts Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts
2013 New Work Mid-Career Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts
2012 The Janet Holmes à Court Artists' Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
2010 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Open Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2010 The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2007 Dr K. David, G. Edwards and Margery Edwards Charitable giving Trust
2007 Dame Joan Sutherland Foundation
2007 American-Australian Association, New York
2005 The Ian Potter Cultural Trust
2004 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
2002 International Program, NSW Ministry for the Arts
2002 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
2001 Post Graduate Research Grant, UNSW, College of Fine Arts
2000 Development Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts
2000 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
1999 Willoughby City Art Prize, 3D open section winner
1999 Australian Post Graduate Award, MFA, University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Commissions
2009 Site specific text project, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Sydney
Residencies
2007 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2004 Ascham School, Sydney
2003 Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program, NSW
2002 Summer Studio Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York
2001 Los Angeles Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts
2000 The Gunnery Studio, Artspace, Sydney
Publications
Bruce James, ‘too much sex on TV? I don’t hear the TV complaining’, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 1998
Sebastian Smee, ‘Hip and miss’, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 1999
Bruce James, ‘Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not on canvas any more’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April 1999
Morgan Richards, ‘Familiar?’, Monument, no. 29, 1999
‘Interactive art wins $5000 Willoughby prize’, Sydney Weekly, 9 September1999
Blair French, ‘Hack, grey matter contemporary art’, Art Text, no. 69, 2000
Russell Storer,http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/visarts/globe/issue11/nmtext.html, 2000
Clara Sturak, Santa Monica Mirror, Los Angeles, 18 July, 2001
Russell Storer, ‘Artbox Inc.’, Artbox Inc., catalogue essay, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 2003
Cathy Pryor, ‘Drawing on the dark side of suburbia’, The Australian, 2 August, 2003
Tim Dick, ‘There’s an art to being a boofhead’, Sydney Morning Herald, 2-3 August, 2003
Dominique Angeloro, ‘Pain in the Art’, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 August, 2003
Dominique Angeloro, ‘Critic’s picks’, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March – 1 April, 2004
Talulah Stephenson, ‘Missing in action’, Missing in Action, catalogue essay, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, March, 2004
Dominique Angeloro, ‘Exhibitions: Negative attitude’, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 November – 2 December, 2004
Alex Taylor, ‘Micro master/action hero’, catalogue essay, Blindside Exhibition Space, Melbourne, 2005
Ian Geraghty, ‘Streetscape’, review (room sheet), Sherman Galleries, Sydney also published in Reviews: Sydney, issue 69, April/May/June 2006
Sunanda Creagh, Open gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, 22-23 April, 2006
Laura Murray Cree (ed.), Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986-2006, Craftsman House/Thames and Hudson Australia, Melbourne 2006
Jacquelyn Lewis, ‘Armory Week : Who’s that Artist?’, Artinfo.com, 2007
Katya Kazakina, http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206001088&refer=&sid=&a6Y_3uTMIUbc, August 1, 2007
Holland Cotter, ‘Ceci n’est pas….’, The New York Times, August 3, 2007
John Von Sturmer, ‘West is When is West: A Trip Report’, Art Monthly Australia, #224 October, 2009
John McDonald, ‘Thankful for small mercies’, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 - 4 April, 2010
Christopher Allen, ‘The Big Picture’, The Australian, 1 May, 2010
Amy Griffiths, ‘Sulman Prize’, Incubate - Issue 5, UNSW College of Fine Arts, 2010
Carrie Miller, ‘Money sullies art’, Australian Art Collector, Oct – Dec, Issue 54, 2010
Anne Marie Kiely, ‘Word Play’, Vogue Living, Nov/Dec, 2010
Adam Fulton, ‘Archibald brushes competition aside’, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April, 2011
Adam Fulton, ‘Wanted: man, 37, seeks ads to transform into artworks’ Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June, 2011
Katrina Lobley, ‘Open Gallery’, Sydney Morning Herald, July 9-10, 2011
Alex J. Taylor, ‘Lie of The Land, New Australian Landscapes’ catalogue, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, 2012
Courtney Kidd, ‘Michael Lindeman’s Next Offer’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 62, Oct – Dec, 2012
Andrew Taylor, ‘Every picture tells a story as a dab hands vie for glory’, The Sun-Herald, 17 March, 2013
John McDonald, ‘The Archibald Prize: Glorified lucky dip?, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March, 2013
Michael Fitzgerald, ‘Open Gallery’, Sydney Morning Herald, June 1-2, 2013
Melinda Ham, ‘Creative undercurrents’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September, 2014
Melanie Coram, 'Black Swan portraits lay lives bare' The West Australian, 7 October, 2017
Artist Profile, ‘ Michael Lindeman: An Awkward Dance’, http://www.artistprofile.com.au/michael-lindeman/ 28 June, 2018
Sarah Peace (ed.), WordPower: Language as Medium, LibraryX, 2019
Annie Tonkin and Camilla Wagstaff, ‘Standing Out’, Art Collector, Sydney Contemporary Special Edition, September, 2019
Chloe Wolifson, ‘Art show turns up the volume’, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 September, 2019
John McDonald, ‘Newsletter 304’ https://www.johnmcdonald.net.au/2019/newsletter-304/ 16 September, 2019
Jane O’Sullivan, Sydney Contemporary shows the glitz, https://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/features/visual-arts/jane-osullivan/sydney-contemporary-shows-the-glitz-258828, 20 September, 2019
Hester Lyon, ‘Sydney Contemporary: A Constructive Criticality’, Vault Australaisan Arts & Culture, 23 October, 2019
Erin McFadyen, ‘The Nude Show’, Artist Profile, Issue 49, 2019
Justin Clemens, ‘Après moi le deluge: Artists after art’, Arena, Spring, 2020
Lucinda Garbutt-Young, ‘Art Habits: Michael Lindeman on creativity and cheeky philology’, City Hub, Arts & Entertainment, 4 July, 2021
Australian Arts Review, Art Mixtape: Yours for Summer, https://artsreview.com.au/97951-2/ 16 December, 2021
Art Guide Australia, ‘Testing Grounds’, January/ February, 2023
Courtney Kidd, ‘Art Is But a Reflection’, Art Collector: Sydney Contemporary 2023 Special Edition, September, 2023
Collections
Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney
Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney
HOTA - Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Queensland
Ace Hotel, Sydney
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland
Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney
The University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland
Griffith University Art Gallery, Queensland
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
Artbank, Sydney
Private Collections in Australia and internationally.