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After studying for 5 years at both Meadowbank TAFE ’84-’85 and City Art Institute (now UNSW College of Art and Design) ’86-’88, Michael won The Sydney Morning Herald Travelling Art Scholarship in 1988 and - combined with the Dyson Bequest from the Art Gallery of NSW - painted in the Mora Dyring Studio at the Cite Internationale des Artes in Paris for 4 months and travelled for 2 and a half years in Asia, Europe and America. He exhibited with the Tim Olsen Gallery 2005- 2010 where he had 4 solo exhibitions and numerous group shows. There have been numerous artist trips to the Flinders Ranges, West MacDonnell Ranges, Cooma , Rylstone and the north coast of NSW. Michael has taught and run workshops since the mid 90s and classes at numerous schools, art centres and art societies and has guest lectured at COFA and TAFE, run workshops at Cockatoo island and guided art trips for World Expeditions to the West MacDonnell and Flinders Ranges. Michael currently resides in the Blue Mountains. Curriculum Vitae - Michael Herron PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Michael Herron Born Sydney 1966 Education 1978-83 Killara High School, Sydney 1984-85 Meadowbank TAFE, Art Certificate, Sydney 1986-88 Bachelor of Fine Art, City Art Institute, Sydney. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1986 Lloyd Rees Photographic Award, Sydney. 1987 Three Painters, Arthause Gallery, Sydney. 1988 Two person Show, Galaxy Gallery, Sydney. 1988 Final Year Exhibition, City Art Institute, Sydney. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald Heritage Traveling Art Scholarship, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney. 1988 Gallery Artists, Galaxy Gallery, Sydney. 1988 Galaxy Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair 1988 Monotype, Galaxy Gallery, Sydney. 1989 A Romantic Vision, Two person Show, Galaxy Gallery Sydney. 1989 Douglas Art Award exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. 1990 Young Painters, St Germaine, Paris. 1993 Observatory Heritage Exhibition, S.H.Irving Gallery, Sydney 1995 Impromptu, Arthause Gallery, Sydney. 1996 Axel Presents, Three Person Show, 235 Nelson Street Gallery, Sydney. 1996 If I had a Manifesto, Three Person Show, 235 Nelson Street Gallery, Sydney. 1997 No Holds Barred 2, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne. 2006 Tim Olsen Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair 2008 2 x 2 Group Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery Annex, Sydney 2010 Tim Olsen Gallery Miscellanea 2010 Meadowbank TAFE Alumni 3 Person Show 2010 Kedumba Drawing Award 2011 Taronga Zoo Artist in Residence, Newcastle University 2011 Archibald, Salon des refuses, S.H.Irving Gallery 2011 Zoo AIR, University Gallery, Newcastle 2011 Contested Landscapes, Art and About Sydney, Customs House Forecourt. 2012 Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, Sydney 2012 Painting the Everglades, with Tim Allen 2012 Flinders Ranges Exhibition, Mackay, Queensland Milton House Gallery 2012 Regent Honeyeater Show, Zoo Drawings with Michael Mandelc, Leura 2013 Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, Sydney 2013 Utzon’s Opera House , S H Irving Gallery, Sydney 2014 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat 2014 Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, Sydney 2015 Confluence Coorah Contemporary, Wentworth Falls 2017 Raglan Gallery Cooma, Kelton Plain Residency Show 2018 Project Gallery 90 Paddington Sydney 2018 Weswal Gallery Tamworth, A Shared View SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1990 D.C. Art Gallery, Sydney. 1996 First Draft Gallery, Sydney. phyla 2001 Works on Paper, Ewart Gallery, Sydney. 2005 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney 2006 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney - Confluence 2008 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney - Idyll 2009 Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney The Chant of Edna Walling 2012 Threshold Gallery, Sydney Garden Party, Chifley Plaza. 2013 Butchers Hook Gallery, Sydney, The Abstract heart. 2014 Woodford Academy 2015 Michael Herron Moth Project, Surrey Hills. Sydney 2017 Braemar Gallery, Springwood. Michael Herron Recent Work 2018 Weswal Gallery, Tamworth. Quiet Landmarks 2019 Woodford Academy 2020 Project Gallery 90 Fresh PRIZES AND AWARDS 1986 Lloyd Rees Photographic Award 1988 Royal Agricultural Society, First Prize, The Under 20 Student Painting 1988 Willoughby Art Prize, highly Commended 1988 Sydney Morning Herald Heritage Art Award, Traveling Scholarship 1989 City Art Institute, Douglas Art Award, University Medal 1989 The Dyson Bequest, Art Gallery of N.S.W.Traveling Scholarship 1989 The Moya Dyring Studio, Cite International des Arts, Paris 2002 The Sydney Grammar Prep School, Art Award Teaching 1995- 2007 Waverly Woollahra Art Centre, Bondi 1999- present Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby 2005- 08 Drawing , Art Gallery of NSW 2011-13 Knox Grammar Drawing workshops 2012-15 Blacktown Arts Centre life drawing workshops 2013 VADEA lectures and Zoo drawing workshop 2013-21 Cranbrook Drawing, painting and Cockatoo Island Workshops 2013-18 Wenona Girls HSC Workshops 2014 -17 Knox Grammar painting and HSC Workshops 2016-20 The Kings School painting, drawing and HSC 2018- 2021 Glenaeon Steiner Cockatoo Island Workshops 2019 -2020 Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and Design Art Month and Cockatoo Island Workshops 2014 Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School Zoo Workshop 2015-18 Workshop Arts Willoughby Cockatoo Island Painting Workshops 2015 -19 West MacDonnell Ranges 7 day Artist Trip World Expeditions 2017-18 Flinders Ranges Artist Expedition World Expeditions 2019 Kakadu Artist Trip World Expeditions Travels 1989-1991 Asia, Europe, USA and 1998-1999 Asia and Europe 1998-1999 Asia, Europe |
