MICHAEL LINDEMAN

Born 1973, Sydney

2004 Master of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of , Sydney 1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 1997 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), University of Western Sydney, Nepean

RESIDENCIES

2007 International Studio and Curatorial Program, 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, Council for the Arts 2000 The Gunnery Studio, Artspace, Sydney

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2018 40th Alice Prize, finalist 2018 Jacaranda Acquisitve Drawing Award 2017 Black Swan Portrait Prize, finalist 2016 Arts Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts 2016 Arts & Cultural Development Fund, Arts NSW, Recipient 2014 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Capbelltown Arts Centre, Finalist 2013 National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, finalist 2013 New Work Mid-Career Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts 2013 Art on Paper, Hazelhurst regional Gallery, Hazelhurst, finalist 2013 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, finalist 2013 , Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 2013 , Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 2012 , Gold Coast City Gallery, Sydney 2012 The Alice Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 2012 , Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 2012 Janet Holmes à Court Artist Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Sydney 2011 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, finalist 2011 City of Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, finalist 2011 , Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, finalist 2010 Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, winner 2010 Paddington Art Prize, Sydney, finalist 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, finalist 2010 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, winner 2007 Dr K David, G Edwards and Margery Edwards Charitable Giving Trust 2007 Dame Joan Sutherland Foundation 2007 American-Australian Association, New York, USA 2005 The Ian Potter Cultural Trust 2004 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Sydney 2003 Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney 2002 International Program, NSW Ministry for the Arts, Sydney 2002 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Sydney 2001 Post Graduate Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2000 Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney 2000 NSW Artists Marketing Scheme, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Sydney 1999 Willoughby City Art Prize, Sydney, 3D Open Section, winner 1999 Australian Post Graduate Award, MFA, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Artbank, Sydney Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney Griffith University Art Gallery, Queensland Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney University of Queensland Art Museum, Queensland Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 The Creative Act, The Delaware Contemporary, Delaware, USA 2018 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, Sydney 2002 MFA Graduation Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney 2002 Death Wobbles, Kudos Gallery, Sydney 2001 LA International Biennial, 18th Street Arts Complex, Los Angeles, California, USA 2000 The Lounge, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney 1999 Not Pop, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney 1999 Artbox, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 1998 Open House Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Poor Imagination, Sullivan+Strumpf, Singapore 2019 Annual Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2018 Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney, Australia 2017 Text, Curated by Mark Hetherington, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney 2017 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Western Australia 2017 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria 2017 Group Exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2016 Blindside Curtain Call, 1000 2000s, curated by Soap Collective, Blindside, 2016 Kilgour Prize, , NSW 2016 Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Queensland 2016 Group Exhibition, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2015 Mug Shot: A Still Life Show, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW 2015 Cars = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland 2015 10th Anniversary Group Show, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2014 Salon des Refuses, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 2014 For Lease: Reinterpreting Place, Breezeblock, Sydney 2014 Redland Art Award, Redlant Art Gallery, Queensland 2014 Far and Wilde: Narrative into Idea, curated by Jasmin Stephens, UTS Gallery, Sydney 2014 SSFA14, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2013 National Artists’ Self Portrait Prize, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane 2013 Speak to Me, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2012 SSFA12, Sulivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2012 Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, USA 2011 House Inspection: Interior Motives, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane 2011 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2011 SSFA11, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2011 Subtext: Art For Literacy, Carriageworks, Sydney 2011 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2010 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney 2010 Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Sydney 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney 2010 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney 2010 The Sir John Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2010 SSFA10, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney 2009 Langue Froid – curated by William Wright & Conny Dietzschold, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney 2009 The Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney 2009 I’m worse at what I do best, Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney 2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Artbank, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne 2008 Works on Paper, Cuchifritos Gallery/Project Space, New York, USA 2007 Ceci n’est pas. (This is not.), Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, USA 2007 Business and Pleasure, Suite 711, New York, USA 2007 Open Studio Exhibition, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA

2006 Poor Yorick, Virginia Wilson Art, Sydney 2005 Micro Master/Action Hero, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne 2005 Material Boys and Girls, Deloitte, Sydney 2004 Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2004 Masters of COFA, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2004 Art and Champagne, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2003 Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2003 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney 2003 Boofheads and Scrubbers, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Sydney 2003 Artbox Inc., Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2002 Graduate Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Art, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2002 Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2002 Slacking Off, Imperial Slacks, Sydney 2002 Open Studio Exhibition, School of Visual Art, New York, USA 2000 The palace of exaggeration and everything, Grey Matter Contemporary Art, Sydney 2000 One Last Show, Herringbone Gallery, Sydney 2000 The Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney 2000 Garage Sale, Rubyayre Gallery, Sydney 1999 Hack, Grey Matter Contemporary Art, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Arts Project Management, Sydney 1999 Qintex, Smith and Stonely, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Arts Project Management, Brisbane 1999 Hatched : Healthway National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth 1999 Figure 8, Kudos Gallery, Sydney 1999 Al Eisen & Friends, Herringbone Gallery, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Arts Project Management, Sydney 1998 Honours Graduation Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 1998 Mary Alice Evatt Art Award, Coach House Gallery, curated by Michael & Michael Visual Arts Project Management, The Rocks, Sydney; First Draft, Sydney

RESIDENCIES

2007 International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, USA 2004 Ascham School, Sydney 2003 Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program, Cambewarra 2002 Summer Studio Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA 2001 Los Angeles Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts, Los Angeles, California, USA 2000 The Gunnery Studio, Artspace, Sydney

COMMISSIONS

2009 Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, site-specific text project, Sydney

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2018 “Michael Lindeman”, Artist Profile, 29 June 2017 Coram, Melanie. 'Black Swan portraits lay lives bare' The West Australian, 7 October 2014 Ham, Melinda. ‘ Creative undercurrents’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 September 2014 Taylor, Andrew. ‘Denton to hang out with other rejects’, The Sun Herald, 13 July 2014 Wolff, Sharne. 'Notes to Self/Letters to Others', 4 April 2013 McDonald, John. ‘The Archibald Prize: Glorified lucky dip?’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 2013 Fitzgerald, Michael. ‘Open Gallery’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 – 2 June 2013 Taylor, Andrew. ‘Every Picture Tells a Story as Dab Hands vie for Glory’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 March 2012 Kid, Courtney. ‘Michael Lindeman’s Next Offer’, Collector, Issue 62, October - December 2011 Fulton, Adam. ‘Wanted: man, 37, seeks ads to transform into artworks’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2011 McDonald, John. ‘Struggling Artists’, 20 July 2011 Lobley, Katrina. ‘Open Gallery’ The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 - 10 July 2011 Fulton, Adam. ‘Archibald brushes competition aside’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 2010 Kiely, Anne Marie. ‘Word Play’, Vogue Living, Nov/Dec 2010 Miller, Carrie. ‘Money sullies art’, Australian Art Collector, Oct – Dec, Issue 54 2010 Griffiths, Amy. ‘Sulman Prize’, Incubate, Issue 5, University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts 2010 Allen, Christopher. ‘The Big Picture’, The Australian, 1 May 2010 McDonald, John. ‘Thankful for small mercies’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 - 4 April 2009 Von Sturmer, John. ‘West is When is West: A Trip Report’, Art Monthly Australia, No. 224, October 2007 Cotter, Holland. ‘Ceci n’est pas….’, The New York Times, 3 August 2007 Katya Kazakina. 1 August 2007 Lewis, Jacquelyn. ‘Armory Week: Who’s that Artist?’, Art Info 2006 Murray Cree, Laura. ‘Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986-2006’, Craftsman House/Thames and Hudson Australia, Melbourne 2006 Creagh, Sunanda. ‘Open Gallery’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 - 23 April 2006 Geraghty, Ian. ‘Streetscape’, review, Sherman Galleries, Sydney. Also published in reviews: Sydney, Issue 69, April - June

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