Biography
I am a painter making ceramics and sounds that hint at the mischievous. They work as tools for flirting, to tease out a recognisable feminine creative form. Working from an understanding of ontological metamorphosis that means transformation as a way of being, I am scrutinising dominant perspectives of feminine symbols found in Western European thought and its art-objects, in order to decolonise representations of feminine sexuality and recontextualise marginalised creative ways of being. By mingling personal mythologies with philosophical, psychoanalytic and spiritual ones, hierarchical boundaries mutate for reimagining visual and sonic configurations of bodily subjectivity.
Born Moree, lives and works in Lond
| Education | |
| 2021 | Master of Aesthetics and Art Theory, Centre of Research in European Philosophy, Kingston University |
| 2002 | Bachelor of Arts Fine Arts (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
| 1999 | Bachelor of Arts Fine Arts (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| 1994-95 | Bachelor of Arts Industrial Design, University of Newcastle |
| Recent Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | Thin Skin, curated by Jennifer Higgie, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne |
| 2022 | Afterburner, Station Gallery, Sydney |
| 2020 | Making Her Mark, curated by Victoria Lynn, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville |
| 2019 | Michelle Ussher, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 2018 | TarraWarra Biennial 2018: From Will to Form, curated by Emily McCormack, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville Another Dimension, curated by Simon Lawrie, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery, Langwarrin |
| 2017 | Out of the ordinary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2016 | The Green Ray, curated by Andrew Hunt for Wilkinson, London An exhibition of colour and light, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne |
| 2015 | The Mind goes out to Meet itself, Artspace, Sydney Casual Conversations, Minerva, Sydney |
| 2014 | Yellow Eyes Burn and Return, TarraWarra Museum, Healesville The White Hotel, curated by Lucy Stein & Simon Bayliss, Gimpel Fils, London |
| 2013 | Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Lion & Lamb Summer Saloon, Lion & Lamb, London, Miami Art Fair, Miami |
| 2012 | Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, curated by Alexie Glass & Natasha Bullock, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 2011 | Hysteria, Laughter and a sense of Seriousness, curated by Mareike Dittmer & Raphael Gygax, Karma International & Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich |
| 2010 | SV10: Members Show, selected by Rebecca Warren & Jennifer Higgie, Studio Voltaire, London. Home Project, Tomaso Anfossi, Bono Cairoli 17 | 20127, Milan |
| 2008 | Present Elsewhere, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne Helovanorak, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth |
| Recent Awards and Residencies | |
| 2020-21 | Artist-in-Residence, West Dean College Arts & Conservation, Edward James Estate, West Sussex |
| 2015-20 | Fire Station Work/Live Residency, Acme, London |
| 2016 | Artist Development Fund, Arts Council England Phasmid Studio, Berlin, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
| 2015 | British School at Rome, Australia Council for the Arts Award |
| 2013 | New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts |
| Teaching | |
| 2023- | Associate Lecturer, Foundation Painting, Central Saint Martins, London |
| 2021- | Critical Studies Lead DACC, West Dean College Arts & Conservation, Edward James Estate, West Sussex |
| 2021- | Guest Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London |
| 2019- | Painting Tutor DACC/MFA, West Dean College Arts & Conservation, Edward James Estate, West Sussex |
| 2016-18 | Guest Lecturer, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne |
| 2016 | Guest Lecturer, Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts London |
| 2015 | Guest Lecturer, School of Art & Design, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham |
| 2014 | Guest Tutor, Art School, Turps Banana, London |
| 2009 | Guest Tutor, School of Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne |
| Artist Support and Assisting | |
| 2014- | Artist Support Officer, Acme, London |
| 2008-10 | Artist Assistant, David Noonan, London |
| 2003-05 | Artist Assistant, John Zerung Young, Melbourne |
| Public Collections | |
| Art Gallery NSW, Australia | |
| NGV, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia | |
| AGSA, Art Gallery of South Australia | |
| AGWA, National Gallery of Western Australia | |
| MUMA, Monash University Museum of Art, Australia | |
| Art & Australia | |
| Artbank Australia | |
| Buxton Contemporary | |
| Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Australia | |
| Credit Suisse | |
| UBS | |