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Michael Le Grand
Born in Sydney 1951
 
Education
1976-1977           Certificate of Advanced Studies, St Martin’s School of Art, London, UK.
1972-1974           Diploma of Art, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC.
 
Exhibitions
2020
​McClelland Small Sculpture Awards, 
​Langwarrin, VIC
​Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA  - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
2019
Sculpture for Clyde,Batemans Bay, NSW                
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outside/Indoor Exhibitions
 Group 3(3 artists), Strathnairn, ACT
 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA  - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
2018
Sculpture by the Sea,Cottesloe, WA - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
Hillview Sculpture Biennial,Southern Highlands, NSW
Ballarat Biennale of Australian Art  (BOAA), VIC
Sculpture in the Paddock, Shaw Vineyard Estate, NSW
Contour 556,Canberra, ACT
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outside/Indoor Exhibitions
Australian Galleries Porcupine Ridge Sculpture Park, VIC
2017
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outside/Indoor Exhibitions
Sculpture at Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW 
2016                    
​Sculpture by the Sea, Winter Exhibition, Perth, WA
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
Borne, Conversations on Sculpture & the Body, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Inside, VIC
2015                    
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions              
Sculpture by the Sea,Winter Exhibition, Sydney, NSW
2014                    
The Outback Open Art Prize, Broken Hill Art Gallery, NSW
Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Inside, VIC
Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons Point, NSW 
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions                       
2013                    
Sculpture in the Garden, Lambrigg, ACT
Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC
Sculpture 2013, Mick Gallery, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
Sculpture Survey 30th Annual Exhibition, Gomboc Gallery, WA 
Mt Buller Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, VIC
2012                    
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC
Cranleigh School Art Show, Canberra, ACT
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions
Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC
Melbourne Sculpture Prize, VIC
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions 
Public Art Exhibition, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2011
Group Exhibition, Annabel Wallace Gallery, Young, NSW 
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, VIC
Capital Arts Patrons Organisation 2011 Auction, ACT 
Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions 
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA - Indoor Exhibition
Sculpture Inside, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2010-2011
Sculpture in the Caroline Chisholm Courtyard, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2010
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Japanese Story, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions 
2009
You Little Beauty, 14th Annual Miniature Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Abstraction, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2008
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2007
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
One Small Step for Mankind, 12th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture 2007, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006
Sculpture 2006, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
How Much Art Thou Shrunk, 11th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2005                        
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
10thAnnual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture 2005, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney, NSW
2004                        
University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture 2004, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney, NSW
The March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003                        
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC
Where Small Walk Tall, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Great Works for the Great Outdoors, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture 2003, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery and Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2002
Defiance Group Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW - Outdoor/Indoor Exhibitions 
The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Factor 10, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Edition + Artist Book Survey, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
Environmenta - Time, Bowral, NSW
Three Colours Red, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW
That Was Then, ANCA Tenants Exhibition, Canberra, ACT
2001
Sculpture 2002, Defiance Gallery; Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery.
Sculpture 2001, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW   
Roche Contemporary Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2000
The Importance of being Small, The Annual 6x6x6 Inch Miniature Sculpture Show; Defiance Gallery, Sydney; King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Various Views, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture from the Sea, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery; Arts Centre, Hazelhurst; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Gallery; Manly Art Gallery and Museum, NSW
Tribal Echo, Oceanic Arts Australia, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Tribal Echo, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW
Sculpture 2000, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1999
Big Thoughts, Small Works, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
We are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Sydney (and touring nationally), NSW
Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park, Sydney, NSW
Eizan Line, CSA, Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Still Life, Defiance Gallery, Sydney; King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Five Easy Pieces, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1998
Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park, Sydney, NSW
The Defiant 6’’, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Figure in the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, Sydney; King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Canberra National Sculpture Forum, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
1997
Biggest Little Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture Walk, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
It’s a Box 11, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996
Size is Not Important, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture Now ’96, Castlemaine, VIC
Box by any other Name, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1995
Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Canberra National Sculpture Forum, Canberra, ACT
1993
Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa, ACT
Alberta College of Art Faculty Show, Calgary Canada
Art Can’t Hurt You, Newzones Gallery, Calgary Canada
1991 
Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa, ACT
Canberra Institute of the Arts Staff Exhibition, Canberra, ACT
1990 
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC
1989 
Huntly Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Uriarra, ACT
1988 
Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Canberra School of Art/National Capital Development Commission Sculpture Walk,Canberra, ACT
Floriade Festival, Canberra, ACT
Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre, VIC


Solo Exhibitions
2016
Michael Le Grand : Sculpture, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney
2011
Michael Le Grand : Sculpture, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2007
Michael Le Grand : Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2005
Michael Le Grand:Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2002
Defiance Gallery, Sydney              
2000
Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Beaver Galleries, Deakin, ACT
1992
Room 371, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
1988
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1985
Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1980
Link Theatre, Canberra
Albert Hall, Canberra 
   
Commissions
2011
ACT Government, Public Art, Darwin Place, London Circuit, ACT 
1999
Shortlist, ANU Graduate Management Program Facility Building Commission, ACT
1998
Shortlist, ANU Gravity Wave Building Sculpture Commission, ACT
1997
ACT Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Manly Art Gallery and Museum Sculpture Walk, NSW
1992
Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT
 
Collections                          
David and Jane Duncan, Queenstown, New Zealand
Sandra and Barry Smorgon, Terrigal, NSW
Ian Hicks, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Gandel Sculpture Collection, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Spa Park, Bad Laasphe, Wittgenstein, Germany
Arts Act Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT 
Artbank, Sydney, NSW
Commonwealth Industrial Gases, Wetherill Park, NSW
Darwin Community Art Gallery, Darwin NT
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Evandale Sculpture Park, QLD
Lord Alistair McAlpine Collection, Broome, WA
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra 
The Jackson Smith Collection
The Niland Collection
The Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT
Tetsuya Wakuda, Sydney, NSW
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Evandale Sculpture Park, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Janet Holmes àCourt Collection, Vasse Felix, Margaret River, WA
ACT Government Public Art, Darwin Place, Canberra ACT
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW
  
Achievements
2012                    
Sculpture by the Sea Inside Curator’s Award, Cottesloe, WA
2011                    
Manning Clarke House National Cultural Award, Individual, Special Mention
Canberra Critics Circle, City News, Artist of the Year                   
 2010                         
Helen Lemprière Scholarship
artsACT Project Fund Grant
Emeritus Fellow ANU, School of Art, Sculpture (to date)
2007                        
Tetsuya Wakuda Sculpture Prize
2006                        
Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Prize
2004                        
University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award
2003                        
Sculpture in the City
2002                        
Sculpture by the Sea, (invited participant), Bondi, NSW
2001                        
Roche Contemporary Art Prize (finalist), Australia
2000                        
ACT Arts Quick Response Grant
Australian National University Stopover Grant
1998                        
Capital Arts Patron’s Organisation Creative Arts Fellowship 1998
ACT Government Creative Arts Fellowship, 1998 (Visual Arts)
Donation of Steel, Transfield Sydney for the Canberra National Sculpture Forum
Co-winner, inaugural Sydney Water Prize, Sculpture by the Sea
1979                        
Creative Arts Fellowship, Australian National University
1977                        
Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council - Special Projects
1975                        
Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council - Travel Grant
 
Publications
2011                    
Haynes,
 Peter - Michael Le Grand : Sculpture, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ISBN 978- 0-9807840-1-5
Hinchliffe, 
Meredith -  Art of Metal Bending, Sculpture by Michael Le Grand, Craft Arts International, Issue 83
Musa, Helen - Michael Le Grand, Sculptor or ‘Boy Racer’? World of Antiques and Fine Art, August 2011 - February 2012
Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, 2011 Auction, catalogue
Sculpture By the Sea, The first Fifteen Years, 1997-2011, ISBN 9781876624187
Musa, Helen - Le Grand arts accolade for Canberra’s star of sculpture, City News, December 1, 2011, Cover story
Grishin, Sasha -  Sharp as a steel trap, Weekend Arts, Canberra Times March 19
2010                   
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2010
2009                        
Scarlett, Ken - An exhibition with a vast following, Australian Art Review,  Aug-Oct
Scarlett, Ken - From Bondi to Aarhus, Art Monthly Australia, Aug 09
Artnotes ACT, Art Monthly Australia, July 
2008                        
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2007
Streak, Diana - Grand miniatures, Canberra Times, Oct 18
Park, Nicky - Take a walk on the magic sides, Canberra Times
2007                    
Price, Jenna - Surfing the waves of creativity, Canberra Times, Nov 11
McDonald, John - Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 13-14
Six ACT sculptors shape up for exhibition, Canberra Times, Oct
Ingram, Terry - Art Outdoors, Australian Art Collector April-June 
Artnotes ACT, Art Monthly Australia, Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Sculpture Symposium examines Public Art issues, The Triangle, April 
On the edge, South Coaster, Winter 
2006                        
Scarlett, Ken - Australian Art Review, Nov. 2006- Feb 2007
2005                        
Musa, Helen - Steelworks on show in Sydney, Canberra Times, Jul 30
2004                        
Parker, L - Artist steels award, Camden Advertiser, Dec 01
2003                        
Musa, Helen - Le Grand’s work wins top sculpture award, Canberra Times, Nov 24
McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award.
Kelly, Phillipa - Review – “insiders”, Muse, No.233, October 
Why don’t you? ,The Sydney Magazine, September
Barron, Sonia, - Insiders, Celebrating teachers’ talents, Canberra Times, Sep 20
2002                       
Insiders, ANU School of Art Gallery.
Sponsor awards play vital role, The Australian, Oct 30
McDonald, John - Marvels in miniature, The Australian Financial Review
Watson, B - Little rocks, Sydney Morning Herald
A head for figures, Sunday Telegraph, Nov 03
Critics pick, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 15
Artlink, Vol. 23, No. 3
2001                        
Look, Art Gallery of NSW, October 
Roche Contemporary Art Prize
CSA Showcase: Jubilee 2001
2000                       
Genocchio, Benjamin -  Anything goes, The Weekend Australian, Dec 9-10
Watson, Bronwyn - In the scale of things, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 11
James, Bruce  - Arts review – arts today, Radio National, Oct 10
Dysart, Dinah  - Sculpture by the sea. Contemporary art along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Art & Australia, Olympic Issue, Vol 38, No. 1 
Proudfoot, Cassie - Sculptor steeled for solo show, Canberra Times, Aug 25
Barron, Sonia - Reflections of human aspirations, Canberra Times, Aug 25
Musa, Helen - Tangible results of Arts Fellowships, Canberra Times, Aug 12 
Harris, Peter - A wealth of talent, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring
Harris, Peter - Down to the sea, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring
Harris, Peter - The power of the miniature, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2, Spring
Hynes, Victoria - Tribal Echo at Oceanic Arts and Campbelltown City Gallery, World Sculpture News, Vol.6, No.2 Spring     
Reed Burns, Jenna - A new tribe, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 06
1998                        
Nolan, Mathew - Galleries-Arts- Times, Newtown Times, June Issue
Smee, Sebastian - Sculpture by the sea – rough ride for our new wave of sculptors, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 09
1993                        
Scarlett, Ken - Contemporary Sculpture in Australian Gardens, Craftsman House, Sydney
1991                        
Sturgeon, Graeme - Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Craftsman House, Sydney
1989                        
Bishop, Margaret - Young Artist, Piper Press, Sydney
1985                        
Art and Australia, Vol. 29, No.1, Spring
1984                        
Winter-Irving, Celia - Metal Sculpture, Craft Australia Year Book, Crafts Council of Australia, Sydney
Collins Australia Year Book
Sturgeon, Graeme - Australia Sculpture Now, Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 
Nicklin, Lenore - The Arts, The Bulletin, Dec 25 - Jan 01 1985
Germaine, Max - Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand, Boolarong Press, Brisbane
1983                        
Exhibition Commentary, Art and Australia, Vol. 21, No.2, Summer
Haynes, Peter - Sculpture by Michael Le Grand, Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
1982                        
Murray-White, Clive - 8th Sculpture Triennial’, Art Network, No. 7, Spring.
Scarlett, Ken - There is no substitute for quality, Art Network, No. 7, Spring
  
Employment / Professional Activities
2013- 2020        
Board Member, Capital Arts Patrons Board (CAPO)
2013-2019        
Member, Yass Public Arts Committee, Yass Valley Council
2012                    
Director, Board of Directors, National Art School, Sydney (10 months)
2009                        
Sculpture Judge, Kangaroo Valley Arts Festival, NSW
2008                        
Selector, Sculpture by the Sea, 2009, Cottesloe, WA
2007                        
Selector/Judge, University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Prize, 2008
2007                    
Retired as Head of Sculpture, Australian National University, School of Art
2004                        
Appointed Senior Lecturer,
 Australian National University, School of Art, Sculpture Workshop
2003                        
Selector/Judge, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2000                        

London: North East London University/ Wimbledon School of Art, UK
New York and Washington, USA 
Bad Laasphe International Sculpture Symposium, Germany
1999                        
Appointed Head of Sculpture, 
Australian National University, Institute of the Arts
1998                        
Australian National University, Institute of the Arts – Kyoto Seika University Exchange, Visit & Workshop, Japan
Acting Head, Sculpture Workshop,
Australian National University,  Institute of the Arts
1997                      
Acting Head, Sculpture Workshop,
Australian National University,  Institute of the Arts
Iron Corroboree, Blacksmithing, Braidwood, NSW
1996                        
Iron Corroboree, Blacksmithing, Braidwood, NSW
Japan - Kyoto Seika University, Tokyo, Nara, Shigaraki.

1990-1998           
Lecturer III (full time) Sculpture Workshop,
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art 
1994                        
Building and establishment of new Studio, Murrumbateman, NSW
1993                        
Promotion to Lecturer, Level B, Sculpture Workshop, 
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
1992                        
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Calgary Canada
Guest Lecturer, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
Lecture, Foundation Workshop, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada
1990                        
Acting Sculpture Workshop Coordinator, 
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art 
1988-90                 

Floriade, ACT Government. Coordinator for Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
1989                        
Acting Head of Workshop, Sculpture Workshop,
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
1987                        
NSW Institute of Technology, Sculpture Workshop Participant, Sydney
Triangle Artist’s Workshop, New York, USA
1986                        
Acting Head of Workshop, Sculpture Workshop,
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
1984                        
Participant, Sculpture Symposium,
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
 
Travel 
2015                    
Hong Kong, Art Basel, Art Central Tour
2014                   
Singapore, Seoul, Beijing, Hong Kong, Gallery Tour 
2013                   
International Sculpture Symposium, New Zealand 
Symposium, Sculpture: Space and Place, NGA, ACT
2012                    
New Zealand - Auckland, Gibb’s Farm and Connel’s Bay Sculpture Parks
2011                   
Washington, New York, Dia at Beacon & Storm King, 
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Sculpture by the Sea, Denmark.
Tokyo, London, Sweden
2010                        
Tokyo, Japan – Research, Gyou-Tetsu, Helen Lempriere Scholarship
London, International Sculpture Conference, Chapel of Light, France, Caro, 
Kesennuma & Tokyo, Japan – Metal Bending processes.
2009                        
Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid, Copenhagen, Aarhus Sculpture by the Sea, Denmark

2000                        
London: North East London University/ Wimbledon School of Art, UK,
New York and Washington, USA                  
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​Represented in Canberra by Nancy Sever Gallery
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