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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, Australia 1972-1974 Diploma of Art, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Exhibitions 2020 McClelland Small Sculpture Awards, Langwarrin, VIC, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia 2019 Sculpture for Clyde, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Group 3(3 artists), Strathnairn, ACT, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Hillview Sculpture Biennial, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia Ballarat Biennale of Australian Art (BOAA), VIC, Australia Sculpture in the Paddock, Shaw Vineyard Estate, NSW, Australia Contour 556, Canberra, ACT, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Australian Galleries Porcupine Ridge Sculpture Park, VIC, Australia 2017 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Sculpture at Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2016 Sculpture by the Sea, Winter Exhibition, Perth, WA, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Borne, Conversations on Sculpture & the Body, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Inside, VIC, Australia 2015 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea,Winter Exhibition, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2014 The Outback Open Art Prize, Broken Hill Art Gallery, NSW, Australia Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Inside, VIC, Australia Sculpture at Sawmillers, McMahons Point, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia 2013 Sculpture in the Garden, Lambrigg, ACT, Australia Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC, Australia Sculpture 2013, Mick Gallery, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Sculpture Survey 30th Annual Exhibition, Gomboc Gallery, WA, Australia Mt Buller Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, VIC, Australia 2012 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC, Australia Cranleigh School Art Show, Canberra, ACT, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC, Australia Melbourne Sculpture Prize, VIC, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Public Art Exhibition, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia 2011 Group Exhibition, Annabel Wallace Gallery, Young, NSW, Australia Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, VIC, Australia Capital Arts Patrons Organisation 2011 Auction, ACT, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Sculpture Inside, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia 2010-2011 Sculpture in the Caroline Chisholm Courtyard, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia 2010 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Japanese Story, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, VIC, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia 2009 You Little Beauty, 14th Annual Miniature Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia Abstraction, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2008 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia 2007 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia One Small Step for Mankind, 12th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2007, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2006 Sculpture 2006, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia How Much Art Thou Shrunk, 11th Annual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia 2005 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA, Australia 10thAnnual Miniature Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2005, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2004 University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Award, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2004, Seymour Centre Theatre, Sydney, NSW, Australia The March of the Miniatures, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2003 McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award, McClelland Gallery, VIC, Australia Where Small Walk Tall, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Great Works for the Great Outdoors, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2003, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2002 Defiance Group Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia The Lady Ethel Nock Sculpture Collection, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Factor 10, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Edition + Artist Book Survey, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT, Australia Environmenta - Time, Bowral, NSW, Australia Three Colours Red, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia That Was Then, ANCA Tenants Exhibition, Canberra, ACT, Australia 2001 Sculpture 2002, Defiance Gallery, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2001, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Roche Contemporary Art Prize, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000 The Importance of being Small, Annual 6x6x6 Inch Miniature Show, Defiance Gallery, King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Various Views, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture from the Sea, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Gallery, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia Tribal Echo, Oceanic Arts Australia, Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia Tribal Echo, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW, Australia Sculpture 2000, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1999 Big Thoughts, Small Works, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia We are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Sydney (and touring nationally), NSW, Australia Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia Eizan Line, CSA, Foyer Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Still Life, Defiance Gallery, King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Five Easy Pieces, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1998 Environmenta – Off the Plinth, Moss Vale Sculpture Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia The Defiant 6’’, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Figure in the Landscape, Defiance Gallery, King Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia Canberra National Sculpture Forum, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1997 Biggest Little Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture Walk, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW, Australia It’s a Box 11, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1996 Size is Not Important, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Sculpture Now ’96, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia Box by any other Name, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1995 Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia Canberra National Sculpture Forum, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1993 Galeria Aniela, Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa, ACT, Australia Alberta College of Art Faculty Show, Calgary Canada Art Can’t Hurt You, Newzones Gallery, Calgary Canada 1991 Cuppacumbalong Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Tharwa, ACT, Australia Canberra Institute of the Arts Staff Exhibition, Canberra, ACT, Australia 1990 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 1989 Huntly Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Uriarra, ACT, Australia 1988 Solander Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia Canberra School of Art/National Capital Development Commission Sculpture Walk,Canberra, ACT, Australia Floriade Festival, Canberra, ACT, Australia Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial, Mildura Arts Centre, VIC, Australia Solo Exhibitions 2024 Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2016 Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2011 Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT, Australia 2007 Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2005 Michael Le Grand: Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2002 Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000 Defiance Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia Beaver Galleries, Deakin, ACT, Australia 1992 Room 371, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada 1988 Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1985 Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1980 Link Theatre, Canberra, ACT, Australia Albert Hall, Canberra, ACT, Australia Commissions 2011 ACT Government, Public Art, Darwin Place, London Circuit, ACT, Australia 1999 Shortlist, ANU Graduate Management Program Facility Building Commission, ACT, Australia 1998 Shortlist, ANU Gravity Wave Building Sculpture Commission, ACT, Australia 1997 ACT Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT, Australia Manly Art Gallery and Museum Sculpture Walk, NSW, Australia 1992 Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT, Australia Collections David and Jane Duncan, Queenstown, New Zealand Sandra and Barry Smorgon, Terrigal, NSW, Australia Ian Hicks, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, Australia Gandel Sculpture Collection, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, Australia Spa Park, Bad Laasphe, Wittgenstein, Germany Arts Act Public Art Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT, Australia Artbank, Sydney, NSW, Australia Commonwealth Industrial Gases, Wetherill Park, NSW, Australia Darwin Community Art Gallery, Darwin NT, Australia Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Evandale Sculpture Park, QLD, Australia Lord Alistair McAlpine Collection, Broome, WA, Australia Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, Australia The Jackson Smith Collection, Australia The Niland Collection, Australia The Therapeutic Goods Administration, Symonston, ACT, Australia Tetsuya Wakuda, Sydney, NSW, Australia Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Evandale Sculpture Park, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD, Australia Janet Holmes àCourt Collection, Vasse Felix, Margaret River, WA, Australia ACT Government Public Art, Darwin Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia Achievements 2024 Sculpture for Clyde, Major Award. Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia 2021 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, VIC, Australia 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 |