GREENAWAY ART GALLERY  

 

MICHELLE NIKOU   work cv essay  

 

BIOGRAPHY

 
1967
Born Adelaide, South Australia
1989
Bachelor of Design (Ceramics), SA School of Art, University of SA
1990 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts), SA School of Art, University of SA
2005 Master Visual Arts (MA), SA School of Art, University of SA
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2010 No Vacancy, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2009 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2007 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2005

Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide

2004 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2002 Greenaway art Gallery, Adelaide
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2001 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2000 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
1999 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1998 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
1997 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Mildura Arts Centre
1995 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1994 Public Domain Art Projects
1993 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  
2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide
2008 GAGPROJECTS, Berlin (Greenaway Art Gallery)
Scope Basel, Switzerland (Greenaway Art Gallery)
Redlands Westpac Art Prize (curated by Imants Tillers), Redlands School, Sydney
Uneasy: Recent South Australian Art, Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide
Thoughts On Paper, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
2006 Taking the cure, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Art (212) art fair, New York (Greenaway Art Gallery stand)
Mop, Things will be Great, Sydney
Calenture, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
onetoeightandcounting, SALA Festival exhibition, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Imagine…The Future of Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
17th Annual Fibre Textile Biennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth
2005 Mentor/Mentored, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
2004 Revenge, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Manifesto, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
2004, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
ARCO 05, Madrid, Spain
2003 MCA Unpacked, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and touring
2001 Home is where the heart is, University of South Australia Art Museum and various regional galleries, South Australia
Jamboree Clay, Jam Factory, Adelaide
2000 Genespill, Imperial Slacks, Sydney
Chemistry, Art Gallery of South Australia
Melbourne Art Fair, Greenaway Art Gallery
1998 Defiling the Object, Nexus Gallery, Adelaide; Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne; The Substation, Singapore
Strange Brew, Jam Factory, Adelaide
1997 Comfort, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
1996 Brisbane Art Fair, Greenaway Art Gallery
1994 Fania, University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
1993 Side Step, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide
1992 The China Cabinet, Jamboree Workshop, Adelaide
1990 Frank, The Bullring, Adelaide
Post Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia Art Museum
 
AWARDS  
2006 Helpmann Academy Mentorship Scheme
Public art work commission, Rundle St, Adelaide SA
2005 Recipient of the Arts SA / Wakefield Press / SALA Festival publication
2003 MF & MH Joyner Scholarship of Fine Arts
Australian Post Graduate Award (APR)
University of South Australia Post Graduate Research Award (USAPRA)
Arts SA, Catalogue Funding
2000 Arts SA, Project Grant
1998 EVA Art Prize
Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant
1995 Santos Sydney Studio Scholarship
Department for the Arts and Cultural Development, Arts Project Grant
1990 Kym Bonython Art Prize
 
COLLECTIONS  

University of South Australia Art Museum
Art Gallery of South Australia
National Gallery of Australia
Clo Fleiss Collection, (Paris)
Gigi and Josef Fainas Collection, (Geneva)
Artbank
Private Collections in Australia