1970
Born Waukegan, Illinois, USA
EDUCATION
1996 Postgraduate Degree, Fine Arts (Honours) in Printmaking,
RMIT, Melbourne
1993 BA, Fine Arts and Communication Studies (Honours),
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2006 Out of Touch, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Lingua Franca, Global Art Source, Zürich, Switzerland
2000 Etched, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Helengory Galerie, Prahran
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2008 The Perfumed Garden, Flinders Lane Gallery
2007 Pure, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Treasures, Flinders Lane Gallery
2007 Christmas
Collection, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2007 50, Exchange Folio, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
2007 Masterworks
in the Vineyard, Swiper's Gully, Kangaroo Ground
2007 The Studio Show, Flinders Lane Gallery
2006 Treasures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Melbourne Art Fair with Flinders Lane Gallery
2006 Meeting Place, Keeping Place, George Adams Gallery, Arts
Centre, Melbourne
2006 Slowly, Slowly, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2005 Art Sydney 05, Sydney
2005 Up to Speed (2 person show with Belinda Fox), Beaver Galleries,
Canberra
2004 Ausstellung in der Kupferdruckwerkstatt, Zürich,
Switzerland
2003 Del Mar, Kulturbüro Schaufensterprogramm, Bern,
Switzerland
2003 Grafik und mehr, Galerie Vostry, Erfurt, Germany
2002 Works on Paper, Global Art Source, Zürich, Switzerland
2002 Land-line, Port Jackson Press Australia, Melbourne
2002 Crossroads, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
2002 Confluence, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria
2002 Sojourn (2 person show), Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2001 Minutia, Exchange Folio, Australian Print Workshop,
Fitzroy
2000 Treasures, Flinders Lane Gallery,
Melbourne
1999 7th International Works on Paper Fair, Sydney
1998 Intaglio +, Port Jackson Press Australia, Fitzroy
1997 6th International Works on Paper Fair, Mitchell Galleries,
State Library of NSW
AWARDS
AND RESIDENCIES
2004 Residency, Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium
2002 Colour Intaglio workshop at La Fundacio Pilar i Joan
Miro, Mallorca, Spain
Recipient of Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant (NAVA)
FINE
ART PUBLISHERS
2006-7 Port Jackson Press Australia, Fitzroy, Australia
2003-4 Murtra Edicions, Arenys de Munt, Spain
COLLECTIONS
Stockland Development (NSW)
Geelong
Regional Gallery (VIC)
Royal Museum of Fine Art Antwerp (Belgium)
Frans Masereel Centre of Graphic Arts (Belgium)
National Gallery of Australia (ACT)
Artbank (NSW)
Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Phillips Fox Lawyers (ACT)
Hilton (SA), Sebel Hotel (VIC)
Hotel Causeway (VIC)
Westin (NSW)
Park Hyatt (VIC)
Crown Casino (VIC)
Private collections in Europe, USA & Australia
Bibliography
McCulloch Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 4th Ed., Australian
Art Editions, 2006
Payne, Sean, Sign Language, Sunbury Arts Blogspot, 6-8-2006
Lingua Franca - Kunst der Symbolik, Zürichsee Zeitung
10-9-2003, p. 10
Waite, Di, Confluence & Crossroads, Imprint Magazine
& Artists' Catalogue, Winter 2002
Barron, Sonia, Shared Themes in Works on the Landscape,
The Canberra Times 15-02-2002
Makin, Jeff, Choice Views, Herald Sun, 09-08-1999, p. 96
www.melindaschawel.com
