Born: 1970 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA.
Education
1996 Postgraduate Degree, Fine Arts (Honours) in Printmaking, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
1993 BA, Fine Arts and Communication Studies (Honours), University of California Santa Barbara, USA.
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Torn, Flinders Lane Gallery
2009 Full Circle, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2006 Out of Touch, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2003 Lingua Franca, Global Art Source, Zürich, Switzerland.
2000 Flinders Lane Gallery.
1999 etched, Helengory Galerie, Prahran, Australia.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Four Squared, Gallery S.P.A.C.E., Savannah, Georgia, USA.
2009 Obra Grafica Murtra Edicions, Collegi d'Aparelladors, Barcelona (Mataró), Spain.
2009 Four Squared, University Gallery, University of Northern Florida, USA.
2009 20Plus, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2009 Paper Works, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia, USA.
2008 Surface Tension, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2008 The Perfumed Garden, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2007 Treasures, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2007 Christmas Collection, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, Australia.
2007 50, Exchange Folio, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, Australia.
2007 Masterworks in the Vineyard, Swiper’s Gully, Kangaroo Ground, Australia.
2007 The Studio Show, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2007 Pure, Flinders Lane Gallery.
2006 Treasures, Flinders Lane Gallery.
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, Australia.
2005 Art Sydney 05, Sydney.
2005 Up to Speed (2 person show with Belinda Fox), Beaver Galleries.
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.
2002 Land-line, Port Jackson Press Australia, Fitzroy.
2002 Crossroads, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia.
2002 Confluence, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria.
2002 Sojourn (2 person show), Beaver Galleries.
2001 Minutia, Exchange Folio, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy.
2000 Treasures, End of Year Exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery.
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, Australia.
Awards & Residencies
2012 Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award
2012 Residency, Whitsunday Anglican School, MacKay, Australia.
2004 Residency, Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium.
2002 Colour Intaglio workshop at La Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro, Mallorca, Spain.
2002 Recipient of Pat Corrigan Artist’s Grant (NAVA), Australia.
Fine Art Publishers
2006-7 Port Jackson Press Australia.
2003-4 Murtra Edicions, Arenys de Munt, Spain.
Collections
Fraser Suites Perth (WA, AUS), Grand Hyatt (VIC, AUS), Hilton (VIC), Four Seasons Hotel (NSW, AUS), 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, AUS), Hilton (SA, AUS), Sebel Hotel (VIC), Hotel Causeway (VIC), Westin (NSW), Park Hyatt (VIC), Crown Casino (VIC), private collections in Europe, USA, Australia, Asia.
Bibliography
Hersh, Allison, Artists and Mothers Unite, Savannahnow.com, Savannah Morning News, 13-9-2010.
Hartford, Emily, Mothers Nurture Artwork, Spinnaker online, UNF news 24-9-2009.
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 15-2-2002.
Makin, Jeff, Choice Views, Herald Sun, 9-8-1999, p. 96.
www.melindaschawel.com
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