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Mike Nicholls
Fallen from Grace 2018
timber, 166 x 36 x 29 cm
Monday 1 May, 10—11AM
Join us on the first Monday in May for an artist talk by Mike Nicholls, coinciding with his major exhibition A Bird in the Hand.
Mike Nicholls was born in 1960 and grew up on a farm in Narre Warren North. From 1980 – 1983 he studied Fine Arts at Caulfield Institute of Technology majoring in sculpture. In 1982 he became a founding member of ROAR Studios, and has travelled throughout Australia documenting his experiences in drawing, prints and paintings. He has held over 40 solo exhibitions and featured in over ninety group exhibitions in public and private galleries, including at the National Gallery of Australia (ACT), National Gallery of Victoria (VIC), and Art Gallery of New South Wales (NSW).
Mike has won the Montalto Sculpture Prize (2018), Moonee Valley Art Prize (2006), Wyndham Art Prize (1998) and the Williamstown Art Prize (1994). His work has been selected for the Montalto Sculpture Prize (2018, 2016, 2015, 2012 and 2010), Lorne Sculpture Prize (2016), Yarra Station Sculpture Prize (2015), and the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (2004). In New South Wales he has been selected for the Blake Prize (2013), Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2010), Sculpture by the Sea (2002), Wynne Prize (1997), and internationally at the lnami International Wooden Sculpture Exhibition (Japan, 2011).
Registration essential: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Cost: $2