Michaela Gleave (born 1980) is a Sydney-based Australian conceptual artist best known for her use of light and her monumental site specific art works engaging with space, time and matter. She was a 2012-2013 artist-in-residence at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science and won a churchie award in 2015.
Michaela Gleave | |
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| Born | 1980 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania University of New South Wales |
| Style | Conceptual |
| Awards | the churchie emerging art prize, 2015 |
| Website | michaelagleave |
Early life and education
editGleave was born in Australia in 1980.[1] She obtained a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Tasmania in 2003,[2] and a master of fine arts degree from University of New South Wales in 2007.[3]
Career and style
editGleave is a Sydney-based artist[4] whose practice is rooted within the history and context of installation and runs across numerous mediums and platforms such as: digital and online, performance, photography, sculpture, video, music, data visualisation and performance.[5] Gleave investigates main narratives at the intersection of arts, science and society, with a focus on creating immersive experiences that translate the influence of an idea on the physical properties of the world.[6]
She won the churchie emerging art prize in 2015.[7] Her work is featured in the 2022 book, co-authored by Anna Briers, Edward Colless, Naomi Riddle Michaela Gleave: the Influence of an Idea on the Physical Properties of the World[8]
Gleave has developed major performance and installation works shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Gallery of Modern Arts, Brisbane; Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart;[9] Fremantle Arts Center, Perth; Bristol, Biennal, UK; TarraWarra Museum of Art,[10] Victoria; Carriageworks, Sydney; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. She has received residency fellowships at the New York City-based International Studio and Curatorial Program,[11] at the Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, and at the Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan.[12] She was awarded a fellowship from the Australia Council for the Arts in 2013.[13]
Permanent installations
editGleave has been commissioned to create several permanent installations including those at The Rechabite, Western Australia;[14] the Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria; and her light installation, We Are Made of Stardust, constructed from LEDs at the Salamanca Art Center, Tasmania.[3][14]
Works
editIn 2013, her light installation A Day is Longer than a Year was featured in the Fremantle Arts Centre.[15] In 2014, she broadcast a seven-hour performance Waiting for Time (7-hour confetti work) that incorporated an automated confetti canon eruption every minute.[16] In 2016, her red neon[17] installation Fear Eats the Soul featured at the entrance[18] of the Dark Mofo festival in Hobart, Tasmania.[9] At the festival the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra collaborated with Gleave to perform the opening ceremony, A Galaxy of Suns.[9] In 2017, her piece The World Arrives at Night (Star Printer)[19] was featured at the University of Queensland Art Museum's exhibit New Alchemists.[20]
In 2021, Gleave's collaboration with Aileen Sage Architects was shortlisted for the National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission competition.[21] The same year, her 2014 piece The World Arrives at Night (Star Printer) was featured at TarraWarra Biennial.[4]
The Vivid Sydney 2022 festival featured Gleave's Endless Love atop of the Circular Quay train station.[22] On November 26, 2022, Gleave created the installation Between Us.[23] The installation, which lasted from 9pm to midnight local time, projected morse code lighting bursts from Footscray Community Arts Centre and The Substation in Newport art gallery.[23] The Between Us installation is scheduled to be repeated at the Perth Festival in 2023.[24]
Selected works and projects
edit- 2008: Mobile Democratic Communication Device
- 2009: Raining Room(Seeing Stars); Snow Field
- 2010: I Would Bring You the Stars; Seven Hour Balloon Work; Persistent Optimism
- 2011: I Would Bring You the Stars(101 Nights); We Are Made of Stardust; Sincerity; It Was Never Meant to Last[Big Time Love]
- 2012: Our Frozen Moment; Model for the End of the Univers 1–4; Event-based score: Lambda Print on Photographic Rag Paper
- 2013: A Day is Longer than a Year; It Matters[15]
- 2014: Waiting for Time
- 2015: Eclipse Machine(Magenta, Orange); Eclipse Machine(Retrograde Motion); Cloud Field
- 2016: A Galaxy of Suns; A Galaxy of Suns[Performance]; Cloud Spa; It Matters; Eclipse Machine[Planetary Motion]; We Are Made of Stardust; Fear Eats the Soul[25]
- 2017: Under One Sun; Irreversible Actions
- 2018: Irreversible Actions; A Galaxy of Suns[Spectra]
- 2019: The Radius of Infinity; We Are Made of Stardust; A Galaxy of Suns
- 2020: Messages of Hope, Messages of Love
- 2021: Cosmic Time; Cooks River 760 – 860 nm
- 2022: Endless Love at Vivid Sydney[22]
- 2022: Between Us[23]
References
edit- ^ "Michaela Gleave Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions". 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "TCotA Alumni Alicia King, Michaela Gleave and Nadege Philippe-Jannon in New Alchemists - School of Creative Arts and Media". School of Creative Arts and Media - University of Tasmania, Australia. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b "Michaela Gleave". Experimenta. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b First look: Inside the 7th TarraWarra Biennial, Amy Campbell, The Weekend Australian, 25 March 2021
- ^ Finegan, Ann. "Michaela Gleave's Cosmic Time | Apprehending the Multiverse: A Costumed Allegory for Four Percussionists".
- ^ Gleave, Michaela (2022). The influence of an idea on the physical properties of the world. Australia: Formist Editions. pp. 15–151. ISBN 978-0-6455210-0-9.
- ^ "Waiting for Time (7 Hour Confetti Work) | The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize". churchieemergingart.com. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ Gleave, Michaela; Briers, Anna; Edward Colless; Kristensen, Annika; Riddle, Naomi (2022). The influence of an idea on the physical properties of the world. [Newtown, New South Wales]. ISBN 978-0-6455210-0-9. OCLC 1348179233.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Bastow, Clem (June 14, 2016). "Dark Mofo 2016: an opening weekend of endurance, immersion and dark art". The Guardian.
- ^ "Cosmic Time". TarraWarra Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Michaela Gleave". iscp-nyc.org.
- ^ "Michaela Gleave - Universal Truths". Art Week. June 22, 2013.
- ^ "Fellow Focus: Michaela Gleave". Australia Council for the Arts. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ a b Brennan, Rosamund. "Where the Wild Things Are: Sublime Sounds, Outlandish Art" (PDF). The Rechabite. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ a b Reverse Projections. (2013). Germany: Broken Dimanche Press.
- ^ Hight, Craig; Minichiello, Mario (2021). The elephant's leg : adventures in the creative industries. Champaign, IL. ISBN 978-1-86335-244-4. OCLC 1243908874.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Dark Mofo's Dark Park: Watch, wander, feel, eat and drink this space". ABC News. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ Taylor, Andrew (2016-06-13). "Dark Mofo review: Tasmania's winter arts festival breaks all the rules". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "New AlchemistsSalamanca Arts Centre". www.salarts.org.au. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Biology meets technology in contemporary art exhibition". UQ News. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Shortlist announced for 2021 NGV Architecture Commission". ArchitectureAU. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b Blackman, Tahli (2022-06-01). "Vivid Sydney is back with over 60 light shows displayed across the city". The Sydney Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ a b c "Notice the blinking lights in Melbourne's cloudy night sky? There's a simple explanation". 7NEWS. 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Written in the stars: six shows you need to see at the Perth Festival". The Guardian. 2022-11-10. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ Bastow, Clem (2016-06-14). "Dark Mofo 2016: an opening weekend of endurance, immersion and dark art". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
External links
edit- Michaela Gleave - official website
- Michaela Gleave - Instagram