Marie McMahon

Education

2001Master of Arts (Hons) University of Western Sydney. 1999Approved to value Aboriginal Australian art for the Cultural Gifts Program 1995Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Art) Monash University. 1974Diploma (Painting) National Art School, East Sydney Technical College.

Solo Exhibitions

2008All things fall and are built again. Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney 2004Construction Zone. Helen Maxwell Gallery Canberra 2004‘Overhead Crane!’ The Depot, Danks St., Sydney 2001Midden Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney 2000Australian Seashores Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra 1997In the Company of Birds aGOG, Canberra. 1994The Heart of Rum Jungle aGOG, Canberra 1992Still There aGOG, Canberra 1992Fruitful Places NT Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin. 1991Woodland Darwin Performing Arts Centre 1991The Sacred Palm Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney 1990Songs aGOG Canberra 1989Bush, Place, Whole World aGOG Canberra

Selected group exhibitions

2009Protest – Replacements: other drawing. Tin Sheds Gallery, USyd. 2008Protest – Australian Political Posters 1972 – 1992. Queensland Art Gallery. 2007The Graphic Imperative, International Posters 1965-2005, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University. Dobell Prize for Drawing. AGNSW (finalist)
The Story of Australian Printmaking 1801-2005. NGA Canberra.
Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples. MCA, Sydney; Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah; Redland Art Gallery, Qld;
Marks and motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection. RMIT Gallery; 2006The Sound of the Sky, Museum & Art Gallery of the NT, Darwin
In your face: contemporary graphic design. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
Marks and motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection. QUT Art Museum; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (2007) 2005-2006The Graphic Imperative, International Posters 1965-2005, Massachusetts College of Art and Philadelphia University. 2004Point and Line to Plane (with Toni Warburton, Fiona MacDonald, Ruth Waller, Patsy Hely etc.) Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney 2002Celebrating Australia, Identity by Design Powerhouse Museum Centenary of Australia exhibition for the Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, NY, USA 2002Other Views Griffith University Art Collection, QCA Gallery. 2002Without Classification: Hazel Hawke. John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology 2001Drawing with Toni Warburton, Sue Pedley, Tara Munkanome and Carmel Kantilla, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney 2001Windows on Australian Art, the collection of the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. 2000Federation – Australian Art & Society 1901-2001 National Gallery of Australia. 2000Australian Identities in Printmaking Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery. 2000Triptych Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra 1996Which Way Now? NT Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin;
In a Pacific Context aGOG, Canberra. 1995Review – works by women from the permanent collection AGNSW;
Women at Watters: 1964 – 1994 Watters Gallery, Sydney;
Territory Picture Show Museum & Art Gallery, NT;
Under a Hot Tin Roof – Tin Sheds 1969 – 1994 Tin Sheds Gallery University o f Sydney 1994Landed National Gallery of Australia, Canberra;
Contemporary Territory Museum & Art Gallery of the NT 1993Hearts and Minds State Library of NSW 1992The Lie of the Land Powerhouse Museum Sydney;
The Land – National Heart Foundation Print Folio aGOG Canberra 1991Sign of the Times Queensland Art Gallery;
Fertile Ground Griffith Artspace, Griffith University, Queensland;
Melbourne Savage Club Invitation Print Prize Bendigo Art Gallery;
At Least It’s Gone to a Good Home Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney; 1990Balance 1990 Queensland Art Gallery. 1989Prints and Australia, Pre-settlement to Present Australian National Gallery, Canberra;
Sets and Series – Recent Australian Prints from the Collection Robert Raynor Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria.
Henri Worland Memorial Print Award Warrnambool Art Gallery;
Redback Graphix – Now We Are Ten Tin Shed Gallery, University of Sydney 1988Art and a Shared Belief Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne;
Right Here, Right Now – Australia ’88 EAF Adelaide and tour;
A Changing Relationship – Aboriginal Themes in Australian Art S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney;
Prints by 25 Australian Artists Australian National Gallery, Canberra. 1987Celebrity Choice – Sam Neill AGNSW;
Shocking Diversity Print Council of Australia touring exhibition;
Art / Industry Artspace, Sydney;
Redback Graphix Posters Wollongong City Gallery.

Collections

National Gallery of Australia • National Museum of Australia • Art Gallery of NSW • National Gallery of Victoria • Queensland Art Gallery • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory • State Library of NSW • Powerhouse Museum Sydney • Warrnambool Art Gallery • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery • Bendigo Art Gallery • Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery • Griffith University Art Collection • Northern Territory University Collection • Lady Cruthers Collection • Old Parliament House Collection •Kerry Stokes collection

Awards and Residencies

1991Australia Council VACB Development Grant. 1989NSW Premier’s Department, Women and Arts Fellowship. 1988National Gallery of Australia Folio – Prints by 25 Australian Artists. 1986Artist in residence – Amalgamated Metal Workers Union NSW. 1983Artist in residence – Lidcombe Workers Health Centre, Sydney. 1981Artist in residence – Redback Graphix, Wollongong.

Selected references

Butler R. Australian Prints in the Australian National Gallery National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1985.
Butler R. Prints by 25 Australian Artists National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1988.
Cochran S. Contemporary Territory Art & Australia, Winter 1995.
Cochran S. The Cultural Biography of Plants Artlink, Autumn 1995.
Kenyon T., Under a Hot Tin Roof: Tin Sheds 1969-1994 State Library of NSW 1995.
Kirby S. Sight Lines Craftsman House, 1992.
McQuiston L. Graphic Agitation Phaidon Press, London, 1993.
Murray, D. Women’s business by remote, Artlink, Vol 25 No 2, 2005.