MICHAEL NICHOLLS
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Bird Call, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2022 Voyage, Merricks House Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2022 Mike Nicholls exhibits at Jardan Furniture stores in Brisbane QLD,
Sydney NSW and Melbourne VIC
2022. Voyage, Merricks House Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2021 The Shield, Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, VIC
2021 Bird Sculptures, & Gallery Australia, Sorrento, VIC
2019 Changing Tides, Merricks House Gallery, Merricks, VIC
2018 Bird as Totem, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2016 Sea, Merricks House Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2015 Ebb & Flow, Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Painting & Sculpture BMG, Adelaide, SA
2013 Contemplation, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Primal Echoes, Mars Gallery, VIC
2011 Primitive Soul, McClelland Art Gallery and Sculpture Park, VIC
2009 Stripped Bare, Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale, VIC
2007 Carved-Wood Sculptures, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Body Mind Spirit, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC
2005 Me and My Shadow, Axia Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Sculpture and Painting, Recent Work, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC
2003 Sculpture and Painting, Eastgate Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2002 Life as a Landscape, Patricia Autore Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2001 Ebb and Flow, Nellie Castan Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2000 Survey Exhibition, BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
La Vista de Soul, Nellie Castan Art and Design, Melbourne, VIC
1999 Painting Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1998 Pure Principles, George Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1998 Part and Parcel, Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne, VIC
1998 Shields in the Landscape, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1997 Shields Drawing Series, George Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1997 Sculpture, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996 Etchings & Woodcuts, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996 Paintings and Sculptures, George Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1995 Table Talk, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1994 Monoprints, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1994 Works on Paper, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1993 Paintings, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1993 Recent Paintings, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1992 En Plein Air, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1991 Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1991 Esculptures, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1990 Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1989 Recent Paintings and Sculptures Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1988 Michael Nicholls, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1986 One Man Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Prizes and Group Exhibitions
2022 Yering Station Art Gallery, Yarra Valley, VIC
2021 Montalto Sculpture Prize
2018 Montalto Sculpture Prize
2016 Lorne Sculpture Prize, Lorne, VIC
2016 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula VIC
2015 Yering Station Art Prize, Yarra Valley, VIC
2015 Tesslar Art Prize, Silvan, VIC
2015 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2013 Blake Prize, Sydney, NSW
2013 Mixed Tape 80’s National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2012 Tidal, Launceston Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
2012 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition, Yarra Valley, VIC
2011 Roar Re-Viewed, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Artists, Artists, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC
2011 lnami International Wooden Sculpture Exhibition, Nanto City, JAPAN
2011 Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. NSW
2010 Montalto Sculpture Prize, VIC
2009 R&M McGivern Prize, Maroondah, VIC
2008 Contempora, Melbourne, VIC
2008 Alice Springs Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT
2008 Strathbogies, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2007 Sixth International Linocut Symposium, White Unicorn Gallery, Klatovy, CZECH REPUBLIC
2006 Carved from the Cape, Australian Art Resources, Melbourne, VIC
2006 South Georgia, Works on Paper, Mars Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Sculptures, Axia Modern Art, Sydney, NSW
2005 Artists, Artists Exhibition, Axia Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Melbourne, VIC
2002 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2001 Western Artists, The Premiers Office, Melbourne, VIC
2001 Stumped, Herring Island, Melbourne, VIC
2001 Return of Roar, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1999 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
1998 The Bridge, Construction in Process VI, Melbourne, VIC
1997 Wynn Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Coventry Diary Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1996 Sun Come Here, Rain Over There, Artists for Kids Culture Trust Exhibition, George Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
12th Biennial Prints Acquisitive Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Kings School Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, and Art Gallery of NSW
1995 Artists for Kids Culture Trust Exhibition, The Continental Café, Melbourne, VIC
Salon des Refuses, The Rival Show, S H Erwin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Twenty Artists Celebrating Twenty Years, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The Baillieu Myer Collection of the 80’s, Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne, Geelong Art Gallery and Latrobe Regional Galleries, VIC
Faces of Hope, Amnesty International, Masks Exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW
1995 Obsession, Works on Paper and Sculpture, Chandler Coventry Touring Exhibition to Campbelltown and New England Regional Galleries,
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery NSW, Benalla Art Gallery, VIC, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Australia Felix, Ian Roscoe Motors, Benalla, VIC
Ironside, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney NSW
1994 Diary, Coventry Gallery, Sydney NSW
Sculpture on the Foreshore, Williamstown, Melbourne, VIC
The Chandler Coventry Collection’, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, NSW
Celebrating Sydney, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
A C A F 4 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art fair, Melbourne, VIC
1993 Works from the Stockroom, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
City of Richmond Acquisitive Art Award, Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC
ROAR Studios Touring Exhibition, Touring Regional Art Galleries in Victoria, VIC
International Diabetes Institute Fund Raising Exhibition, Sotheby’s, Melbourne, VIC
ROAR 1983 – 1992 Now, Roar 2, Melbourne, VIC
Sculpture on View, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, VIC
1992 A C A F 2. Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC
Works on Paper, Coventry Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
1991 ‘The Christmas Show’, Coventry Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
IN 3D Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Coventry Diary 199, Coventry Gallery, Sydney.
1990 66 Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
100 Artists Against Animal Experimentation, Deutscher Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Works on Paper, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
A Young Collectors Exhibition, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
1989 15 Shopping Days to Christmas, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Modern Muses: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1940-1989, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Intimate Drawings, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1988 50 Fine Artists, Royal Show Grounds, Melbourne, VIC
Artists Made Christmas Tree Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC
A New Generation, The Philip Morris Arts Grant Purchases; 1983-88, National Gallery Australia, Canberra, ACT
Black and White, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Episode 1, Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne, VIC
Six Artists; Preview 88, 13 Verity Street, Melbourne, VIC
New Works from the Studio’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
1987 Inaugural Exhibition, Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Voyage of Discovery, Crescent Gallery, Texas, USA
Australian Works on Paper, Aion Fine Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Chisholm Sculpture, City of Caulfield Art Centre, Melbourne, VIC
The Art of Collage, Holdsworth Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
Colour 11, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1986 Group Exhibition, Rhumbarallas Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
The First Look, The Philip Morris Arts Grants Purchases 1983-86 National Gallery Canberra, ACT
1985 Melbourne Group Show, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Raw Realities, Realities Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Works on Paper, Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1984 Three Man Exhibition, R.O.A.R Studios, Melbourne, VIC
1983 Three Man Exhibition, R.O.A.R Studios, Melbourne, VIC
1982 Almost Christmas Show, R.O.A.R Studios, Melbourne, VIC
Prizes
Montalto Sculpture Prize 2018
Moonee Valley Art Prize 2006
Wyndam Art Prize, (1998)
Williamstown Art Prize (1994)
Commissions
2022 Family, Mosman, Sydney, NSW (Private)
2020 Botanica, Botanica Apartments, Melbourne, VIC
2015 Nurture, Sanctuary on Eden, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC (Private)
2010 Diving Figures, Bianco, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC (Private)
2008 Cargo, City of Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, VIC (Public)
2006 Lyndhurst Estate, City of Casey, Melbourne, VIC (Public)
2005 Marking Time, Sculpture, Yarra River, Melbourne (Private)
2002 Vinaigrette, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW (Public)
2002 The Offering, Elgee Park Vineyard, The Peninsula Victoria (2002) (Private)
1990 Ghost Screens, Painting, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, VIC (Private)
1988 Restaurant Paintings, Australian National Gallery, Canberra ACT (Public)
1986 Wood Sculpture, Philip Morris Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (Public)
Collections
Deakin University, Burwood Campus,
City of Yarra
City of Moonee Valley
McClelland Art Gallery and Sculpture Park
Tarrawarra Winery, The Marc Besen Collection, Melbourne, Victoria
Crown Casino, Melbourne, Victoria.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria.
Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria
Walcha City Council Collection, Walcha, NSW.
Bails Myer Collection, The Peninsula, Victoria
Australian National Gallery, Canberra ACT.
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Victoria.
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria.
Shepparton Art Gallery. Victoria.
Bankstown Regional Gallery, New South Wales.
Grafton Regional Gallery, New South Wales.
Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, Sydney, New South Wales.
Allen Allen and Hemesley, Sydney, New South Wales.
Gadens, Sydney, New south Wales.
The Holmes a Court Collection, Perth Western Australia.
Western Mining Collection, Melbourne, Victoria.
Sussan Collection, Melbourne, Victoria.
Trammel Crow Collection, Texas, United States of America.
Campbelltown Art Gallery, New South Wales.
Myer Collection, Melbourne, Victoria.
Dresden Bank, Melbourne, Victoria.
Gold Coast Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.
Nanto City, Japan
Book Publications
Roar Re-viewed
Denise Morgan
Macmillan Art 2012
A Work in Progress
Ashley Crawford & Damian Smith
Mike Nicholls 2007
Elgee Park: Sculpture in the Landscape,
Ken Scarlett
Macmillan Art Publishing 2004
Roar and quieter moments from
a group of Melbourne artists 1980-1993
Traudi Allen
Craftsman House, 1995
New Sculpture: Profiles in
Australian Contemporary Sculpture
Nevill Drury
Craftsman House 1994
images 2, Contemporary Australian Painting
Nevill Drury
Craftsman House 1994
Contemporary Australian Collage
Arthur McIntyre
Craftsman House 1990