Michael MORGAN

"THE LUSH LIFE" Artist statement:
It now happens.
Like a dream,my art evolves in spite of me.
Colours, signs, shapes, symbols, begin to appear.
Like a Bach fugue, the forms intertwine, take on a life of their own.
Rich and lush, overlays of meaning feverishly document my being.   

Exhibited:
1957  Richman Art Gallery
1958  Contemporary Art Society Melb
1958  Victorian Artists Society Melb
1960  The Realist Group Melb
1960  Athenaeum Gallery Melb
1980  Drawings - Aspen Gallery, USA
1984  Drawings - Aspen Gallery, USA
1985  Harrington Gallery - Sth Australia   
1988  Chesser Street Gallery- Sth Australia.                                                                 
1990  Kapunda Regional Galle - Sth Australia.
1991  Kapunda Regional Gallery - Sth Australia.
1992  Garton Street Gallery - Port Melbourne.
1994  Paton Gallery - University of Melbourne, Victoria.
1994  Masonic Temple Studio Exhibition- Ballarat, Vitoria.
1994  University of Ballarat, Victoria.
1995  Roar Gallery - Melbourne.
1995  Mandorla Art Award - Perth.
1997  Apos Cruz Galleries - Sth Australia.
1998  Apos Cruz Galleries - Sth Austtalia.
1998  Peter Russell Clarke Gallery - Victoria, Australia.
1999  Ararat Regional Gallery.
2000  Art Lounge Gallery - Sth Australia. Sala Week.
2001  Studio Exhibition - Sth Australia
2002  Beach Street Gallery - South Australia.
2002 - 2004 Lithographic printing and editions with Malcolm Cameron
2003  Lakes Gallery - Paynesville, Victoria.
2004  Lakes Gallery - Paynesville, Victoria.
2005  The Gipsland Art Gallery, Sale.
2006  Leo Baeck Arts Centre.
2006 - 2007  Represented by Mingara Gallery 0- Phillip Island.
2007  Represented by Artfusion - Cowes, Philip Island.

Artist in Residence
Gippsland Grammar School - St. Anne's Campus

Collections
Private Collections -  Australia and U.S.A.

Theatre Sets
Melbourne and South Australia

Murals
Victoria and Queensland

Awards and Grants
1977  Cracow Peace Prize, Poland. - Anti-war print.
1980  'The Apocalypse." - Australian Film Institute. - Experimental Film Section
1995  Mandorla Award - selected.

 Workshops Presented and Demonstrated
1983  Creating for hospital ward activities
1994  Drawing and folio presentation, University of Ballarat. Drawing the figure. - "Taking a lion (line) for a walk."
1994  Talk - The outsider/ and Art. - University of Ballarat, Victoria.