Artists

Michael Whitehead

Michael Whitehead began work as a graphic artist in a prominent Melbourne design studio in the mid-seventies. Along the way, he taught in Victorian Secondary Colleges and eventually moved into owning and operating a screen printing studio. For the past number of years, he's been painting full-time with my work represented in Australian and overseas galleries. 

"I like each brush stroke to challenge the previous one, the creation of deliberate tension, resistance and intensity are important to me. I might lay down large blocks of colour may be to capture or reflect light, and at other times employing a more subdued palette, so that the under-painting might appear to be attempting to break through to provide a glimpse of a secret world beneath. If the paint runs across a canvas it’s because I’m happy for it to go there or I may have even encouraged it to do so. Every stroke, every line, is intended to leave a record of its journey"  

Education

  • 1974 Completed Diploma of Art and Design (Graphic Design), Bendigo Institute of Technology  Graphic Artist at NTG Design South Melbourne
  • 1975-76 Completed Diploma of Education State College of Victoria Hawthorn

Solo exhibitions

  • Remember to Forget, The G Contemporary, Noosa, 2024
  • Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney, 2007
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa 2008 Gadfly Gallery Perth, 2007
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa 2009 Jive Contemporary Art Noosa, 2008
  • Gallery-One Gold coast, 2010
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa 2011 Gallery- One Gold Coast, 2011
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa 2013 Noosa International Wine and Food Festival, 2012
  • Gallery-One Gold Coast 2013 Jive Contemporary Art Noosa, 2013
  • Soho Galleries Sydney, 2014
  • Chifley Towers Sydney Soho Galleries, 2014
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa 2014 Kunat Fine Art Germany, 2014
  • Kunat Fine Art Germany, 2015
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa, 2015
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa, 2016
  • Jive Contemporary Art Noosa, 2017

Group exhibitions

  • Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Suburban 312 Gallery, Exhibition Buildings, 2004
  • Sydney Affordable Art Show, Suburban 312 Gallery, Fox Studios, 2004
  • Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Suburban 312 Gallery, Exhibition Buildings, 2005
  • Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Fox Studios, 2005
  • Brisbane Art Fair, Colour On Walls, Brisbane Convention Centre, 2005
  • Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Exhibition Buildings, 2006
  • Thierry B Gallery Melbourne Group Show, 2006
  • Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Fox Studios, 2006
  • Libby Edwards Gallery Brisbane Group Show, 2007
  • Art Melbourne, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Exhibition Buildings, 2007
  • Art Sydney, Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Fox Studios, 2007
  • Art Melbourne, ThierryB Gallery, Exhibition Buildings, 2008
  • Brisbane Art Fair, Jive Contemporary Art, Brisbane Convention Centre, 2008
  • Colour of Light Exhibition, Gadfly Gallery, Fremantle, 2008
  • Art Melbourne, Jenny Pihan Fine Art, Exhibition Buildings, 2009
  • Art Singapore, ThierryB Contemporary Art, 2009
  • Gallery-One, Group Show, Gold Coast, 2010
  • Black and White, Jive Contemporary Art, Noosa 2013 Impulse International Germany, Kunat Fine Art, 2011
  • Gallery-One Group Show, Gold Coast, 2013
  • Asian Contemporary Art Fair, Jive Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, 2014
  • Tally Dunn Gallery, Dallas Texas 2015 Soho Galleries, Sydney, 2014
  • Gallery-One, Gold coast, 2015
  • Soho Galleries, Sydney 2016
  • Gallery-One Gold Coast, 2017
  • Soho Galleries Sydney, 2018
  • Gallery One Gold Coast, 2019
  • Gallery One Gold Coast, 2021
  • Soho Galleries Sydney, 2021
  • Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Soho Galleries, 2022

 

Collections


Etihad Towers Abu Dhabi the Jumeriah Suite
Trades and Patents Office Canberra
Nambour General Hospital
Silverwater Resort San Remo
Hudson Personel Melbourne
Thierry B Collection Melbourne
Soho Boutique Bendigo
Symes Motors Bendigo
Brico Developments Melbourne
Titanium Developments Queensland
Stockland Developments Queensland
Toll Logistics
Conrad Jupiters
Edgewater Restaurant Coles Bay Tasmania
Soul Apartments Gold Coast
The estate of Sonny Burt and Bob Butler Dallas Texas
Sheraton Hotel Star City Sydney
Caulfield Apartments Melbourne
Aurum Developments