Michael Donnelly

Born 1962, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lives Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

Education

1980-1983 B.Ed. (Art) City Art Institute, Sydney CAE (now COFA, Uni of NSW).
1995-1996 Post-graduate Diploma of Fine Art (Painting), Vic. College of the Arts.

Solo Exhibitions

2023 ‘Big Skies’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria.

2023 ​‘Big Skies of East Gippsland’, Lemon Hill Gallery, Wairewa, Victoria.

2023​ ‘Jesus in Melbourne’, St Paul’s Cathedral, Transept Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.

2017 ​ Preparatory Works, WellSpring Centre, Ashburton, Vic.

2016 ​ Vignettes, Chapel on Station Gallery, Box Hill, Vic

2014. ​‘Suburban Spaces’, Chapel on Station Gallery, Box Hill, Vic.

2009​ ‘Other Lands’, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, Vic.

2006. ​‘A Melbourne Passion’, WellSpring Centre, Ashburton, Vic.

2003​ ‘Tablelands’, St Francis Pastoral Centre, Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Vic.

2001 ​‘A Melbourne Passion’, St Francis Pastoral Centre, Lonsdale St, Melbourne.

1999​ ‘Night Shrines’, Gallery 2, West Space, Albert St, Footscray, Vic.

1998    ‘The Light Shines in the Darkness. .’ St Francis Pastoral Centre, Lonsdale St.

1998 ‘The Night’ Gallery 2, Linden Art Centre & Gallery, St Kilda, Vic.

1997 Installation: ‘Found Photos’ Talk Artists Initiative Inc. Melbourne , Vic.

1995 ‘Christ in Melbourne’, Monoprints, St Johns Southgate, Melbourne, Vic.

1994 ‘The Melbourne Pictures’, Roar 2 Studios, Fitzroy, Vic.

1989 ‘Drawings’, The Eclectic Easel, Fitzroy, Vic.

1988  ‘Black and White to Colour’, Waverley City Gallery, Vic.

1984  ‘Mostly Pencil’, Butcher’s Exhibit, Darlinghurst, NSW.

Artist Residencies

2019​ Artist-in-Residence at the Police Point Cottage, Portsea, Victoria

2010​ Artist-in-Residence at the Kings Bridge Cottage, Cataract Gorge, Tasmania

Recent Selected Group Exhibitions

2022. ​‘EGAG WRAP: Small Artwork Show, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, Vic.

2022. ​Police Point AiR Retrospective Exhibition, The Commanding Officer’s House, Pt Nepean Nat. Park, Portsea, Vic.

2019, 2021, 2022 ‘The Firkin Prize: Small Vessel Award Exhibition’, Lake Tyers Beach Hall, East Gippsland, Vic.

2018. ​‘First Love’, WellSpring Centre for Contemplative Spirituality, Ashburton, Vic.

​‘Feast, Pray, Love’, Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne, Vic.

2017     Brighton Art Show, Sandringham Yacht Club, Awarded Contemporary Art Prize.

‘Art for Wellbeing’, Queenscliff Uniting Church.

2016   ‘Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly’, Chapel on Station Gallery,  Box Hill, Vic.

“Art for Wellbeing”, Kinross House Gallery, Toorak Uniting Church, Toorak, Vic.

2015  ​‘Light Matters’, Lamppost Gallery, Mt Eliza Anglican Church, Vic.

‘Living Waters’ Religious Art Prize, Awarded 2nd Prize, Chapel on Station Gallery.

2014   Blake Prize 2013 Directors Cut Online Exhibition

2013   Conceal/Reveal, UCA Centre for Theology & Ministry, Parkville

‘From Darkness to Light’, Chapel on Station Gallery, Box Hill, Vic.

Blake Resonances, Kinross House Gallery, Toorak Uniting Church, Toorak, Vic.

2012   Mandorla Art Award Finalist, Perth Town Hall, W.A.

Maritime Art Award Finalist, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne.

‘Finding Hope’, Kinross House Gallery, Toorak Uniting Church, Toorak, Vic.

Rick Amor Drawing Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Vic.

2011   Blake Prize 2011 Directors Cut Online Exhibition

Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition Finalist, Hobart, Tasmania.

Collections include: The Archive of Humanist Art, Melbourne; Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre, Austin Hospital Art Collection, Vic; Whitehorse Art Collection, Box Hill, Vic.