1945 Born in Sydney, Australia, Martin Francis Collocott
1960 Studied National Art School, Sydney
1964 Exhibition of Paintings by Sydney Artists, by the Federal Council for the Advancement of
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 10-12 July, Florentine Gallery, Anthony Horden’s Mid-City Store, Sydney
1965 Gained Diploma, Design and Craft, National Art School, Sydney
Young Contemporaries Exhibition, Sydney Morning Herald Art Prizes, 28 April, 8 May – Farmers
Blaxland Gallery Sydney
The Grace Art Prize Exhibition, 16-28 August – North Sides Arts Festival; 30 August,
11 September - Broadway; 13-25 September – Bondi Junction, Sydney
1966 Secondary School Teaching, Asquith Boys’ High School, from January
Summer Exhibition‘Paintings’ – Gallery A, Sydney
Autumn Exhibition of the Contemporary Art Society, 15-25 March – Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney
1967 New Generation Painters – Gallery A, Sydney
One Person Show ‘Energy 1’ – Gallery A Melbourne
1968 One Person Show ‘Australian Journey’ – Gallery A, – Sydney
Travelled to Europe. Lived in London
1969 Creative Arts Fair by the “U” Committee of the University of New South Wales, 25-26 April –
Unisearch House, UNSW, Sydney
Mixed Exhibition – Ewan Phillips Gallery, London
Mixed Exhibition – Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition – Piccadilly Gallery, London
One Person Show ‘LondonWork’ – Gallery A, Melbourne
1970 One Person Show – Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
Teaching part-time National Art School, Sydney
Australian Irresistibles Exhibition, Bonython Gallery, Sydney
Mixed Exhibition - , Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
Accepted Wynne Selection Exhibition, 'The Flight of the Red Kangaroo’, 1970, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1971 One Person Show ‘Australian Journey 11’ – Bonython Gallery, Sydney
Photo Document Outline, Wide Open Exhibition – CAS Gallery, Sydney
1972 One Person Show ‘Central Tablelands and South Coast Series’ – Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
One Person Show – Australian Galleries, Melbourne
International Telephone and Telegraph Acquisitive Award, Australia, Selection in New York
Invited 9th McCaughy Art Exhibition – National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (South Coast Series)
1973 IT & T World Art Exhibition – Opening Miami Art Centre, USA
1974 IT & T Touring Art Exhibition throughout USA including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis
One Person Show ‘Colour Coded Surface’ – Bonython Gallery, Sydney
One Person Show – Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
Mixed Exhibition (100 Artists) – Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1975 Visiting Lecturer, School of Art, AMC, Sydney
52nd Summer Exhibition – Redfern Gallery, London
5 Artists – Coverntry Gallery, Sydney
Invited 10th McCaughey Art Exhibition – National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1976 One Person Exhibition Photo Document, Sculpture Scape Stage No 1 1970-75 – Coventry Gallery, Sydney
BHP Selection Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art, Melbourne
1977 Group Exhibition, Gallery Artists – Coventry Gallery, Sydney
One Person Show ‘Sketches for Snow Paintings’, ‘Energies’, ‘Discords and Displacements’ – Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
Lecturer in Art, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst
1978 Photo Document, Sculpture Scape Stage No 1 1970-75 – Gallery Civic Centre, Orange, NSW
Photo Document, Sculpture Scape Stage No 1 1970-75 – Mitchell Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW and major works Vertigo 1 & 11
1979 One Person Show ‘Recent Small Paintings’ – Qantas Gallery, London
Photo Document, Scultpture Scape Stage No 1 1970-75, additions 1976-78 and February 1979 – Qantas Gallery, London
Study visit, May, New York City, NY, USA
Guest Lecturer ‘Contemporaries of the 60’s’ Printing, Painting and Sculpture at School of Art and Design, Croydon College, London
1980 Mixed Exhibition ‘Australian Artists of Frame and Promise’ – NSW House, London
Teaching full time, School of Art and Design, Tafe Wollongong, NSW
Accepted Wynne Selection Exhibition ‘Summer High Norfolk’, 1979, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Mixed Exhibition ‘Australian Artists’ Tribute to Howard Hinton’ – Coventry Gallery, Sydney
Wollongong Art Purchase Exhibition ‘Winter 1979’ – Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW
Gallery Artists, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1981 Visiting Lecturer, College of Arts, Nepean CAE, NSW
Photo Document, Sculpture Scape No 1 1970-75, additions 1976-78 and February 1979 – Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW
One Person Show ‘Four European Seasons’ – Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
Gallery Artists, Mixed Exhibition – Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
1982 Gallery Artists, Mid-year Exhibition – Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
Recent Acquisitions, Concurrent Riverina Contemporary Exhibition – Wagga Wagga Regiona Art Gallery NSW
Winter Exhibition – Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
One man Show, ‘In Flight 1 to 3’ (Units 1-18) – Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney
‘Kunama Keewaydin Farm’, Photography document, Archived, (Pictures) Acc.5263, Mitchell Library, Sydney NSW
1983 ‘Australia – Wadja Rechin, original postcards' – Lewers Bequest and Penrith regional Art Gallery,NSW
Art Gallery Foundation Auction – Art Gallery of NSW
One Person Show – Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
1984 Group Show – Old Brewery Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Teaching painting at Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, NSW
One Person Show ‘The Flight of the Snow Parrot’ – The Painters Gallery, Sydney
1985 The First Decade. 1975-85 – Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane
Relocation of house and studio from Oberon, Central Tablelands, NSW
1986 To Darlington, Sydney, NSW
Modern Australian Painting Survey Exhibition – Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Gallery Artists Show – Access Art Gallery, Sydney
NSW Art Gallery Society Bicentennial Sculpture Acquisition Auction, Art Gallery of NSW
1987 Festival of Sydney Summer Exhibition – Access Art Gallery, Sydney
Represented from February Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Sydney
‘Moods of Autumn’ Gallery Artists – Access Art Gallery, Sydney
One Person Show ‘Aqueous Series A + B’ – Access Art Gallery, Sydney
Represented from July by Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
Survey Exhibition – Holland Fine Art, Sydney
Wall hangings ‘Landscape of the 70’s, 9’ x 20’ – 1974-77 – installed International
Grammar School, Surry Hills, Sydney
Two Person Show ‘Aqueous Series A + B’ – Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery, Brisbane
Teaching art Ku-Ring-Gai Community Art Centre, Sydney
1988 Selected Gallery Artists ‘Flight’ Series 1982, incl. No 25, 15’ x 15’, and ‘In Flight’ B green, 5’ x 5’ – Holland Fine Art, Sydney
January Exhibition ‘Aqueous ‘Celebration’ 1987 No 12, 3’ x 3’ – Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Sydney
Acquisition, ‘In Flight’ C orange 1982 – University of Technology, Sydney
One Person Show ‘Aqueous III’ – Inaugural Exhibition, relocated Access Art Gallery, Sydney
‘Spirit of the Times’ Touring Exhibition ‘Flight’ Series 1982, ‘In Flight’ A pink, 5’ x 5 – Gallery New Art, 3-24 March Beehive Gallery, Adelaide, 4-15 May The Wharf, Pier 4, Sydney
Represented May, Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney
Lyrical abstract paintings, June, Artlet, Sydney
Acquisition, ‘Aqueous Series B’, 1986, No 18 and 1986, No 19 (10.30am) – University Collection, University of Sydney
Three Urban Landscapes 1988, September, Artlet, Sydney
Acquisition, ‘Aqueous Series A’, 1986, No 2 and 1986, No 11 – Ku-Ring-Gai Bicentennial Gift Exhibition, Sydney
‘Spirit of the Times’ Touring Exhibition ‘Flight Series’ 1982, In Flight' green, 5’x5’,and
1987,‘Beyond a Dark Horse’, 5’ x 16’–Galleries New Art, 17-28 October Riverside Centre, Brisbane
Corporate Scale Paintings – Kangaroo II 1970, 6’6’ x 12’, Beyond a Dark Horse 1987, 5’ x 16’, Artlet, Sydney
1989 ‘In the Making’, Photography, Group show, A Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival Project, Artlet, Sydney
Development and restoration proposal of 314 to Council
Adelaide Art Sale. Bedford Industries Foundation, Adelaide
Foyer Display Aqueous Series 86-87, Ensemble Theatre, North Sydney
Purple II 1974, 39’ x 36’ submitted to Major Auction of Modern Paintings, Lawson’s, Sydney
Auction of paintings from Ampol House, ‘Chunder into Landscape’, 8’3’ x 5’7’, 1967 – Alison McSweeney Auctioneer and Valuer
**Notice of Instrument Evidencing Change of Name, see Publications*
‘Mondo faxo Wall Lords of the 20th Century’ exhibition, Extract from ‘A Rite of Passage’ 10-28 October, Artspace, Sydney
Rushton Fine Art Auction, Australian and European Prints and Paintings – Cat. No. 170 – No. 5L, mixed media on canvas, 24’ x 24’, 1976
1990 Scotch College Foundation Exhibition of Fine Art – major work ‘Post Urban Aqueous’, 6’ x 12’, 1989. March, Adelaide Festival, SA
The ‘Porcelain Readmade’ Artspace Fundraiser Auction, April – Artspace, Surry Hills, NSW
‘Chain Art’ project, diary extract 10.06.90 direct to Kuopio, Finland
Acquisition Auction, 13 October, Lawson’s Fine Art, ‘Aqueous Celebration’ Series, 12’ x 18’, 1987,
for Wagga Wagga City Fine Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Administration, ‘Artlet Window Gallery’, June – September, Sydney
‘An Ordinary Person’, the journals 1940-1991, folio material The Women’s Artists’ Collective, Sydney
1991 Hors d’oevre show ‘Photo Collage’, Women’s Artists’ Collective, Artlet, Sydney Femme F’Tarts.
Metamorphosis – ‘March in Shadow of Darkness’, 2’ x 10’, a mixed media group show Women’s Artists’
Collective, in conjunction with Dissonance 91, Aspects of Feminism and Art Re-define Artlet Window Gallery – Women And Art.
Walking the Street 1 Shopfront Exhibition Project, King Street – ‘Friends and Lovers’ – prose Bella Bar.
2-17 November, umbrella event, Newtown Festival, NSW
‘An Ordinary Person’ completed – Metamorphasis/Shadow of Darkness/Friends and Lovers/The Post-urban Aquiescent Women,
1992 ‘Out Art’, mixed open exhibition, ‘Flight of Fancy’, 20’ x 29.5’, photograph, 11-23 February – Gay and Lesbian Festival, location, warehouse,
‘Fierced and Flushed’ (Word of Mouth II), Lesbian mixed media and performance exhibition,
‘Dorothy’, 29.5’ x 20’, photograph – 15-25 February, Gay and Lesbian Festival, location, Love Hotel, Warehouse, Sydney
‘Women and Art’ No 1, group exhibition, coordinator.‘The Post-urban Acquiescent Woman’‘Celebration’ 2’ x 22’, painting – 7-14 March.
Celebrating International Women’s Day 1992, Seymour Centre Gallery, Sydney
Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial Project, Committee member.
‘International Women’s Day’, Planning Committee, exhibition projects IWD, March 1993, Sydney
Walking the Street 2 Shopfront Exhibition Project, King Street - ‘Lurking’
– photo collage, 30’ x 40’, Melissa and Michelle, Choc Beanz Café. 31 October – 15 November, umbrella event, Newtown Festival, NSW
1993 ‘Register of Women Artists’ – Project of ‘Women and Art’, Artlet, 314 Abercrombie Street, Darlington NSW 2008 Australia
Coordinator of ‘Connecting Passages’ – photographs Julie Martin, painted Sally Stokes.An
International Women’s Day umbrella event, 13 February–13 March, Seymour Centre Gallery, Sydney
‘Celebrating Women’s Strength’, group mixed media, poster design exhibition and launch for
International Women’s Day – ‘Beyond Lurking’ photo collage, 30’ x 70’, Melissa and Michelle,
3-12 March, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW
Studio Practice – new work – Urban Landscapes ‘Darlington’
Registration of Artlet – ‘Women and Art’ in ‘Women in the Arts Network International’ – Great Britian, Netherlands and Germany
Study Visit – Beirut, Amsterdam and London, October – November
Registration, N.A.V.A Visual Arts an Crafts People Database, November, Sydney
1994 ‘A Postal Lip Service’ – Postcard size art exhibition, 21 February – 8 March, K-OS Hair
Workshop, Darlinghurst and The Bookshop, Newtown, NSW
Studio Practice – 3 London Paintings
‘The first’ Artspace Open, Artists of the South Sydney Council area, 29 July – 3 September, Artspace Gallery, Sydney
Study visit, London, September – October, and ‘The Affordable Art Company’ 5th Anniversary
Exhibition and Sale, 28 September – 2 October, Connaught Brown, London
Document lodgment, Self, Artlet and I.W.D. Poster design and exhibition 1993, in Women’s Art-Slide Library, London
London contact, Alannah Coleman Fine Art, European Coordinator AICA’s Australian Section,
Association International des Critiques d’Art
Represented in the Stock at The Gallery at John Jones, London
Represented in Stock at Belgrave Gallery, London
1995 Affordable Abstracts: 50 artists, Lower Gallery, 9-12 January, Belgrave Gallery, London
One Person Show, new work, ‘A Lyrical View’ of Golders Green, 5 February – 11 March,
Artlet Window Gallery, Sydney
Ausflag – 2000. Australia’s new national flag, design project
1996 Study visit, 21 January – 9 February, Norfolk, England
‘First Show for 1996’, gallery artists, 12-28 February, Belgrave Gallery, London
1997 Summer Exhibition II, 5 January – 22 February, Eva Breuer Fine Art , Sydney
Two Person Show, ‘Walking in the Rain – Urban Aqueous’ series, 30 January – 12 February, Elisabeth Gallery, Sydney
Ausflag – 2000. Australia’s new national flag, final submission
1998 ‘3 Ponds’ – Sky, Earth and Water, Project in Progress, Oberon, NSW
Alannah Coleman – Artist and Curator 03.11.1918 born Melbourne, Australia, 12.09.1998 died London, England
1999 ‘Off the Wall’, Exhibition Space, Coordinator, Women’s Library, Sydney
‘Beyond A Dark Horse’, Painting 60’ x 192’ – 1987, 1-28 August, ‘Off the Wall’, Exhibition Space, Women’s Library, Sydney
‘Metamorphosis’ 24’ x 600’ – 1991, Urban Landscapes, Darlington Series – 1993, Sir William Dobell
Art Foundation Gallery, 26 November 1999 – 16 January 2000, New England Art Museum, Armidale
2000 ‘Bequest of Paintings’, and studio contents, in perpetuity, to New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
‘Paintings’, Sydney University Union Collection, including Recent Acquisition, Darlington
Series No 8, 36’ x 36’ – 1993, 8-30 September, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
2001 ‘Behind Closed Doors’, in situation, Collections of Westpac and Commonwealth Bank, 6-26 January, Allen Allen and Hemsley and Gadens,
‘Arthead Gallery’,http://www.arthead.com.au/Artists%20Gallery/collocott/collocott.html
‘Quartet’, Paintings by Michelle Collocott, Pyrmont Bride, 72’ x 144’ 1989, Darlington Series
1993, Phillip Martin, Helen Marshall and Barbara McKay, 11 April – 19 May, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
Represented from 1 August, by B.B.A. Gallery, Sydney
‘Group’, Paintings by Michelle Collocott – Preview from series, ‘A Lyrical View’ of Golders Green,
16’ x 12’ with 8 other new Artists,7 November – 2 December, B.B.A. Gallery, Sydney
2002 One Person Show, ‘A Lyrical View’ of Golders Green and Norfolk, 6 February – 9 March,The Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
Sydney University Union Collection website,www.usu.usyd.au/gallery from March, The Sir Herman Gallery, Sydney
‘itch’, important work from the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s, 10 July – 10 August, B.B.A. Gallery, Sydney
‘3 Ponds Series’, No 12, 5’ x 6’, 2000, and Gallery Artists, B.B.A. Gallery 2 – 6 October, Art Fair Melbourne
2003 ‘Celebrate’, 25 Years of Mardi Gras, 12 February – 8 March, B.B.A. Gallery, Sydney
One Person Show. ‘Three Ponds’, Oberon, A & B Series. 17 Sept.–11 Oct., byronhoopergallery, Sydney
Christmas in Chippendale, Gallery Artists, 10-12 December, bryanhoopergallery, Sydney
2004 ‘Reflection’ Michelle Collocott – Photography and Paintings, ‘3 Ponds’ with Ray Cook
Photography and Multi media, with Travis de Jonk, 18 February–13 March, bryanhoopergallery Sydney
Closure, 14 March bryanhoopergallery Sydney
‘Art for Labor’,’ 3 Ponds Series’ B, No 4, 28” x 36”, 2003. Fund raiser show, 16 – 18 July,
Michael Nagy Fine Art-Gallery, Sydney
’Resilience,’ Women Hanging Together, ‘3 Ponds’ Series, B, no.4, 28” x 36” 2003,
29 October – 13 November, ‘Off the Wall,’ Exhibition Space, Women’s Library, Sydney
2005 ‘Same Place Many Views,’ Painting the Australian Landscape, Nocturn, Winter Retreat, 1 + 2,
16 March – 9 April, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
‘2nd Birthday,’ Local Artists, and Party, 12 May – 10 July, Tripod Gallery and Café, Sydney
2006 ‘Lawsons-Menzies Fine Art Auction,’ Green III 7” x 12”, 1973, 12 February, Sydney
‘Studio Practice,’ research for 3 Ponds, Series C
2007 ‘Studio Practice,’ cont. work in progress, 3 Ponds, Series C, No’s 1 – 30
‘Paint 2007,’ 3 Ponds Series B, Gallery Artists, 3 – 25 February, ‘Wilson Street Gallery,’ Sydney
‘Paper 2007,’ 3 Ponds, Series A, 23 June – 15 July, ‘Wilson Street Gallery,’ Sydney
‘Earth – Fire – Water – Sky, ‘Town in Rainwashed Solitude’, 72” x 72”, 1967, from the collection,
3 June – 18 July,'Araluen Arts Centre,’ Alice Springs
2008 Design and publish website www.michellecollocott.com, February - June, Liz Orrock - Newtown Fine
Art, Sydney www.newtownfineart.com.au
One Person Show, "3 Ponds", Oberon, C Series, Part A, 19 July-10 August, Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
Registered with Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, July, www.daao.org.au
2009 'Research material,' relating to creative activities,1957-2008, Part A, including 'The Forest
Glen,' 1956, 10.5" x 13.5", a small painting on paper adhered to board, transferred January Artist Archives, Art Gallery of NSW.
‘3 Ponds Project’, Photography, 300 Units of 20” x 30”, Artists Archives, Art Gallery of NSW
'Acquisition', 'A Lyrical View of Golders Green, London', 1995, 72" x 60",
archived November, Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010 'One Person Show', Three Ponds, Oberon, C Series, Part B, 23 January - 14 February Wilson Street Gallery, Sydney
'Group Show', Mardi Gras Festival, The Early Years, Photography, 19 February - 9 March Kerry Low Gallery, Sydney
'Packsaddle Group Show', Artist Support NERAM, 1-17 October, New England Regional Art Museum Armidale
'Bequest of Paintings', additional to 2000 transfer, in perpetuity, to Permanent Collection 26 November, New England Regional Art Museum,
'Christmas Exhibition 2010', Betsy and Michelle, 26 November - 24 December, Kerry Low Gallery Sydney
'The Analogue Love Letters', Sunday 12 September - Sunday 12 December, Darlington, Sydney
2011 Studio Practice, Shadow Time
'Group Show', Mardi Gras Festival, Shadow Time, Painting, 18 February - 8 March Kerry Low Gallery, Sydney
"The Kisk", Placement, 4 September, 3 Ponds Black Springs
2012 'Auction', Kym Bonython Collection, "The Nordic Fall", 1969, acrylic on canvas - 7 February, Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide
'Group Show', Mardi Gras Festival, "The Kisk", Photography, work in progress, 10 February - 6 March Kerry Low Gallery, Sydney
'Volunteer - bentART 2012 Exhibition'
'Group Show', bentART, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", Photography, work in progress, 8 - 11 June Wentworth Falls School of Arts, NSW
'Research and Archiving', www, ongoing
2013 'Research and Archiving', www, including all additional archiving, now only to be located on the website
'Artlet Window Gallery', reactivate, night viewing, Sydney
2014 New Website and updated biography. Click here.
www.michellecollocottbiographyonly.com
Represented
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Act
IT & T Collection, New York, USA
Visual Arts Board purchase, Araluen Arts and Culture trust, Alice Springs, NT
Armidale City Art Collection, NSW
BHP Collection, Melbourne, VIC
Rainier National Bank Collection, Seattle, USA
Westpac Banking Corporation, Fine Art Collection of Australia, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW
Ku-Ring-Gai CAE Collection, NSW
University of Technology Collection, Broadway Campus, Sydney, NSW
Mitchell Library, Photo Document, Sydney, NSW
Macquarie University Collection, Sydney, NSW
Commonwealth Bank Collection, Sydney, NSW
University of Sydney, Permanent Collection, Fisher Library, NSW
Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
University of Technology Collection, School of Nursing, St Leonards Campus, NSW
University of Sydney Union Collection, Darlington, NSW
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Permanent Collection