Self Love

Medium: Oil on panel

Size: 20cm by 20cm

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About the Artist

Michael Simms is a multi-award winning artist based in Sydney. Born in Adelaide, he completed degrees in psychology and film at Flinders University before winning a scholarship to study fine art at the Julian Ashton Art School. Inspired by subjects on the cusp of change, Michael’s paintings and drawings are both literal and allegorical expressions of transformation.

EDUCATION

2011 - 2014 Diploma of Fine Arts, The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney (Recipient of the Sydney Mechanics School of Art Scholarship)
2006 - 2011 Bachelor of Behavioural Science and Bachelor of Arts, Flinders University, Adelaide

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2019
The Naked and Nude Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW – Highly Commended
Melt Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse Museum, QLD – Highly Commended
Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW – Finalist
EMSLA Still Life Award, Project Contemporary Artspace, NSW – Finalist
The 14^th International ARC Salon, Art Renewal Center, USA - Finalist
Lethbridge 20,000 Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD – Finalist
Kennedy Art Prize, Kennedy Arts Foundation, SA – Finalist

2018
The Young Artist Prize, The Royal Art Society of NSW - Winner
SBS Portrait Prize, Southern Buoy Studios, VIC – Winner
EBNA 2018 First Prize, YSC Consultancy, NSW – Winner
EBNA 2018 People’s Choice, YSC Consultancy, NSW - Winner
Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Gallery, NSW – Finalist
Hurford Harwood Portrait Prize, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW – Finalist
Melt Portrait Prize, Brisbane Powerhouse, QLD – Finalist
Hunters Hill Art Prize, Hunters Hill Town Hall, NSW – Finalist

2017

Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW – Finalist

Lethbridge 10,000 Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD – Highly Commended

Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Galley, NSW – Finalist

EBNA, YSC Consultancy, NSW – Highly Commended

Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW – Finalist

Lyn McCrea Drawing Prize, Noose Regional Gallery, QLD – Finalist

Manning Art Prize, Manning Regional Gallery, NSW – Finalist

Marie Ellis Drawing Prize, Jugglers Art Space, QLD - Finalist

Contemporary Art Awards, QLD – Finalist

2016

Cliftons Sydney Art Prize, Cliftons Sydney – Winner

Cliftons Sydney People’s Choice Award, Cliftons Sydney – Winner

Who Is Looking At You Portrait Prize, Cambridge Studio Gallery, VIC - Winner

Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth – Finalist

Emerging Artist Award, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne – Finalist

Percival Tucker Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville - Finalist

Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney – Finalist

Marie Ellis Drawing Prize, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane – Finalist

Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra - Finalist Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane - Finalist

ArtWorld Studio Portrait Prize, ArtWorld Studio Gallery, Brisbane - Highly Commended

2015

Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane - Finalist

Who Is Looking At You Portrait Prize, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne - Highly Commended

2013

Richard and Wenda Ashton Art Prize - Winner

Sydney Mechanics School of Art Full-time Scholarship for The Julian Ashton Art School - Winner

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Brink, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Melbourne

2016
Reverie, ArtWorld Studio Gallery, Brisbane

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
Nude, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Equus, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Fringe, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne

2018
Undercurrents, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Interfacing, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney
Temporal, Lethbridge Gallery (Bulimba), Brisbane

2017

The Other Art Fair, Australian Technology Park Eveleigh, Sydney

Medley II, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

Exploration 17, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne

Virtual Connections, No 1 Martin Place (Mezzanine Floor), Sydney

2016

Mythos, The Depot II Gallery, Sydney

Medley, The Depot Gallery, Sydney

Uncovered, Project [504], St Leonards, Sydney

2015

Vision, M2 Gallery, Surry Hills, Sydney

Every Boardroom Needs An Artist, The Museum of Contemporary Art Quayside Room, Sydney

Opening Exhibition, Chancery Lane Gallery, Adelaide

2014

The Julian Ashton Art School Students and Teachers Exhibition, The Sydney Mechanics School of Art

The Rocks Village Bizarre, Pop Up Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney

2013

The Julian Ashton Art School Students and Teachers Exhibition, The Sydney Mechanics School of Art

2012

Building Bridges, The UTS Gallery, Sydney

2011

Adelaide Fringe Festival Shimmering West Art Collective, Higher Ground, Adelaide

PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA

‘Top Talents To Watch In 2018’, The Music, January 2018
Talking With Painters The Podcast, Episode 24, 2017
ABC Weekend Breakfast, 15 October 2017
The Guardian Australia, 11 October 2017
‘Sydney Artist Paints Westmead Doctors in New Light’, Western Sydney Local Health District News, 19 January 2016
‘People Person Paints Portrait’, Parramatta Sun, 27 January 2016.
Artist Hand Double, A Place To Call Home Season 3, Seven Network, November 2015

RESIDENCIES

2019
The New York Academy of Art Summer Undergraduate Residency

COLLECTIONS

The ELLIOTT EYES COLLECTION
The Thomas Keneally Centre at the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Art
Cliftons Venues, Sydney
St Patrick’s College Strathfield, Sydney
Champagnat College Pagewood, Sydney

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