MORGAN SHIMELD - CURRICULUM VITAE

Born 1979 Katoomba, Australia
Lives and works in Katoomba, Australia.

EDUCATION
1998-00 Bachelor of Visual Arts, SCA, University of Sydney. Glass Studio Major

SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2023 Confluence, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2020 Passage, Day Fine Art, Blackheath
         Passage, May Space, Sydney
2015 Vertex, Gallery 2010, Surry Hills
2011 Converge, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2008 Tracing Constructs, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2006 Architectural Evolution, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Sydney Contemporary – Martin Browne Contemporary 
         From the Ground Up – Day Gallery, Blackheath 

2022 Sydney Contemporary – Martin Browne Contemporary 

2021 Finalist, Sculpture At Scenic World 2021, Katoomba
         Summer Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
         Winter Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
          Sculpture St Scenic World 2021 – Katoomba 
          The Other Art Fair, Sydney
          Sawmillers Reserve Sculpture Prize, Sawmillers Reserve 
2020  Passage, Day Gallery, Blackheath 
          Finalist Montalto Sculpture Prize 2020, Victoria
2019 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair – MOD Collective Melbourne
         Spring Salon – Otomys Gallery Melbourne
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Piermarq Gallery
         Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Living Edge Edition
         Launch exhibition for The Arts Club, Richmond
2017 Heat, Piermarq Gallery, Sydney
2016 Bronze, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 BassamFellows, Morgan Shimeld, Salone del Mobile 2015, Milan
         Morgan Shimeld Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
         Sculpture Park, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
         Finalist Minumental, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
         Winner – Normyle Artist Residency (Minumental)
         Finalist Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi
         Artisans in the Gardens, Botanic Gardens Trust
         Highly Commended – Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
         Finalist University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Sydney
         Winner – Janice Reid Emerging Artists Award (UWS Sculpture Award)
         Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2104, Katoomba NSW
         Finalist, Sculputre at Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney
         Winner – Mayor’s Award (Sculpture at Sawmillers)
2013 Finalist, Mt Buller Sculpture AwardVictoria
Finalist, Montalto Sculpture Prize 2013, Victoria
Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2013, Katoomba NSW
          Sculpture 2013, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
          Summer Show, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
2012  Heat, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
          Au Courant, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
          Finalist, Sculpture in the vineyards 2012, NSW
          Finalist, 6 Inch show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011  Sculpture 11, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
          Group show, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
          Lust, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
          Self Portraits, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
          Willoughby Sculpture Prize 2011, Sydney
2010  Sculpture 10, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
          UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition 2010, UWS,     Sydney
          Finding Form Creating Space/ Disrupting Space, UWS, Sydney
          Sawmillers Reserve Sculpture Prize, Sawmillers Reserve
          Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Melbourne
2009  Winner – Royal Show, glass category, Sydney
          Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
          Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
          Sculpture by the Sea 2009 Bondi, Sydney
2008  Sculpture 2008, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
          Winner – Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, sculpture category
          Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize
2007  Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, Sydney (commended)
          New from Australia, Chappell Gallery, New York
2006  Small, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize

COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
2020 Cube Formation Large White, Mosman Sydney
2019 Bronze Reception Desk, Living Edge Perth
         Suite of bronze sculptures, Austin Texas
         Traced Tower, Blue Mountains
2018 Triplex Black, Private collection New York
         Vertex Yellow, Private collection, New York
         Cube Formation Series, Byron Bay
         Commission, Private Collection Melbourne
         Cube Formation Series, Law Society of NSW
2017 Triplex Large, Bassam Fellows, New Cannan, Connecticut
         Converge Large, Mittagong
2016 Cube Formation, Smart Design Studio, Surry Hills
         Wall Sculpture, Louisa Rd, Birchgrove
         Triplex Blue, Artbank
2015 Brass Bar, The Office Space, Paramount House
         Architectural Façade, Chelsea St House
         Traced Triplex, Bates Smart, Nicholson St Melbourne
2012 Gowings state Theatre Hotel, Sydney
2011 Intercontinental Crown Hotels, Melbourne
2010 Smirnoff bottle Smirnoff Black launch
2009 Family sculpture in conjunction with Sam Crawford Architects
         Torch of Knowledge sculpture for Danebank Girls School
2006 Your Break, Artbank

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