About me
My work is driven by my ideas and imagination, across recurring themes and iconic figures. I’m always questioning who and what these people, places and animals are, and wanting to push them further to explore and find out more about them. They are part of my identity, so it is a form of self-exploration and understanding at the same time.
We grow, we change and we learn all of our lives, and this is how I do it - through my art. I love feeding my images from one medium to another as part of the evolution process. Those media include traditional and digital painting, sculpting, textiles, and even interior decoration. Colour is very important regardless of the medium, but no one vehicle is more important than another - it’s just what suits the particular work at the time.
Hieronymus Bosch has been an ongoing influence, as are contemporary American illustrators and traditional textile and interior design from around the world.
Melinda Muscat
Melinda Muscat Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Colour, Backspace Gallery Ballarat
2014 Unicorn Lane, Ballarat
2014 Cabinet of Colourful Creatures, Exquisite, Ballarat
2013 Ballarat Baroque, Backspace Gallery Ballarat
2007 The Last Picture Show Grainery Lane Ballarat
2006 The Village at Fitzroy
2004 Recent works at Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne
2000 Recent works at The Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Recent works at The Eckersley’s Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Recent works at The Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Recent works at The Linden Gallery, St.Kilda
Commissions, Publications & Workshops etc.
Two Christmas displays at Central Square for Ballarat City Council 2019
Art bikes project for Ballarat Council in conjunction with CMY 2019
BOAA Art Camp, Minning Exchange & Fashion Parade at Mechanics Ins’ 2018
Lumieres as part of the Winter Festival, Ballarat 2018
Chalk mandals public art project for the Cultural Harmony Festival 2018
Backspace Gallery Coordinator 2018-2020
Heritage window display for Ballarat City Council, 2018
Xmas window display for Ballarat City Council, Mining Exchange 2017
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, employed as a Casual Art Handler 2017-2018
Backspace Gallery, Casual Art Handler 2017-2018
Dog Portrait for Isabella at Eastwood vet clinic, Ballarat 2017
Dog Portrailt for Justen Andrews 2017
Dog Portrait for Donna Ruecroft 2017
Dog Portrait for Beck Pasqualini 2017
Dog Portrait for Megan at Eastwood vet clinic, Ballarat 2016
NBN Pilot program for artist painted boxes, 2016
Winter Magic 3D picture workshop Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2015/16
Make A Summer hat workshop, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2016/17
Mural for Woolworths, Central Ballarat 2015
Make a Faberge egg workshops, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2015, 2016
Art meets science, space ship workshops, Ballarat Observatory 2015
NBN educational workshops and painting large scale letters with students from Yuille Park Community Colllege, Bridge Mall Ballarat 2015
Vertical Gardens workshop, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat 2015
Eikon workshop, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2015
We Are You project, 4 images (2 with YMCA children) Ballarat 2014
Make A Wall Hanging Workshops, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2014
Harmony Festival, Decorating large scale masks Workshops Various sites around Ballarat 2014
“Who Am I?" 8 week drawing Workshop, Ballarat Art Gallery 2014
Make A Plaque Workshops, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 2014
The Courier, Ballarat, Birds, Beasts and Blossoms Group Show, 2014
Lampshade decorating for private collectors, 2013
Ballarat Book Exchange decorating, 2013
Harmony Festival, Banner Making Workshops, 2013
The Courier, Ballarat, Ballarat Baroque & Book Exchange, 2013
Traffic Signal box project, Ballarat 2012
Mural for Safeway central Ballarat, 2012
Artsparks event at the Ballarat Art Gallery, facilitator, 2012
ARTeFACT, Various dates from 2012-2018
The Courier, Ballarat, Hat Trick exhibition, Space 22, 20 May 2012
Book Cover art for Found Things by Ron Southern 2009, Book Cover art for Hearts in the Wilderness by Ron Southern 2008
Full page image in ”Design Graphics” magazine January 2000 issue, Australia, Asia, America & Canada
CD covers for Ex Carnated and Shiva Music 2001
Cover art for CD and handbook for The English Learning
Department at RMIT in association with the Australian National
Training Authority 2000
Artwork for City of Yarra, recycling booklet 2000
Cover art for Writing and Corporate Communication
course handbook RMIT 1999
Cover art for Multi Media course handbook RMIT 1999
Prints included in “Overlander” magazine Australia 1997
Cover art for VMAG magazine Australia April & May issues 1999
The Age, Melbourne, Blaxland exhibition, June 1994.
Selected Group Shows & Selected Finalist, Competitions
Two person exhibition, Arnold Street Gallery, Bendigo 2019
Cats in Art, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat 2018
Fabulous Maude, selected froup show, Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat 2018
Rewind exhibition, Trades Hall, Ballarat 2017
What’s in the Box, BOAA exhibition, Trades Hall, Ballarat 2017
Dogs in Art, Backspace Gallery Ballarat 2017
Postcards from Ballarat, Backspace Gallery 2016
Love, group show Containart Ballarat 2016
Collidescope Art meets Fashion 2015
Refashion Show, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat 2015
Bling group show, Wolveschildren, Ballarat 2014
Birds, Beasts & Blossoms group show, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat
Miss Print group show, Wolveschildren Ballarat 2014
10 Year Accessing Arts group show, Backspace Gallery Ballarat 2014
Odyssey, group show at Space 22, Ballarat 2011
The Flanagan Art Prize, St.Patrick’s College, Ballarat 2010
Hat Trick, with Kat Pengelley & Kiri Smart at Space 22, Ballarat 2010
Art Deco Postcard exhibition Post Office Gallery Ballarat 2008
Emerge The Albert Park Gallery 2005
Group exhibitions Vanguard Gallery Melbourne 2004-2006
Group exhibition Mechanics Institute Ballarat 2004
Post card show, at Linden Gallery St.Kilda 1993-2004
Her Presence in colours, International Women’s Art exhibition, Doncaster 2004
Group show Asti & Gold Gallery, Melbourne 2004
Smorgon Steel Group Contemporary Art Prize,
Williamstown 1997-2003
Ex Libris exhibition, at First Site Gallery RMIT Melbourne 2001
Mass Hang, group show at Aardwolf Gallery Melbourne 2000
Set to zero at The Project Space RMIT Melbourne 1999
Spin Cycle, at The Project Space RMIT Melbourne 1998
24th Annual Southern Cross Art and Crafts Festival N.S.W 1997
Amcor Paper exhibition, at The Westpac Gallery Melbourne 1995
Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Queensland 1995
The Castlemaine Acquisitive Art prize Victoria 1994
Landscape Show at The Victorian Print workshop Access Gall’ 1994
Works represented by the Victorian Print workshop At The Australian Art Fair Melbourne 1994
Richmond Acquisitive Art Award 1993
Posthead Show at Either Ohnetitel, Fitzroy 1993
The Not The Archibald Art Award, Fitzroy 1992-1993
Group exhibition at The York Street Gallery &
Book of limited edition prints Fitzroy 1991
Prints from the above show exhibited at Sydney Trade Expo 1991
Group exhibition at The Inaminka Gallery North Melbourne 1990
Group exhibition at The William Street Gallery, South Yarra 1989
Group exhibition at The Faculty Gallery RMIT Melbourne 1988
Collections
Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
Victorian State Library
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
& several private collections.
Qualifications
1999 Electronic Design and Interactive Media Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, painting Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1985 Tertiary Orientation Programme Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
1983 Workshop at Victorian College of the Arts