margot wiburd - minimalist australian still life artist

Margot Wiburd - biography, CV, filmography

margot working on a triptych

short biography

extended biography

filmography


curriculum vitae

Art Education:
1996            Masterclass in Portraiture  (Jacob Collins) - New York
1995-1996   3 months Winter Course, Oil Painting (classical studies) - Ecole Albert de Fois, France
1994-1995   6 months Winter Course, Oil Painting (classical studies) - Ecole Albert de Fois, France
1993            Two week Oil Painting course – Academy of Realist Art, Seattle (scholarship)
1987-1989   Bachelor of Fine Art - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1986            TOP Art & Design, Brighton Technical College, Melbourne (dux of school)

Awards:           
2002 - Vermont Studio Centre  (U.S.A) Artist Grant for 2 Month Residency (deferred)
2001 - One Year Rimbun Dahan Malaysian Residency (Kasturi Foundation)
1989 - Klepners Annual Award - RMIT
1987 - Tool Traders Prize (Best First Year Student – RMIT G&S)
1986 - Dux of Brighton Technical School  (TOP Art & Design)

Residencies:                       
2013-2014   One Year Studio Residency, City of Mandurah, Western Australia
2001-2002   One Year Rimbun Dahan  Malaysian Residency
1998            Ten Week Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
                                   
Solo Exhibitions:           
2009 -  Serenity, Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria
2004 -  October Exhibition,Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria
2000 - Silence, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1998 - Sensing the Mountain, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada

Group Exhibitions:             
2023 - Collie Art Prize (finalist) - Collie Art Gallery, Collie, Western Australia
2022 - Discard Disregard - CASM Gallery, Mandurah, Western Australia
2022 - Encounters - CASM Gallery, Mandurah, Western Australia
2022 - 9 x 5 xhibition - Foyer, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, Western Australia
2021 - Transition - CASM Gallery, Mandurah, Western Australia
2021 - 9 x 5 Exhibition - Foyer, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, Western Australia
2021 - Arts Culture Peel printmaking exhibition - Foyer, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, Western Australia
2020 - Overwintering (printmaking exhibition), Foyer, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, Western Australia
2014  -  A Digital City in a Digital World - CASM Gallery, Mandurah, Western Australia
2014  -  Mandjar Art Awards - Mandurah Centre for the Performing Arts, Western Australia
2011  -  Canterbury Art Gallery – Victoria
2008  -  Fleur-de-Passi – Mandurah, Western Australia
2005  -  G’Day Australia – Galerie Taksu, Singapore
2005  -  The Australians – 10 Years of the Rimbun Dahan Residency – Galerie Taksu, Malaysia
2005  -  Chiaroscuro, Goya Galleries, Melbourne
2005 -   2nd Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Jakarta
2005 -  Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne (Goya Galleries)
2005 -  Australian Artists Group exhibition, Australian Trade Commission and Galerie Taksu, Malaysia
2005 -  January Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004 -  Christmas Exhibition, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2004 - Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne
2004 - Pieces of Eight, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2003 - Opening Exhibition, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2003 -  Opening Exhibition  Galerie Taksu, Singapore
2003 -  Opening Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Jakarta
2002 -  ArtSingapore 2002, (Galerie Taksu), Singapore
2002 -  Works on Paper, Valentine Willy Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2002 - Breathing Space 2 person Malaysian Residency Exhibition, Malaysia
2001 - World Wildlife Fund Exhibition, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2001  - Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2001  - Illuminated Leaves On-Line Exhibition, Malaysia
2000 - Group Exhibition, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 -  Calm & Collected A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 -  Treasure A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 - New Visions, Ancient Sight, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melb.
1995 - Ecole Albert de Fois Winter Oil Painting Exhibition, France
1990 - Graduate Metal IV, Sydney
1989 - Mornington Peninsular Craft Event, Victoria
1989 - Gold & Silversmithing Degree Show, Melbourne
1987 - Selected Works - RMIT Fine Art Faculty Show

Publications:                       
2004 -  Weekend Australian – Review – March 6-7, p. 19
2002 - Options: March 18, p. 18, Malaysia
2002 - Art Corridor – April-June, issue 6, Malaysia (pp32-35)
2002 - Sunday Star: 10.3,pp 1, 2, 3 Sunday Plus Supp., Malaysia
2002 - New Straits Times: 26.3, p. 3, Malaysia
1990 - Craft Arts International:  July/September Issue
                       
Collections:                       
Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur 
Private collections, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore.

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