Melinda Muscat is a Flemish, Baroque, colourful yet dark Surrealist working in the mediums of oil painting, drawing, mixed media sculpture, craft and digital painting. Melinda has an exhibition titled “Ballarat Baroque” coming up on May 31st at the Backspace Gallery at the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. This will be an installation style show combining all the mediums, lush fabrics, trinkets and props into a visual overload.
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Melinda Muscat
Born 1967
Lives and works in Ballarat.
Qualifications
1999 Electronic Design and Interactive Media
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, painting
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1985 Tertiary Orientation Programme
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1983 Workshop at Victorian College of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
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
Traffic Signal box project, Ballarat 2012
Mural for Safeway, central Ballarat 2012
ARTeFACT, Traffic Signal Box Project, June 2012
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 & Competitions
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 Gallery 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.
Markets & Festivals
Pop Up Shop, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat 2012
Rainbow Festival, central Victoria, 2012
Permanent stall at Mill Market, Ballarat 2010 – 2012
Falls festival, Lorne 2011
The Village, Edinborough Gardens, Fitzroy, 2011
Trash and Trivia, Ballarat 2011-2012
Caledonian Twighlight market, Ballarat 2011
Pleasant Street Twighlight market, Ballarat, 2011
Ballan market, 2011
Daylesford market, 2011