Michael Downs
Born in Skipton, England, 1953
Lives and works in Sydney, Beijing and Bali
RESUME
Born Skipton, England. December 26th 1953
B.A. (Hons), Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England, 1972-76
M.F.A. (Hons) First Class, UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1992-94
Living and working in Sydney, Australia 1991-2010
Living and working in Yogyakarta, Berlin and Songzhuang 2010-2018
Fifty-three solo/two person shows in twelve countries between 1977 and 2019 including:
2018 Enigmatic Forms, XC Hua Gallery, Caochangdi, Beijing, China
2017 China Views, Hive Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Gamelan Landscapes, Lod Tunduh Gallery, Bali, Indonesia
2016 Symphony of the City, Opposite House, Beijing, China
2016 Counterpoints, Travelling Gallery, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2016 Urban Energies, HOF Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 Pieces of China, James and Hooch/Surge Gallery, Beijing, China
2016 New Beijing Paintings, Austcham Gallery, Beijing, China
2015 Defragmenting China, Matthais Kuper Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 China Revisited, EAE Gallery, Leiden, Holland
2014 Michael Downs: Reshaping China, Matthias Kuper Gallery, Beijing, China
2014 Morphologies, EMG Gallery, Guangzhou, China
2013 New China Paintings, Syndicate Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 Birdbali, Made Budhianna Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2012 Michael Downs, Contemporary Yunnan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
2011 China Works, Art Atrium Gallery, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia
2011 Visions of Beijing, SLOT Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, Australia
2010 Michael Downs and Wang Qienwen, New Sun Art Museum, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
Over 300 group/mixed shows in twenty-five countries between 1976 and 2019 including;
2019 Platter, Live in Art Gallery, Sydney
2019 Dewartina International Triennale, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2018 Positions Art Fair, Berlin, with XCHua Gallery, Berlin and Beijing
2018 Summer Show, Matthias Kuper Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
2017 Four Artists, XC Hua Gallery, Potsdammerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
2017 New Paintings, Klosterstrasse Studios, Berlin, Germany
2017 Perahu, Kasihan Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 Bali Artists, Made Budhiana Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2016 Splurge, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
2016 Gallery Artists, Made Budhiana Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2016 Works on Paper, TAKSU Galleries, Singapore
2015 Group show, Traveling Gallery, Lama Temple, Beijing, China
2015 Group show, Fire Art, Jing Mi, Beijing, China
2015 ArtJog, Perahu Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2014 New Vibrations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2013/14 Songzhuang Arts Festival, Songzhuang, Beijing, China
2013 Works on Paper, Syndicate Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2013 Art Koln, Cologne, Germany
2013 Art Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Stockholm AAF, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Transexpress, Grand Central, New York City, USA
2013 China Residencies Project, Shanghai Bund, China
2012 AnOther Gallery, AAF Milan, and AAF, Rome, Italy
2012 Transexpress, Beijing to Ulaan Bator travelling show. China/Mongolia
2012 AnOther Gallery, Art, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Artists’ Camp Exhibition, Villa Pandan Arum, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2012 Artists’ Camp Exhibition, EAE Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands
2012 Centenary of Collage, ICCA, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
2011 ASAP, Amelie Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2011 New Work, Taksu Gallery, Singapore
2011 Redgate Artists, Bei Gao Studios, Beijing, China
2011 Art 3K, Art Atrium Gallery, Bondi, Sydney
2011 Small Paintings, Linden Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Premium Red, Redgate Show, Feijiecun, Beijing, China
2010 Redgate Artists, Bei Gao Studios, Beijing, China
2008 Spirit of Place, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Inaugural exhibition, Sabaai Gallery, Sydney
2006 Intersections, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
2003 Art on the Rocks, CBM Gallery, Sydney
2003 Love Letter To China, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
2003 International Drawing Exhibition, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Beijing, China
2001 International Print exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Six Artists, Arte Lido Gallery, Central Coast, NSW
2000 Sculpture Show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
1998 8th Taiwan International Drawing Biennale, Taipei Art Gallery, Taiwan
1998 20th International Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
1998 Eight Artists, Galerie Thurn, Stuttgart, Germany
1998 Blue, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1998 Tokyo International Print Triennale, Tama University, Tokyo, Japan
1997 19th International Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
1997 The Art Fair Murders, Contemporary Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1996 11th Art International, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto
1996 Biennale d’Art, Ville Marie, Quebec
1995 International Print Show, Kanagawa, Yokohama
1995 Ironsides, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
1995 Outpost Event, XLV Biennale Di Venezia, Venice
1995 Works on Paper, Australian Embassy, Singapore
1994 Alice Prize Show, Alice Springs
1994 Superfictions (with Peter Hill), Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1994 La Ville, Centro Di Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona, Spain
1994 Bet Your Life, Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1994 La Ville, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1993 Osaka International Triennale of Painting, Osaka, Japan
1993 UNSW University Art Prize, Sydney (first prize)
1993 P & O Art Awards, National Maritime Museum, Sydney
1992 Alice Prize Show, Alice Springs
1992 Gold Coast/Jupiters Casino Invitational, Surfers Paradise
1988/89 The Subjective City, touring to London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Birmingham
Nottingham, Norwich, Burnley, Salford and Folkestone.
1987 ROL Awards, St James, London (finalist)
1987 Athena Art Awards, Barbican Centre, London (finalist)
Artist in residence/visiting artist (selected)
2018 Xingtai, Hebei, China
2017 Villa Pandan Harum, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2017 Kusumaningrum Centre, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
2016 Opposite House, Sanlitun, Beijing, China
2016 HOF/Surface Arts, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 Visiting artist, RMIT Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong
2013 Perahu Art Connection, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012 Contemporary Yunnan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
2012 Villa Pandan Harum, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2010 Visiting artist, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
2010/11 Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
1995 Bundanon Centre, Shoalhaven River, NSW, Australia
1990 Prahran School of Art, Victoria College, Melbourne, Australia
1982-1989 Resident artist in a theatre, a hospital, a museum and a monastery in the United Kingdom
Other recent international experience
2016-18 Multiple shaped wall commissions, Beijing, Bali and Melbourne
2017 Co-founder, Sedayu Studios, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2014 Principal Speaker, Big Picture Conference, Peking University, Beijing, China
2014 Panelist, China Now Conference, Ullens Center, 798, Beijing, China
2013/14 Merapi Volcano Project, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2011 Participating Artist, International Artists’ Camp, Amed, East Bali, Indonesia
2010 International Advisor, Istanbul Student Triennial, Turkey
1985-2018 Visiting lecturer at twenty-five institutions in Australia, China, New Zealand, UK, USA, Norway, Hong Kong, Germany, Holland, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia