Michael
Downs
About Michael Downs
Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, England, 1972-76 B.A. (Hons)
UNSW College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1992-94 M.F.A. (Hons) First Class
Living and working in Sydney, Australia 1991-2010
Living and working in Sydney, Bali, Yogyakarta, Berlin and Songzhuang 2010-2020
Solo and two person exhibitions planned in 2021/22;
Sydney, Beijing, Shenzhen, Vienna, Singapore, Bogor and Batam.
Solo and two person shows
Fifty-six solo/two person shows in twelve countries between 1977 and 2021including:
2021 Cityscapes, ARC Architectural Offices, Sydney, Australia
2020 The Urban Energies of China, Live in Art, Sydney, Australia
2019 Asian Urban Energies, Tiban Studios, Batam, Indonesia
2018 Enigmatic Forms, XCHua Gallery, Caochangdi, Beijing, China
2018 New Paintings, XCHua Gallery, Potsdamerstrasse, Berlin, Germany
2017 Gamelan Landscapes, Made Buddhiana 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 Contemporary Yunnan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
2011 China Works, Art Atrium Gallery, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia
2011 SLOT Gallery, Redfern, Sydney, Australia
2010 China Works, New Sun Art Museum, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
2006 Soundscapes, Seymour Centre, Sydney, Australia
Group/mixed shows
Over 300 group/mixed shows in twenty-five countries between 1976 and 2021 including;
2020 Art in A Time of Covid, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2020 International Art Online, Indigo gallery, Beijing, China
2020 International Art Show, Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
2019 Platter, Live in Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2019 Summer Show, XCHua Gallery, Caochangdi, Beijing, China
2019 Bali Artists Show, Made Budhiana Gallery, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2019 Chopsticks Group Show, Kyneton Stockroom, Kyneton, Victoria
2018 Berlin Art Show, Templehof, Berlin, Germany
2017 China Views, Hive Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
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 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 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 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
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 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 (selected)
2022 Shangyuan Art Museum, Huairou, Beijing, China
2022 Jampang Arts Center, Bogor, Indonesia
2019/20 Live in Art Studios, Sydney, Australia
2018/19 Villa Pandan Harum, Lod Tunduh, Bali, Indonesia
2017 Klosterstrasse Studios, Berlin, Germany
2017 Jampang Art Center, Bogor, Java, Indonesia
2016 Purnati Arts Center, Sukawati, Bali, Indonesia
2016 Opposite House, Sanlitun, Beijing, China
2016 HOF/Surface Arts, Bangkok, Thailand
2013 Perahu Art Connection, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012 Contemporary Yunnan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
2012/17 Villa Pandan Harum, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2010/11 Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
1995 Bundanon Centre, Shoalhaven River, NSW, Australia
1990 Prahran School of Art, Victoria College, Melbourne, Australia
1982-89 Resident artist in a theatre, a hospital, a museum and a monastery in the United
Kingdom
Other recent international experience
2016-20 Shaped wall commissions, Beijing, Bali, Sydney 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
2012 Visiting artist, RMIT/Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong
2011 Participating Artist, International Artists’ Camp, Amed, East Bali, Indonesia
2010 International Advisor, Istanbul Student Triennial, Turkey
2010 Visiting artist, Hangzhou University, Hangzhou, China
2004/6 Visiting artist, Hong Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
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