Melinda Harper
Melinda Harper (born 1965)[1] is an Australian abstract artist. She works with a variety of media including drawing, collage, photography, screen printing, painted objects and embroideries. Her work is characterised by the use of colours, stripes and geometrical designs.
Early life and career
[edit]Harper was born in Darwin, Northern Territory in 1965.[1] She says a visit to the National Gallery of Australia, in particular to its American Abstract Expressionist collection, was instrumental in her decision to become an artist.[2] She studied at Prahran Art School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in painting.[3]
Her first exhibition was held at Melbourne's Pinacotheca Gallery in 1987.[1]
She was one of a small number of artists (including Kerrie Poliness, Rose Nolan and Stephen Bram) who set up Store 5, an artist-run exhibition space in High Street, Prahran in 1989.[4]
Work
[edit]Major exhibitions
[edit]- Colour Sensation: The Works of Melinda Harper, Heide Museum of Modern Art (27 June 2015 - 25 October 2015)[5]
Public collections
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Melinda Harper. Zimmer, Jenny. South Yarra, Vic.: Macmillan Art Pub. 2007. ISBN 978-1-921394-04-1. OCLC 271817471.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Melinda Harper". Artist Profile. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ McGregor, Ken, 1959- (2007). Melinda Harper. Zimmer, Jenny. South Yarra, Vic.: Macmillan Art Pub. ISBN 978-1-921394-04-1. OCLC 271817471.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ McKenzie, Robyn (2005). The Local Group Store 5 1989-1993 (PDF). Caulfield, Vic: Monash University Museum of Art.
- ^ "Colour Sensation". Heide Museum of Modern Art. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Melinda Harper". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Untitled, (1998) by Melinda Harper". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Sue Cramer, Anthony White, Rebecca Mayo and Judith Pascal, Colour Sensation: The Works of Melinda Harper, 2015.
- Ken McGregor and Jenny Zimmer, Melinda Harper, Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Melinda Harper works at National Gallery Victoria
- Melinda Harper works at Art Gallery of NSW
- Talking with painters, Episode 59: Melinda Harper
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