Tracing a LineQueen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Royal Park Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania 8 Sept 2023 - 12 Nov 2023 The creative practice of Melissa Smith is an alchemy of reflective thoughts and indelible memories of landscape underpinned by a strong connection to and affection for the discipline of the printmaking process. Smith’s art making continually evolves, reflecting past works, and exploring future directions. Her work exists within a signature palette and unique aesthetic that collectively demonstrate the significance of her work as a Tasmanian artist. Tracing a Line makes reference to the flow of mark-making from the artist’s (heart), hand and touch which transfer from the initial design, to the block and finally to the print. Smith’s responses and reactions to the remote landscapes she has interacted with over the time of her practice illustrate the shifts and changes reflected in her line-work. These threads, together and individually under Smith’s skilled hands capture memory, form connections, and echo her ability to listen to what is innate in these environments. Imbuing emotions and translating experiences that together become an intimate and expressive collection of works for this exhibition. Image: Collecting Thoughts - Lake Sorell II, 2023, intaglio and carborundum Print Council of Australia - IMPRINT Blog https://www.printcouncil.org.au/melissa-smith-tracing-a-line/ |
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finalist- waterhouse natural science art prizeSouth Australian Museum
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 3 June 2022 - 7 August 2022 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize was launched in 2002 and commemorates the birth of the South Australian Museum’s first curator, Frederick George Waterhouse. The prize is an opportunity for artists to investigate the world around them, and present their perspectives on natural science. It encourages artists to make a statement about the scientific issues facing our planet, and offers a valuable platform for them to contribute to the environmental debate. |
The natural worldAustralian Print Workshop
Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 9 November 2021 - 29 January 2022 The first in a series of four exhibitions to celebrate APW'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY. FEATURING ORIGINAL FINE ART PRINTS BY: ROSALIND ATKINS, DAVID BOSUN, ANDREW BROWNE, SHANE COTTON, MERCE CUNNINGHAM, PETER ELLIS, ADRIENNE GAHA, ANDY GOLDSWORTHY, PEGGY GRIFFITHS, GRACIA HABY AND LOUISE JENNISON, FIONA HALL, KATE HUDSON, KYOKO IMAZU, TIM JONES, LOUIS KARADADA, JENNY KITCHENER, BARBIE KJAR, HERTHA KLUGE-POTT, TIM MAGUIRE, MARION MANIFOLD, EX DE MEDICI, JANICE MURRAY, PATRICIA PICCININI, LISA ROET, CHRIS DE ROSA, CAROLINE ROTHWELL, MELISSA SMITH, LOUISE WEAVER AND JOHN WOLSELEY. Leave no trace I 2016 photolithograph 93.5cm x 67.5cm |
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FROM THERE TO HERE
The Gallows Gallery Launceston College Paterson Street, Launceston TAS 22 July - 3 September 2021 A snapshot of 25 years of Melissa Smith's printmaking practice from her first exhibition in 1996 to current work being produced for the Devonport Regional Art Gallery as the Solo Commission for 2021. Self Portrait with Barbary Pigeon II 1997 linocut 33.5 x 36.5cm |
FROM A DISTANCE
Exhibition of contemporary Tasmanian printmakers curated by Helen Mueller and Melissa Smith MAY SPACE ONLINE www.mayspaceonlin.com 1 - 31 July 2021 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS ANTONIA AITKEN • RAYMOND ARNOLD • LEX PALMER BULL • TIM COAD • REBECCA COOTE • MINDY DORÉ • JAN HOGAN • JENNIFER MARSHALL • OLIVIA MORONEY • HELEN MUELLER • JONATHAN PARTRIDGE • NATASHA ROWELL • MICHAEL SCHLITZ • MELISSA SMITH Lake Whispers #2 2021 intaglio and stencil 45 x 38cm |
INTAGLIO ONLINE EXHIBITIONMegalo Print Studio, Canberra ACT
2 July - 19 July 2021 Listen Deeply - Lake Sorell 2021 intaglio print (triptych) 76 x 120cm |
Herself: Inspiring artists from the CollectionQueen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Park, Launceston, Tasmania Opening 5 December 2020 HERSELF is a sweeping exhibition showcasing works by female identifying artists in the QVMAG collections. Representing artist from 1820 to 2020, works in this exhibition include textiles, photography, painting, prints, video, jewellery and furniture. |
INTAGLIO ONLINE EXHIBITIONMegalo Print Studio, Canberra ACT
4 August - 5 September 2020 |
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Curtin University, Building 200A, Kent Street, Bentley WA
4 October - 8 December 2019 This exhibition brings together a selection of contemporary print media artworks that have been acquired through the Print Council of Australia's annual Print commission...including one of mine! |
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HABITAT - WEST THEBARTON GALLERY24 May 2018 - 24 June 2018 Habitat is an audio-visual exhibition combining the work of nine Australian printmakers with corresponding interpretive soundscapes. It is a space where two senses meet in order to investigate the way in which the idea of place and identity is formed through sight and sound. GW Bot, Jan Davis, Rona Green, Alexi Keywan, Martin King, Bruce Latimer, Melissa Smith, Graham Fransella, Travis Paterson and Jay-Dea Lopez. Opening night: 6pm Friday 25 May 2018. https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au/habitat#/melissa-smith/ West Thebarton Gallery, 32 West Thebarton Road, South Australia https://www.westgallerythebarton.com.au |
The Blue of DistanceHandmark Gallery - 77 Salamanca Place, Hobart, TASMANIA
handmark.com.au Exhibition dates 2 - 19 February 2018 |
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AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP GALLERY- Current ExhibtionSPRING FEAST
A selection of original limited edition fine art prints celebrating the essence of spring. Works by Butcher Cherel, Kyoko Imazu, Deborah Klein, Tim Maguire, Tommy May, Melissa Smith and Louise Weaver. 16 September - 11 November 2017210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 T: (03) 9419 5466 E: auspw@bigpond.com www.australianprintworkshop.com |
Leave no trace I & II 2016
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natureExcited to be part of this exhibition at the AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP, Gertrude Street, Melbourne
22 April - 3 June, 2017 Artist Reception 2 - 4pm 13 May, 2017 |
PROOF: THE BEST OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING:November 25, 2016 — December 23, 2016
Port Jackson Press, 84 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria portjacksonpress.com.au |
AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP23 - 29 October, 2016
A wonderful week at the Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne working with Master printer, Martin King on a Collaborative print project. |
parallel printsParallel Prints 2015 NZ/Australia features Mark Graver from Wharepuke, NZ and eleven invited artists from Australia.
The project takes the same form as the original Parallel Prints 2013 NZ/UK with simultaneous exhibitions and a set of 24 archival portfolios. The exhibitions will take place at Art at Wharepuke in Kerikeri, New Zealand from the 3rd – 31st October and at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia from 3rd October to 22nd November 2015. |