Michelle Day - Cushioning Sharp Breath
Artist: Michelle Day
Title: Cushioning Sharp Breath
Materials: Silicone, oil paint, fabric, thread, framed
Dimensions: 500 x 100 x 200 mm
Year: 2013
Michelle Day is a sculptor and installation artist based in Canberra, Australia primarily creating work from silicone, fabric, found objects, steel, glass and light. She is motivated by an intense interest in ‘the organic’ and medical technologies and is fascinated by the mechanical workings of the body, plants and the world of microorganisms. Michelle aims to create works that are simultaneously attractive and unsettling and that respond to the boundaries and tensions between new technologies and the natural world. Her work ranges from small delicate sculptures to medium-scale installations.
Michelle graduated from the School of Art, Australian National University in 2009 and has exhibited in Australia: Canberra, Melbourne, Ballarat and Sydney, and internationally in: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Nagoya, Japan and Dunedin, New Zealand. From 2015 – 2017, Michelle resided in Thailand and completed a Master of Fine Arts at Chiang Mai University Faculty of Fine Art. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants from Australia Council for the Arts, artsACT, Freedman Foundation, Sidney Myer Fund and The Australian Embassy, Thailand.
Michelle works from her studio in Pialligo, Canberra, Australia.
This work is part of the Art Auction Exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre, on display until 30 November. Successful bidders will be contacted after the auction with payment instructions. Items can be collected from Belconnen Arts Centre once payment is received from Monday 1 December. If you're interstate, please contact CAPO to arrange postage.
Artist: Michelle Day
Title: Cushioning Sharp Breath
Materials: Silicone, oil paint, fabric, thread, framed
Dimensions: 500 x 100 x 200 mm
Year: 2013
Michelle Day is a sculptor and installation artist based in Canberra, Australia primarily creating work from silicone, fabric, found objects, steel, glass and light. She is motivated by an intense interest in ‘the organic’ and medical technologies and is fascinated by the mechanical workings of the body, plants and the world of microorganisms. Michelle aims to create works that are simultaneously attractive and unsettling and that respond to the boundaries and tensions between new technologies and the natural world. Her work ranges from small delicate sculptures to medium-scale installations.
Michelle graduated from the School of Art, Australian National University in 2009 and has exhibited in Australia: Canberra, Melbourne, Ballarat and Sydney, and internationally in: Chiang Mai, Thailand; Nagoya, Japan and Dunedin, New Zealand. From 2015 – 2017, Michelle resided in Thailand and completed a Master of Fine Arts at Chiang Mai University Faculty of Fine Art. She is the recipient of several prestigious grants from Australia Council for the Arts, artsACT, Freedman Foundation, Sidney Myer Fund and The Australian Embassy, Thailand.
Michelle works from her studio in Pialligo, Canberra, Australia.
This work is part of the Art Auction Exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre, on display until 30 November. Successful bidders will be contacted after the auction with payment instructions. Items can be collected from Belconnen Arts Centre once payment is received from Monday 1 December. If you're interstate, please contact CAPO to arrange postage.