Michaela Gleave (born 1980) is a Sydney-based Australian conceptual artist best known for her use of light and her monumental site specific art works engaging with space, time and matter. She was a 2012-2013 artist-in-residence at

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Astronomy and Space Science and won a

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award in 2015.

Early life and education

Gleave was born in Australia in 1980. She obtained a bachelor of fine arts from the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...

in 2003, and a master of fine arts degree from

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

in 2007.

Career and style

Gleave is a Sydney-based artist''First look: Inside the 7th TarraWarra Biennial''
Amy Campbell, The Weekend Australian, 25 March 2021 whose practice is rooted within the history and context of installation and runs across numerous mediums and platforms such as: digital and online, performance, photography, sculpture, video, music, data visualisation and

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. Gleave investigates main narratives at the intersection of arts, science and society, with a focus on creating immersive experiences that translate the influence of an idea on the physical properties of the world. She won the churchie emerging art prize in 2015. Her work is featured in the 2022 book, co-authored by Anna Briers, Edward Colless, Naomi Riddle ''Michaela Gleave: the Influence of an Idea on the Physical Properties of the World'' Gleave has developed major performance and installation works shown at the

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, Sydney; Gallery of Modern Arts, Brisbane; Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart; Fremantle Arts Center, Perth; Bristol, Biennal, UK;

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, Victoria; Carriageworks, Sydney; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. She has received residency fellowships at the New York City-based International Studio and Curatorial Program, at the Australia-based

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, and at the Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan. She was awarded a fellowship from the

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in 2013.

Permanent installations

Gleave has been commissioned to create several permanent installations including those at The Rechabite, Western Australia; the

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; and her light installation, ''We Are Made of Stardust,'' constructed from

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at the Salamanca Art Center,

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Works

In 2013, her light installation ''A Day is Longer than a Year'' was featured in the

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. In 2014, she broadcast a seven-hour performance ''Waiting for Time (7-hour confetti work)'' that incorporated an automated confetti canon eruption every minute. In 2016, her red neon installation ''Fear Eats the Soul'' featured at the entrance of the Dark Mofo festival in

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. At the festival the

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collaborated with Gleave to perform the opening ceremony, ''A Galaxy of Suns''. In 2017, her piece ''The World Arrives at Night (Star Printer)'' was featured at the

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Art Museum's exhibit ''New Alchemists.'' In 2021, Gleave's collaboration with Aileen Sage Architects was shortlisted for the

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Architecture Commission competition. The same year, her 2014 piece ''The World Arrives at Night (Star Printer)'' was featured at TarraWarra Biennial. The ''

Vivid Sydney Vivid Sydney is an annual festival held in Sydney, Australia. It includes outdoor immersive light installations and projections, performances by local and international musicians, and an ideas exchange forum featuring public talks and debates ...

'' 2022 festival featured Gleave's ''Endless Love'' atop of the '' Circular Quay train station.'' On November 26, 2022, Gleave created the installation ''Between Us.'' The installation, which lasted from 9pm to midnight local time, projected morse code lighting bursts from Footscray Community Arts Centre and The Substation in

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art gallery. The ''Between Us'' installation is scheduled to be repeated at the

Perth Festival Perth Festival, named Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF) between 2000 and 2017, and sometimes referred to as the Festival of Perth, is Australia's longest-running cultural festival, held annually in Western Australia. The program features ...

in 2023.

Selected works and projects

* 2008: Mobile Democratic Communication Device * 2009: Raining Room(Seeing Stars); Snow Field * 2010: I Would Bring You the Stars; Seven Hour Balloon Work; Persistent Optimism * 2011: I Would Bring You the Stars(101 Nights); We Are Made of Stardust; Sincerity; It Was Never Meant to Last ig Time Love* 2012: Our Frozen Moment; Model for the End of the Univers 1–4; Event-based score: Lambda Print on Photographic Rag Paper * 2013: A Day is Longer than a Year; It MattersReverse Projections. (2013). Germany: Broken Dimanche Press. * 2014: Waiting for Time * 2015: Eclipse Machine(Magenta, Orange); Eclipse Machine(Retrograde Motion); Cloud Field * 2016: A Galaxy of Suns; A Galaxy of Suns erformance Cloud Spa; It Matters; Eclipse Machine lanetary Motion We Are Made of Stardust; Fear Eats the Soul * 2017: Under One Sun; Irreversible Actions * 2018: Irreversible Actions; A Galaxy of Suns pectra* 2019: The Radius of Infinity; We Are Made of Stardust; A Galaxy of Suns * 2020: Messages of Hope, Messages of Love * 2021: Cosmic Time; Cooks River 760 – 860 nm * 2022: ''Endless Love'' at ''

'' * 2022: ''Between Us''

References

External links

Michaela Gleave
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