Mike Green
1941 - Present
Biography
Mike Green was born in New Zealand in 1941 and arrived in Australia as a small child. He is self-taught as an artist. From 1966 to 1974 he lived and worked in Canada and the USA, returning to live in Australian in 1974. Since then he has established a widespread reputation as one of the most accomplished of all contemporary watercolour artists. His work has been exhibited at several major galleries in Australia and overseas.
Exhibitions
'''SELECTED SOLO
2006
Land: Grant Donaldson and Mike Green, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2005
Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2004
Perth Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2003
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
2002
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
1998
Unto A Land, Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1996
BMG Art, Adelaide, Australia
1995
Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1994
Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1993
Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1992
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1991
Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, USA
David Ellis Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
1990
Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1989
Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1988
Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1987
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1986
Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, USA
Bonython - Meadowmore Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
Greenhill Galleries, Perth, Australia
1985
Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1984
Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1983
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1982
Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1980
Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1979
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1978
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
1977
Eltham Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
1975 - 76
Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia
SELECTED GROUP
2005
After van Gogh Australian Artists in Homage to Vincent,
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2004
Please be Seated, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, New South Wales
Annual Collector's Exhibition 2004, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2003
Annual Collector's Exhibition 2003, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2002
Annual Collector's Exhibition 2002, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2001
Annual Collector's Exhibition 2001, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
1999
Cultural Protocols, Global Arts Link, Queensland
The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
We are Australian, National touring exhibition
1996
Modern Masters, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1995
Save Albert Park, 9 x 5 Invitation Exhibition, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1993
No Vacancy, Arts Victoria Survey Exhibition
The Cubbies Exhibition, Roar II, Melbourne
1992
Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Artists, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic.
1991
Chicago International Art Exposition
1990
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
Chicago International Art Exposition
Art Boston
1989
Banking On Art, Paintings From the Westpac Collection, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1988
The Mitchelton Print Exhibition, touring Benalla and Shepparton
LA88, Los Angeles, USA
1987
Australian Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1985
Realities Salutes, Prints by Australian Artists, Melbourne
1984
Christopher Hull Gallery, London, UK
Selected Works, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
Achievements, Collections & Commissions
'''ACHIEVEMENTS:
'''1999
Installation commission - Cultural Protocols, Global Arts Link, Qld
1995
Artist in Residence - Bundanon, Nowra, NSW
'''1991 - 94
National Association for Visual Arts (NAVA), Victorian State Committee - Artist Representative
'''1992
Pat Corrigan Artists- Grant Scheme
1990
Diamond Valley Art Award (Painting), Melbourne
1985
Member of Committee establishing Sister Cities of Melbourne and
Boston (Arts Policy Advisor)
1982
Boit Award (Painting) Joint winner School of Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, USA
