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Abridged Artist CV
Michael Fikaris is a self-taught visual artist working as an illustrator, mural painter & arts editor.
Studio: Weirs Lane, North Melbourne, VIC 3051 AU
Born: Melbourne, Australia 1975

Recent Grants and Awards
2017 Development grant, Fikaris comic art tour, Australia Council for the Arts
2017   Platinum award for Contribution to Comic Arts and Community in Australia, Ledger Awards
2016 Development grant, Fikaris artist tour,  Australia Council for the Arts
2016 Literature grant, Instruction Manual for Lonely Mountains, City of Melbourne
2015 Smart Arts Grant, Where Do I Belong?,  City of Melbourne
2014 Peoples choice award, Animatism mural, Gertrude st Projection Festival
2013 Succesful crowd funding, Art as Life Book,  Various supporters, National
2012 Smart Arts Grant, Everyday life is pretty interesting stuff, City of Melbourne

Select Commissions
2017    ‘Workplace Well-being Mural project’ 161 Collins st, Melbourne
2017 'Local Shades' series of murals, Monash Council, Oakleigh AU
2016 'Paradise City' mural, Feature Walls Festival, Bradbury & Blanchard Gallery, Sheffield UK
2016 'Useless Pilgrim' publications, Radio as Paper, Toulouse, France
2016 'Walk this way' mural, Office of Public Works, Globe Alley, Melbourne
2015 Murals, Painting the Port, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne
2015 'It's like a jungle', mural, Maribyrnong Council, Middle Footscray station, Melbourne
2014 'Drawbridge', series of installations, Polyglot theatre, Sumatra, Indonesia
2014 'love the freedom', mural, Arte Publica Festival, Dili, Timor Leste
2013 'Art as Life' series of installations, Dili, Timor Leste
2012 'Inside' murals, QV Apartment, Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne
2011 'Green Room' murals, Dancehouse Inc. Carlton, Melbourne

Recent Residencies
2017 Artist in residence, Bedeteca de Lisboa , Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Artist in residence, Atelier Garage, Lyon, France
2016   Artist in residence, Neues KunstForum, Cologne, Germany
2015 Artist in residence, Melbourne City Libraries
2014 Artist in residence, Survive Garage, Yogyakarta Indonesia
2013 Artist in residence, Animatism, Arte Moris, Dili, Timor Leste
2012 Cartooninst with Nicola Gunn, Arts Centre Melbourne
2011 Cartoonist,  Inherent Vice, NGV Studio, Melbourne

Select Exhibitions
2017 Useless Pilgrim, solo exhibition, Salmanazar, Toulouse, France
2017 Resistance is Futile, group exhibition,Krack!, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2017 Let's Pretend, solo exhibition, Private Dealer, Moonah, Tasmania
2016 On the Verge, group exhibition, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Altered States, exhibition with Nelio, Atelier Garage, Lyon, France
2016 Inner Meeting Point, exhibition with Patrick Rieve, Richas Digest, Cologne, Germany
2016 Resident, group exhibition, Motor Works Gallery, South Yarra
2016 Mind the Gap, group exhibition, Maroondah Access Gallery, Ringwood
2015 An Accident, solo exhibition, Melbourne City Library
2013 Booth of Truth, solo exhibition, Arte Moris Gallery, East Timor
2013 Heat, group exhibition, Backwoods Gallery, Collingwood
2012 Wolves and Brats, solo exhibition, Brunswick Bound, Brunswick
2011 Good Taste, solo exhibition, Nine on Seven Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Seven Evils in One, group exhibition, No Vacancy, Melbourne
2010 Space Invaders , group exhibition, National Gallery of Australia (touring)
2009 Fine Things, group exhibition, Highlander Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Constellations, group exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

Select Editorial Productions
2017 Art Editor, Bread & Roses Issue 1, Office of Public Works, Melbourne
2016 Editor and book designer, Instruction Manual for Lonely Mountains, Sans Hotel
2016 Art Editor, Bread & Roses Issue 0, Office of Public Works, Melbourne
2016 Editor, Trails Issue 13,  Les editeurs Octobre, Grenoble, France
2015 Co-Editor and book designer, Where Do I Belong, Signal Arts/Refugee Art Projects
2014 Editor and book designer, Lunch Meets, Signal Arts, Melbourne
2014   Editor and book designer, Dailies Issues 3 and 4, Silent Army Comic Art Collective
2013 Editor and book designer,  Dailies Issues 1 and 2, Silent Army Comic Art Collective
2012 Editor and book designer, Everyday life is pretty interesting stuff, Signal Arts, Melbourne

Select Bibliography
2017 Interview article, Amadora BD international festival program, Portugal
2017 Contribution of artwork, Schnosel Mosel 6, Riso club Leipzig, Germany
2016 Contribution of artwork, If we all spat at once they’d drown: drawings about class, Melbourne
2016 Interview article, Melbourne Street Art Guide, Thames & Hudson, Australia
2015 Contribution of artwork, 8x3 anthology, Radio as Paper , France
2015 Interview article, Freelance Artist, Jogja Tribuna Arts & Culture, Indonesia
2014 Interview article, Connecting Australia and East Timor via Art, Neos Kosmos, National
2013 Photo Profile, Street Art Melbourne, Explore Australia, National
2012 Contribution of artwork, Blood and Thunder anthology, Blood and Thunder, Sydney
2011 Interview and profile, Drawn Together, Time Out Magazine, National
2011 Profile, Graphic Art Guru, The Age Newspaper, National