MP Fikaris: Artist & illustrator
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Abridged Artist CV  
Michael Fikaris is an Australian visual artist working in illustration, comic art, mural painting and book making.  
​Born: 1976 in Melbourne, Australia      Studio: Weirs Lane, North Melbourne, VIC 3051 AU   


Select Commissions
2018   'Seven seasons' mural, Nicholson st, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2018   'Wait it out' mural, Bangkok, Thailand
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, B & B 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     'Painting the Port' murals, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne
2015    'It's like a jungle', mural, 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 Grants and Awards
2018   Development grant, public sector innovation , Grants Victoria
2018   Successful crowd funding, Silent Army Print Concern, Various supporters, National
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


Recent Residencies
2018    Artist in residence, Krack! Studio and Gallery, Yogyakarts, Indonesia
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     Artist in residence,  Nicola Gunn/Sans hotel , Arts Centre Melbourne 
2011     Artist in residence,  Inherent Vice/Silent Army,  NGV Studio, Melbourne
 
Select Exhibitions
2018  Here nor there, solo exhibition, Krack!, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2018   Hold on, solo exhibition, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne, Australia
2017   Useless Pilgrim, solo exhibition, Salmanazar, Toulouse, France
2017   Resistance is Futile, group exhibition,Krack!,  Yogyakarta, 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 2, Office of Public Works, Melbourne
2016    Editor and book designer,  Instruction Manual for Lonely Mountains, Sans Hotel
2016     Art Editor,  Bread & Roses Issue 1,  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
2018   Interview podcast, 
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

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