Michael Doolan was born in Melbourne in 1959 where he was still living and working in 2008.
Doolan completed a Bachelor of Arts (Ceramic Design) at Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne (1981), and graduated with a Master of Arts at Monash University, Melbourne (2001) where he is currently a lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of Fine Art.
He has held various solo exhibitions throughout Australia, most notably for now and for ever , Karen Woodbury Gallery (2007); Never EverLand , Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston (2005); Boo Who?, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Good as Gold , Brisbane City Gallery, Queensland (2003); and The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly , Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne (2000).
Doolan has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award , McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria (2007-08); the prestigious by invitation only Trans Ceramic Art , Third World International Ceramics Biennale, Korea (2005); Strange Cargo: Contemporary Art as a State of Encounter , Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, which then toured Australia’s regional galleries (2006/2008); Snap Freeze: Still Life Now , TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria (2007); You’re so Vain: 5 Contemporary Sculptors , Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne (2005); Boogie Jive and Bop , Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston (2004); and the Gold Coast International Ceramics Award , Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland (2003).
Among his various achievements, Doolan has been the recipient of the Out of Time Grant , Australia Council for the Arts (2005); a London Studio Residency , Australia Council for the Arts (2002); the Sidney Myer International Ceramics Award (2002); and in 1995, was awarded a gold medal at the 14th International Biennale, Ceramique d’Art , Vallauris, France.
Doolan’s work features in many private and public collections, both in Australia and abroad, including the Shepparton Art Gallery in Victoria; Newcastle Regional Art Gallery in NSW; Gold Coast City Gallery and Ipswich Art Gallery, both in Queensland; and the Chateau Museum, Vallauris, France.
Doolan was a finalist in the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2007, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria and is due to show in Sydney in 2008 with Karen Woodbury Gallery.
- Writers:
- Woodbury, Karen
- Date written:
- 2008
- Last updated:
- 2011
