About
Bio and Curriculum Vitae
Born in Perth Western Australia, Mike Singe received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Curtin University in 1990 and established a profile within the Perth art community before moving to Tasmania in 2009. His work is represented in major institutions including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Curtin University and the Kerry Stokes Collection. Singe has also been the recipient of multiple development grants through ArtsWA.
In 2009 he was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake a Master of Fine Arts at the Tasmanian School of Art. The focus of this research, completed in 2011, into the shifting human behaviour and cultural systems in response to the climate change debate continues to inform his practice. Despite his interest in the subject of climate change Singe is quick to point out that it would be inaccurate to label his art practice as environmentally responsible. Rather than drawing inspiration from the field of legitimate climate science, his practice is informed by the evolving culture and language that has developed in response to this looming environmental disaster. He is particularly fascinated by the DIY eco inventions that pervade the internet, the seemingly endless websites and YouTube videos that feature backyard environmental warriors espousing their low cost, labour intensive and inevitably inefficient climate change solutions. While these dubious inventions fail to provide practical environmental solutions, they offer their creators a flawed outlet for relieving the guilt of their ongoing global warming complicity.
EDUCATION | |
2011 | MFA, University of Tasmania |
1990 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University of Technology |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
2023 | Fixated – Schoolhouse Gallery |
2019 | Fixation – Turner Galleries |
2018 | Celebrating 400ppm – Devonport Regional Gallery |
2017/18 | Half Empty / Half Full – Moonah Art Centre, Turner Galleries, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery |
2013 | 5 Hour Carbon Capture & Storage – Applecross |
2011 | Energy, Air and Climate change – Plimsoll Gallery UTAS |
2010 | Warm Up – Six_A |
2007 | Group Show – Galerie Dusseldorf |
2003 | Are we there yet? – Galerie Dusseldorf |
2001 | Forgotten Works from the Private Collection – 46 Grafton rd |
1999 | Run with the hares & hunt with the hounds – Galerie Dusseldorf |
1993 | Toys for big girls and boys – Galerie Dusseldorf |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
2022 | Water(shed): Bett Gallery |
2021 | Totemism: Climate Altered Species – Spectrum Gallery ECU |
2020 | Octolab, Octopus Encounters – GLASMOOG, Cologne |
2019 | Octolab – Plimsoll Gallery UTAS |
2018 | Exquisite Corpse – Contemporary Art Tasmania |
2015 | The Weather – Despard Gallery |
2014 | The Brassington Affair – Plimsoll Gallery UTAS |
2011 | Unnatural – Plimsoll Gallery UTAS |
2011 | Ephemeral Traces – IMAS Bio-logging symposium |
2011 | Panoply – Sawtooth ARI |
2010 | Outlook – Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery |
2008 | Staff Room – Moores Building |
2008 | Closet Circus – Bunbury Regional Art Gallery |
2007 | Staff Room – Moores Building |
2007 | Paperatzi – Albany WA |
2006 | 30 Years On – Galerie Dusseldorf |
2006 | Staff Room – Moores Building |
2006 | Galerie Dusseldorf exhibit Melbourne Art Fair |
2005 | Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize |
2005 | Mine Own Executioner – Mundaring Art Centre |
2005 | City of Joondalup invitational art award |
2005 | Sir Charles Gairdner Art Award |
2005 | Shelf Life – Galerie Dusseldorf |
REPRESENTATION | ||
Art Gallery Of Western Australia | Murdoch University | |
Kerry Stokes Collection | Bankwest | |
City of Joondalup | Royal Perth Hospital | |
Ian & Sue Bernadt Collection | King Edward Memorial Hospital | |
Horn Collection | Curtin University of Technology | |
Janet Holmes à Court Collection | University of Western Australia | |
SELECT AWARDS | ||
Australian Postgraduate Award – 2009 | Artsource Gunnery residency – 2004 | |
ArtsWA development grant – 2006 | ArtsWA development grant – 2002 | |