About MiikGreen – Artist Profile
MIIK GREEN
- Born 1978 Perth, Western Australia
- Represented by LK Galleries, WA and Stella Downer Fine Art, NSW
- Lives and works in Perth
- For inspiration, Green looks to the microscopic aspects of nature and translates them into shiny smooth wall sculptures that invite and intrigue. The most amazing aspect of his work is that nothing of the wonder of the original is lost in the transformation.
- Green employs the vivid hues of automotive paint to provide a high gloss finish that allows the eye to slip easily along the surface and demands the hand investigate these alien contours. All the works are highly finished and have a sensuous quality to them, no matter what the inspiration might be; fungi, coral, seed pods or blood cells.
- Sensuality is a central theme in Green’s work; shapes emerge from the wall creating an illusion of movement. Repetition and reproduction of simple shapes seem to ‘dance’ over slick backgrounds adding to this illusion. Miik Green is one of Perth’ s original and dynamic young artists who are making their mark both in Western Australia and in the eastern states.
BIOGRAPHY
- 1978 – Born Perth, Western Australia
- 2000 – WA School of Art and Design, Advanced Diploma of Industrial Design
- 2002 – Edith Cowan University, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2008 – Happy Mistakes, Gallery East, Perth
- 2006 – Sex Cells, Gallery East, Perth
- 2004 – Sensual By Nature, Gallery East, Perth
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2008 – New Works, Stella Downer Fine Art, NSW Melbourne Art Fair, VIC
- 2007 – Great Little Christmas Show, Gallery East, WA
- 2007 – Pulse 2, Hellfire Gallery Esperance, WA
- 2006 – Melbourne Art Fair, VIC Miniatures, Gallery East, WA
- 2005 – Sexy Fungus, Stella Downer Fine Art, NSW
- 2004 – Sensuality and the Sublime, Dianne Tanzer, VIC
- 2003 – Finely Grated, The Church Gallery WA
- 2003 – New Works New Faces, Perth Galleries, WA
- 2002 – 64 Degrees, Edith Cowan University, WA
- 2000 – Conception, West Australian Museum, WA
COLLECTIONS
- Macquarie University Collection, Sydney
- Edith Cowan University Collection, Perth
- Gallery Dusseldorf, Perth
- Turner Galleries, Perth
- Private collections in Ireland, Malaysia, South Africa and Australia
CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
- 2005 – Untitled sculptures, Boardroom, Arccon, Perth
ARTICLES: Magazines and Newspapers
- Ric Spencer – ‘Sexy little world in slick shape’ June 06, The West Australian, June 2006
- Pip Christmas – ‘Rooms With a View’ The West Australian, May 2006
- Jay Hanna – ‘The Art of Sensual Sculpture’ STM Magazine, May 2006
- John Murphy – ‘Sensual Side of Art’ Post Newspaper May 2006
- Melissa Smith – ‘Sensuality and the Sublime Exhibition’ The Echo, May 2004
- John Murphy – ‘First Solo Outing for Rising Talent’ Art Scene, August 2004
- Sonja Pavich – ‘Solo, Shiny and New’ Echo Newspaper, July 2004
- Anna Kesson – ‘Sensuality’ The University of WA Magazine, May 2004
- Simon Considine – ‘Grate futures’ The West Australian, May 2003
- Melissa Smith – ‘Paris calls young sculpting artist’ The West Australian, April 2003
- Ron Banks – ‘Smooth operator in sensuality and space’ The West Australian, March 2003
- Judith McGrath – ‘New Faces’ www.artseeninwa.com March 2003
- Judith McGrath – ‘BA Graduate Exhibition’www.artseeninwa.com November 2002