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Lee Machelak

STUDIES.

  • Commenced Painting 1979.
  • Studied with David Moore 1985 – 1988.
  • Studied Florence Academy of Art, Italy 1994 – 1995.
  • Copyist in Prado Museum, Madrid 1995. Study tours.
  • Europe, New York, Boston and Washington DC.

EXHIBITIONS.

  • Alexander Douglas, Singapore 1997 – 1998.
  • Buschlen Mowatt Fine Arts, Vancouver 1997 – 1998.
  • Kew Gallery 2000 – 2010.
  • Jenny Pihan Fine Art 2003 – 2020.
  • Belgravia Gallery, London 2007 – 2008.

ACTIVITIES.

Signatory Member of Victorian Artists Society and member Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. Teaches painting at the Victorian Artists Society and Senior Art Supplies, Malvern.

REPRESENTED.

  • Royal Children’s Hospital – Portrait of Professor Peter Phelan AM.
  • Monash Medical Centre – Portraits of Prof Arthur Clark AM and Prof Bob McMahon.
  • Victorian Racing Club – Portrait of Mr D H Reid OAM.
  • Australian Red Cross Blood Service – Portrait Mr John Hasker AM.
  • Knox City Council – Portrait of Dr Tom Blaze’ (Past Mayor).
  • Cabrini Hospital – Portrait of St Francis Xavier Cabrini (Mother).
  • Pharmacy Guild – Portrait of Mr Dipak Sanghvi

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

‘90 Years of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society’ 2008 TMPS.
‘Mavericks and Masters’ Centenary of the Twenty Melb Painters Soc 1918 – 2018 TMPS.

AWARDS.

  • AME Bale Painting Prize 1991 & Travelling Scholarship 1993.
  • Camberwell Rotary Gold Medal 1994, Major Oil 2000.
  • Best Still Life 2006 and Best Traditional Work 2016.
  • Violet Teague Portrait Prize 1995 and various other awards.

 

Gallery of paintings by Lee Machelak.