1941 Born Auckland, New Zealand
1945 Arrived Australia, lived in Melbourne. Self- taught as a painter
1966 - 73 Moved overseas. Lived and worked in Canada and USA
1967 Designed for Expo ’67. Painted part-time
1973 Travelled through Europe and the Middle East
1974 Returned to live in Australia. Painting full time
1975 First exhibition in Australia
1981 - 82 Lived and studied in Boston, USA. First exhibition in USA
1983 Returned to live and paint in Australia
1985 Arts Policy Advisor, Committee establishing Sister Cities of Melbourne and Boston
1991 – 04 Artist Representative, Victorian State Committee,
National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA)
1992 - 04 Part-time lecturer, Dept. of Art and Design, Chisholm Institute
1995 Artist in residence – Bundanon, Nowra, NSW
1999 Installation commissioned – ‘Cultural Protocols’, Global Arts Link, Qld.
2010 Artist in Residence – The Enchanted Maze Garden, Vic
2015 Finalist Montalto Sculpture Prize, Vic.
EDUCATION
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Chisholm Institute, Melbourne
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Alice and Beyond. Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne , Australia
2005 Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2004 Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
2003 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
2002 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
1998 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1997 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1996 Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1996 BMG Art, Adelaide, Australia
1995 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1994 Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1993 Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1993 Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1992 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1992 Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1991 Hokin Kaufman Gallery, Chicago, USA
1991 David Ellis Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia
1990 Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1989 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1988 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1987 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1987 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1986 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, USA
1986 Bonython – Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1986 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, Australia
1985 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1985 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1984 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1983 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1982 Clark Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1980 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1980 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1979 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
1978 Australian Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
1977 Eltham Gallery, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
1975 – 76 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 ‘Montalto Sculpture Prize, 2015’ Red Hill, Vic.
2014 ‘Len Fox Painting Award, 2014’ Castlemaine Art Gallery, Vic
2011 ‘From a Scap of Paper: Drawing, Watercolour, Paint, Print, Photography’
2011 Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2005 ‘After Van Gogh, Australian artists in homage to Vincent’
2005 MorningtonPeninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria.
2004 “Please be Seated”, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, New South Wales
2004 Annual Collector’s Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2003 Annual Collector’s Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2002 Annual Collector’s Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2001 Annual Collector’s Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
1999 Cultural Protocols, Global Arts Link, Queensland
1999 The Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart
1999 We are Australian, National touring exhibition
1996 Modern Masters, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1996 ACAF5, Melbourne
1995 Save Albert Park, 9 x 5 Invitation Exhibition, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
1994 ACAF4. Melbourne
1993 No Vacancy, Arts Victoria Survey Exhibition
1993 The Cubbies Exhibition, Roar II, Melbourne
1992 Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Artists, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Vic.
1991 Chicago International Art Exposition
1990 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1990 Chicago International Art Exposition
1990 Art Boston
1989 Banking On Art, Paintings From the Westpac Collection, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
1988 The Mitchelton Print Exhibition, touring Benalla and Shepparton
1988 LA88, Los Angeles, USA
1987 Australian Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1985 Realities Salutes, Prints by Australian Artists, Melbourne
1984 Christopher Hull Gallery, London, UK
1984 Selected Works, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS
1997 Centre for Australian Cultural Studies – Special mention
1992 Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant Scheme
1990 Diamond Valley Art Award (painting) Melbourne
1982 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boit Award Painting (joint award)
COLLECTIONS
Artbank Australia
BHP, Melbourne
City of Banyule, Victoria
City of Ipswich, Queensland
City of Melbourne, Victoria
City of Sandringham, Victoria
City of Waverley, Victoria
Co-operative Group, Adelaide
FCA Pty Ltd, Adelaide
First National Bank of Boston, USA
Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, Western Australia
James Hardy Industries, South Australia
McDonald’s Australia, New South Wales
Mercantile Mutual Insurance, New South Wales
Merlin Hotel, Perth
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Naracoorte Gallery, South Australia
RMIT University, Melbourne
Security Pacific Bank, New York, USA
Shire of Diamond Valley, Victoria
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
University Western Sydney, New South Wales
Westfarmers, Perth
Westpac Banking Corporation, Melbourne
LITERATURE
Allen,T. Dr. ‘Homesickness: Nationalism in Australian Visual Culture’ Palgrave Macmillan 2008
Allen, T., ‘Myths and Stereotypes in Australian Visual Culture’ 2007, Macmillan
McDonald, K., ‘A dazzling legacy: The Larry Rawling Print workshop’ 2006
Allen, T., Reframing Patriarchy and Pandanus, exhibition notes, September 2000
Bottino, A., ‘A Look at the Artist’, Lincoln Journal, 14 November 1985
Carlock, M., ‘Clark Gallery Scores’, Lincoln Journal, 14 November 1985
Cohen, J., ‘Mike Green: Unto A Land’, Art New England, December 98 – January 99
Cook, R., ‘History by Layers’, The West Australian, 5 August 1990
Crane, B. (Introduction), Inside a Hudson River Villa, Clark Gallery, May 1989
Davidson, L., Reconstructing Memory, exhibition catalogue, October 1996
Davidson, L., Unto a Land, exhibition catalogue 1998
Drury, N. (ed.), New Art Four, Craftsman House, 1990
Drury, N., Images of Australia, Craftsman House, 1992
Gavegan, J., ‘Exotic Past Echoes in Spiritual Work’, Frankston Standard, 16 November 1998
Hammond,V., ‘Land”, exhibition notes, September 2006
Hammond, V. & Karovich, S., Interior Moves, exhibition catalogue, June 1988
Ingram, T., Australian Financial Review, 10 December 1986
McQuaid, C., ‘Reading History in Family Letters and Images, The Boston Globe, 15 Oct. 1998
McCulloch,S., The new McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art 2006
Maloon, T., Review, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 September 1986
Muller, M., ‘Young Master’, Boston Globe, 5 June 1987
New Yorker, ‘Goings On About Town’, 17 February 1986
Neylon, J., ‘Romantic Realist’, Adelaide Advertiser, 4 September 1986
Prott, J., ‘Relishing Light’, Perth Western Australian, 15 December 1986
Realities Gallery/Clark Gallery, The Thalassa Series – An Artist’s Notes, June 1987
Stapen, N., ‘Colour Mike Green’, Boston Herald, 17 June 1987