Michelle  Dawson

I have a small series of works, The Hunters, coming up in a group exhibition at Pack Gallery in Byron Bay. My work is often concerned with the point whereby the domesticated and civilised meets with the wild and instinctual, and how these opposing natures interact, thwart and inform each-other. Mythologist and writer, Joseph Campbell, suggests that the composite beings of legend and mythology are our means of navigating our innate love-hate relationship with our animal selve

Artist's Statement. My father was a shepherd, growing up there was always a pet dog at home and at least four working dogs that visited,...

This tiny painting, (10cm x 10cm) is a finalist in the 2022 International Miniature Art Biennale in Timisoara. Romania. This exhibition...

Very excited to be a finalist in the Wollumbin Art Award 2022 with my work Restraint. Congratulations to all the other finalists! The...

Very thrilled that this little embroidery was selected for the annual Wangaratta Petite Miniature Textile Prize at the Wangaratta Art...

This pack of strays have been congregating at the framers in perparation for the exhibition For The Love of Dog at The Mannning Regional...

And coming soon at the super Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre, is the group show of BSA teaching staff, so happy to...

“Now I am ready to tell how bodies are changed Into different bodies” Ted Hughes-Tales from Ovid My solo exhibition, Figura subcinctus,...

Very thrilled to receive the Highly Commended in the Hurford Hurdwood Portrait Prize at Lismore Regional Gallery tonight. A big thankyou...

Thrilled to say that Fluke, written by Lesley Gibbes and illustrated by yours truly, recently won the Royal Zoological Society of NSW ...