Exhibition 16th July to 3rd August 2008

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

Nichola Malpas

My work aims to be colourful, dramatic and sometimes whimsical, whether I take a representational or an abstract approach. I like to let the subject matter determine the style. Land- and seascapes of the imagination; birds, animals and plants are my mainstay, but it is not unusual for me to be inspired by a single colour or mood - and this will lend itself to a more conceptual approach.

A selection of the catalogue follows:

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Secret Garden Oil on Belgian Linen 167 x 167 cm
Boathouse Oil on Canvas 76 x 122 cm
Bougainvillea Oil on Belgian Linen 122 x 138 cm
Bougainvillea - Scarlet Oil on Canvas 60 x 152 cm
Bougainvillea - Magenta Oil on Canvas 46 x 92 cm
After Summer Rain Oil on canvas Diptych 71 x 142 cm
View From the Top Oil on canvas Diptych 71 x 142 cm
Blue Moves Oil on Belgian Linen 92 x 122 cm
The Sunken Cathedral The Legend of YS Oil on Canvas 92 x 122 cm
Butterfly – Eltham Copper Oil on paper 20 x 50 cm
Ducktail Farm Oil on canvas 76 x 122 cm
Burke & Wills Expedition At the Border of the Mud Desert Oil on canvas 122 x 183 cm
Burke & Wills Expedition Mallee Sand Cliffs Oil on canvas 122 x 183 cm
Burke & Wills Expedition Night at the Darling with Meteor Oil on canvas 122 x 183 cm

Nichola Malpas studied painting at the Melbourne State College (1973-75) and Melbourne University (Fine Arts and Middle Eastern Studies l977-79).

Nichola has also taught art to children through the Rosanna Community House, designing and implementing the concept and curriculum for “Art for

Kids” – a new course in painting and drawing for children.

Nichola is a full time painter, she has also published poetry and worked as a freelance, graphic artist and illustrator. Her talent and illustrative skills have led to many private commissions of paintings.

Her exhibitions provide a visual feast of wonderfully vibrant paintings that highlight her fertile imagination and exceptional talent with abstract and semi abstract landscapes centred around the exploration of colours and their natural antiphony.

EXHIBITIONS:

July 2008 Pollock Gallery, solo exhibition

June 2006 Nillumbik Shire Exhibition -- Monsalvat, Eltham

December 2005 - Monsalvat Eltham

January –February 2005 Summer Exhibition- Pollock Gallery (formerly Windows on Church Galleries)

November/December 2004 Christmas exhibition at Artworks Contemporary gallery, Queensland.

December 2004: Christmas Exhibition at Pollock Gallery, Melbourne.

October 2004 Eltham Wiregrass Gallery---‘The Artists’ Trail’, group exhibition centred around the ‘Heidelberg School’ of painters, and modern interpretation of their works.

The Oak Tree Foundation, May 2004 Exhibition

Melbourne Affordable Art Show, April 2004

December 2003 Christmas exhibition, Windows on Church Galleries.

October 2003 : ‘Masterworks at Monsalvat’, group exhibition at Monsalvat Gallery, Victoria.

March 2003 Solo exhibition at Windows on Church Galleries, Richmond, Victoria

November 2002 Dagmar Art Consultant Galleries, Solo exhibition

October 2002 ‘Masterworks at Monsalvat’, group exhibition at Monsalvat, Victoria

June 2002 Firestation: Exhibition of selected paintings.

December 2001 ‘Fantasia’: Art Seasons International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Singapore. Inaugural Solo exhibition by an overseas artist.

November 2001 Peoplescape Exhibition, Canberra

October 2001 Windows on Church Galleries. Solo Exhibition

December 2000 Dagmar Art Consultant Galleries “Response to Landscape”Group Show

November 2000 Windows on Church Galleries. Solo Exhibition

June 2000 Open Space Gallery. “The truly intriguing Art Exhibition”.

December 99 Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne. Christmas Exhibition.

May 1999 Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne. “A Long View”.

Group exhibition of land, sea and skyscapes.

PUBLISHED FEATURES &/OR ARTICLES

May 2002 ‘Artist’s Palette’ magazine, issue 22, May 2002. Cover art. Plus feature interview - ‘On the Lighter, Brighter Side’, by Lyndal Stewart. Demonstration of painting ‘Anna Bolena’ by Nichola Malpas.

August 6 2002 Heidelberg Leader newspaper article: ‘Dogs are barking about her art’.

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COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS:

GCM (Hong Kong).

The Brown Family Collection, Melbourne.

Hickey Family collection (Ireland) ……./3

Colonial Investments, Collins Street , Melbourne.

N & A Topp Family Collection, Queensland (1999 &2000)

Glenhurst Collection (1998 & 1999).

McLean Delmo & Partners.

Grimsey & Associates.

Motherwell Information Systems.

BAS Collection.

Kanizay Collection

Parish family collection.

Rosanna Fire Station Community House collection

Executive Interim Management

Merant Software.

WNI

Web Wombats Internet.

Cognos Pty. Ltd.

AWAS (Melbourne Airport)

Heidrick & Struggles

Terry Lee Family Collection, Art Seasons International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Singapore.

Billings Family collection

Catholic Super Fund

Hu Family collection

Robinson Family collection

Ivanhoe East Primary School collection