Artist of the day: Artist of the day, January 17: Michael Le Grand, Australian sculptor (Canberra)

Michael Le Grand (1951) has been working in steel since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1974. Following further studies at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, Michael was awarded an Australian National University Creative Arts Fellowship in 1978. He has been a recipient of an Australia Council Travel Grant in1975 and both the Capital Arts Patron’s Fellowship and the actARTS Creative Arts Fellowships in 1997. Also that year, Michael was a Co-Winner of the Inaugural Sydney Water Sculpture Prize, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. In 2002 he was the J.B. Were Invited Artist for S x Sea and was a selector / judge for SxSea, Bondi, 2003 and for Cottesloe,WA in 2009.

Michael was significantly involved in the development of the early Canberra Floriade Sculpture events, ANU/CSA Sculpture Walk, Australian National Capital Artists studio spaces and the Canberra National Sculpture Forum. He has travelled widely and has participated in residencies and sculpture symposiums in Canada, U.S.A, Germany and Japan. He has had a number of solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally and participated in many major sculpture exhibitions. These have included, the Mildura and Melbourne Sculpture Triennials, Canberra National Sculpture Forums, Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi, N.S.W, Cottesloe, W.A, Aarhus, Denmark, Sculpture in the City, Sydney, McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2003, 2007,2010 and the annual 6 x 6 x 6 inch Miniature shows at Defiance Gallery in Sydney. He is also represented in many private collections and Public Commissions both here and overseas.

Michael was awarded the inaugural University of Western Sydney Acquisitive Sculpture Prize in 2004. He is an invited artist for SxSea, Bondi, 2010 and has been awarded a 2010 Helen Lempriere Scholarship. In 2011 he had a retrospective exhibit at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Late in 2011, Michael was awarded City News "artist of the year"
Michael retired in 2007 as Head of Sculpture at the Australian National University, School of Art.

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