John Meade
Born in Ballarat in 1956, Melbourne-based sculptor John Meade is one of Australia's leading artists and has held regular individual and group exhibitions with galleries and museums since 1995.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Show Business (2009), at Sutton Gallery, Melbourne and Incident in the Museum 2 (2004) Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Propulsion at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2001) and Tour de Force with Chris Langton at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (1996).
Selected group shows include ShContemporary 08, Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, China (2008), Adventures with Form in Space, 4th Balnaves Sculpture Project (2006) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 21st Century Modern, Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art (2006), at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, and Orifice (2002), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
Meade has also completed a number of outdoor sculptural commissions, including Progeny for Heide Museum of Modern Art (2006), Aqualung at Victoria Harbour, Docklands, Melbourne (2006) and Mean Yellow, at the Arts Centre for the Melbourne International Arts Festival (2000).
John Meade was awarded an Asialink residency in India in 1998. In 2003 he was a recipient of the Samstag Scholarship, Australia's richest and most prestigious visual arts scholarship, which made possible the completion of a Master of Studio Art program at New York University. He holds two degrees from RMIT University - Master of Fine Art (Sculpture); and Honours (Sculpture); as well as a Bachelor of Fine Art (Sculpture) completed at the VCA, Melbourne.
John Meade's work is held in the Monash University Collection; Museum of Contemporary Art; Heide Museum of Modern Art and National Gallery of Victoria as well as private and corporate collections.
2010
Gallery
Impostor (detail) 1995
Polyurethae and mohair
200.0 x 100.0 cm; four parts
11.0 x 50.0 (diam.) cm each; overall dimensions variable
Private collection, Melbourne
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Impostor 1995
Polyurethae and mohair
200.0 x 100.0 cm; four parts
11.0 x 50.0 (diam.) cm each; overall dimensions variable
Private collection, Melbourne
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Double Pin with Heidi Plait 2008
Polyester resin, fibreglass, pigment, calcium carbonate, plastic industrial bristle, stainless steel and concrete
200.0 x 40.0 x 40.0 cm
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Double Pin with Heidi Plait (detail) 2008
Polyester resin, fibreglass, pigment, calcium carbonate, plastic industrial bristle, stainless steel and concrete
200.0 x 40.0 x 40.0 cm
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Progeny 2004–2005
Fibreglass reinforced concrete, pigment and steel
230.0 x 2.30.0 x 45.0 cm
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Purchased through the Heide Foundation 2006
Photo: John Gollings
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Propulsion 2001
Still from 2 screen video transferred to DVD
1.11 min. duration, looped
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Sabrina 2009
Steel and Styrofoam insulation, polyester resin, fibreglass, mild steel, stainless steel and automotive paint
108.0 x 278.0 x 44.0 cm
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Self portrait as Mary Magdalene 2003–2009
Polyester resin and pigment, human hair, Reducit, bamboo, wood
80.0 x 130.0 x 30.0 cm
Photo: Peter Matra
Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne