2024

Residency: Artist-in-residence, Bundanon, 8 - 21 July

Exhibition: Stargazing, curated by Stella Loftus-Hills, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, 25 November - 18 February

Article: Cameron Lam, Australian Art Music playlist: February 2024, Limelight Magazine, 8 February

2023

Exhibition: Stargazing, curated by Stella Loftus-Hills, Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne, 25 November - 18 February

Residency: Sydney Observatory Residency Program, Sydney, September - November

Interview: The Churchie Emerging Art Prize 2015 Winner

Publication: No Ordinary Block, edited by Sophie Davis, published by Brand X on behalf of TWT Property Group

Open Studio: Block Party, TWT Creative Precinct, 87 Chandos Street, St Leonards, Sydney, 20 October, 5:30 - 9:30pm

Podcast: Now or Never Art Trail: In conversation with Michaela Gleave, Interview with Will Tait, produced by Experimenta.

Conversation: Cosmic Art: In Conversation with Michaela Gleave, with Marco Rinaldi, Darling Square Library, Sydney, 9 September, 3 - 4pm

Public Program: Dumplings with the Artist, Artist talk and dinner, Passage Gallery, Sydney, 24 August, 6:30pm

Public Art Project: Of sky and sea, Now or Never, Docklands, Naarm Melbourne, 17-20 August

Panel Discussion: Experimenta Social #43: Communication and Deep Time , Library At The Dock, Docklands, Naarm Melbourne, Sat 19 Aug, 5.00 – 6.30pm

Review: A portal above Chinatown: The sky continues beneath our feet by Michaela Gleave, Yellowtrace, 17 August

Solo Exhibition: The sky continues beneath our feet, Passage Gallery, Sydney, 4 August - 17 September

Exhibition: Get me out!, curated by Hannah Williamson, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, QLD 5 August - 21 October

Review: Peter Falconer, Cosmic Time, Tempo, 12 July, pp 78-80

Panel Discussion: Experimenta Social #42 - Cosmological Futures, ACMI X, Federation Square, Naarm Melbourne, 20 July

Performance: Voyager One, Sydney Observatory, 22 June

Artist Talk: We Are Electric, University of Queensland Art Museum, 6 May, 3PM

Residency: TWT Artist Studio Prorgam, St Leonards, 2022-2024

Feature Article: Steve Dow, Should we dream of electric sheep?, Art Guide, 23 April

Review: Andrew F. Pierce, Perth Festival 2023, The Curb, 26 March

Perth Festival: Between Us, Perth Festival, presented in associtaiton with the Art Gallery of Western Australia, 8PM - 12AM 3-6 March

Panel discussion: Making Art in Public Space, facilitated by Annika Kristensen, State Library of Western Australia, 5 March

Review: Jaimi Wright, Celestial dreams have a human touch, Seesaw Magazine, 4 March

Workshop: Creative Weekender, The Blueroom Theatre, Perth, 4 March

Publication: Annika Kristensen, A Field Guide for Stargazing, Perth Festival publication

Review: Gina Fairley, We Are Electric, ArtsHub, 22 February

Interview: Tanya McNaughton, City of Light, The West Australian, 20 February, p3

Exhibition: We Are Electric, curated by Anna Briers, University of Queensland Art Museum, 14 February – 24 June

Interview: ABC Radio, Perth Breakfast with Stan Shaw, 7 February

2022

Project: Between Us, NEIGHBOURHOOD, Footscray Community Arts and The Substation, Melbourne, 12 & 26 November

Fundraiser: Firstdraft Auction 2022, Firstdraft, Sydney, 11-18 November

Artist Dinner: But First We Eat, presented by Fluff Corp (Jia Jia Chen and Claire Lehmann), The Substation, Melbourne, 7-10PM 13 November

Review: Daniel Portelli, Mutual entanglements in collaboration: a journey in Cosmic Time, Resonate Magazine, 8 November

Interview: Animal heartbeats and human breath share a story of the universe in Cosmic Time, CutCommon, 3 November

Performance: Cosmic Time, Boom! International Festival of Percussion, Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 7:30PM 6 October

Panel discussion: Talk Contemporary moderated by Michelle Newton, Sydney Contemporary, 11 September 12PM

Monograph: The influence of an idea on the physical properties of the world, published by Formist Editions, launching at Sydney Contemporary 2022, 8-12 September

Album Launch: Cosmic Time, Recorded by The Sound Collectors Lab and mixed by Stuart James (The Soundfield Studio),

Listening Event: Cosmic Time, 5pm, 15 September 2022 David Li Sound Gallery, Monash University RSVP louise.devenish@monash.edu

Performance: Cosmic Time, Sydney Contemporary 2022 Opening Night, 8 September

Festival: Fear Eats the Soul featuring as part of Big City Lights, Nerang Street, Goldcoast, 7-10 July

Festival: Endless Love featuring as part of Vivid Sydney, Circular Quay, Sydney, 27 May - 18 June

Performance: Voyager One, Art After Dark, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, 13-14 May

Single Release: Terrella:1 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going, composed by Franco Prinsloo, performed by Vox Chamber Choir. Available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube

Exhibition: The Blake Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse, 17 March - 22 March - finalist

Exhibition: Liminal, Dominik Mersch Gallery, 11 March - 9 April

Studio Residency: The Clothing Store, Carriageworks, Sydney, February - December

2021

Grant: Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Project Grant

Studio Sale: GHOST Makers Pop-up, 113 Paramatta Road, Annandale, Weekends only, 4-12 December

Residency: Sydney Observatory Residency Program, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, September - November

Art Fair: Anticipations and Awakenings, Art-Athina Virtual: Performance, curated by Kostas Stasinopoulos, courtesy of Anna Pappas Gallery, 1 - 30 November

Grant: Create NSW COVID Development Grant

Article: Alex V. Cipolle, 10 Great Destinations for Art Lovers, Afar Magazine, 11 November

Article: Art Athina Makes a Double Returm, Athina 9.84, 12 November

Performance: Terrella featuring as part of Vuurbees | Fire Beast, composed by Franco Prinslow, Vox Chamber Choir, Pretoria, South Africa, 30 October

Exhibition: Cosmic Analogues, curated by Penny Walker-Keefe, Dirty Dozen, Melbourne, 24 October - 27 November

Fundraiser: Firstdraft Auction 2021, 13-22 August

Article: Ann Finegan, Apprehending the Multiverse: A Costumed Allegory for Four Percussionists - Cosmic Time by Michaela Gleave, Artlink, issue 41, pp 84-89

Festival: Messages of hope, messages of love, featuring as part of Illuminate Adelaide, in collaboration with The Avalanches, 29 July - 1 August

Interview: Breakfast with Angie McBride and Michael Keelan, Radio 5AA Adelaide, 10 July

Review: Vicki Renner, TarraWara Biennial 2021: Slow Moving Waters, ArtsHub, 5 July

Performance: Cosmic Time, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 24 April, 6PM, tickets here

Review: Amelia Winata, TarraWarra Biennial Slow Moving Waters, The Saturday Paper, No. 344, 10 April 2021

Review: Amy Campbell, First Look: Inside the 7th TarraWarra Biennial, The Australian, 25 March

Exhibition: TarraWarra Biennial 2021: Slow Moving Waters, curated by Nina Miall, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 27 March - 11 July

Video interview: Aileen Sage NGV Presentation - Listening to the Earth: Our Magnetic Fields

Shortlisted: NGV Architecture Commission 2021, with Aileen Sage Architects

Artist Talk: CAT Gallery, Hobart, 26 February

Mentorship: Shotgun 9, CAT Gallery, Hobart

2020

Mentorship: Shotgun 9, CAT Gallery, Hobart

Festival: Terrella App launch, Vrystaat Arts Festival, South Africa, 9 November

Public Art Project: Messages of Hope, Messages of Love, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, September-October 2020

Interview: Michaela Gleave’s messages of hope and love to fill Sydney’s sky, Create NSW e-news, October 2020

Award Nomination: Coronal Mass, APRA Art Music Award for project composer Amanda Cole

Article: Elena Dias-Jayasinha, Listening to the sounds of the universe, University of Queensland Stories, blog article

Exhibition: Music of the Spheres, curated by Anna Briers and Elena Dias-Jayasinha, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 21 March 2020 - 16 January 2021

Residency: Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney, February - December 2020

Artist talk: Carey Baptist Grammar School, Melbourne, 24 July 2020

Artist talk: ‘Failure: Beautiful Losers’, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney, 22 July 2020

Web feature: REWIND: A Galaxy of Suns, Horizon Festival, Sunshine Coast, QLD, June 2020

Grant: Australia Council for the Arts, Resilience Fund - Create

Fellowship: City of Sydney Creative Arts Fellowship

Grant: Create NSW Small Projects Grant

Exhibition: All Things Are Water, curated by Meryl Ryan and Naomi Riddle, The Lock Up, Newcastle, NSW, 7 December 2019 - 27 January 2020

2019

Public Commission: Elemental Desires, Bendigo Art Gallery

Article: Gallery Embraces ‘Elemental Desires’, Bendigo Advertiser, 10 December

Exhibition: All Things Are Water, curated by Meryl Ryan and Naomi Riddle, The Lock Up, Newcastle, NSW, 7 December - 27 January

Residency: The Lock Up, Newcastle, NSW, 27 November - 7 December

Commission: We Are Made of Stardust, The Rechabite, Perth

Solo Exhibition: 7 Stunden Ballonarbeit/7 Hour Balloon Work, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, 5-22 September

Performance: A Galaxy of Suns, Horizon Festival, Glasshouse Mountains, QLD, 31 August 6PM

Interview: Gyan Rocha, A Galaxy Of Suns: Michaela Gleave's Vision Is A Reality At Horizon Festival, Scenestr, 21 August

Exhibition: Coronal Mass, as part of The In Between, Dark Mofo 2019, The Long Gallery, Hobart, 14-23 June

Performance: Inside Out, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 4 May, 12-7PM in gallery and online

Open Studio: TWT Creative Precinct Block Party, 12 April 5:30 - 9:30PM

Publication: MOP Projects: 2003-2016, edited by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, published by Formist Editions, p 152-153

Grant: Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Projects for Individuals grant

Exhibition: Let There Be Light, Justin Art House Museum, Melbourne, 14 February - 3 June

Publication: MOP Project 2003-2016, Formist Editions, p 252-253

Review: Curiouser and Curiouser, Ann Finegan, Art Link, 23 January

Exhibition: Curiouser and Curiouser, curated by Julian Woods, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 14 December - 10 February

2018

Profile article: by Casey Carcel, Ocula 2018

Exhibition: Curiouser and Curiouser, curated by Julian Woods, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 14 December - 10 February

Public Commission: We Are Made of Stardust, Kelly's Garden, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, launching 23 November

Art Prize: Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 27 October - 13 December

Performance: Voyager One, as part of Candlelight Vox Ensemble’s From Darkness to Light concert, Trinity College Chapel, Melbourne, 12 October

Performance: A Galaxy of Suns, SPECTRA Art + Science 2018, Adelaide, 12 October

Article: ‘A Galaxy of Suns’ live performance is music set to the arrangement of stars, Clare Peddie, The Advertiser, 11 October

Article: Spectra: Where Are Meets Science, David Knight, Adelaide Review, 2 October

Festival: Astrolight, Scienceworks, Melbourne, 8 September 6-8PM 

Fundraiser: Firstdraft, Sydney NSW, 31 August 6PM

Publication: What is Performance Art? Australian Perspectives Edited by Adam Geczy and Mimi Kelly, Power Publications

Interview: The Constellations, D-Lux Media, 107 Projects and podcast available on-line, 7 August 7PM

Exhibition: Time, curated by Hannah Mathews, QT Melbourne, as part of Melbourne Art Fair, 30 July - 5 August 

Grant: Career Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts

Artist-in-residence: Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education conference, Hilo, Hawaii, 23 - 25 July

Art Fair: Art Athina, Athens, Greece, courtesy of Anna Pappas Gallery, 21-24 June

Fundraiser: BOXCOPY, Brisbane, QLD, 1 June 6-8PM

Exhibition: Under The Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's Sunbaker, curated by Claire Monneraye, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW, 14 April - 20 May

Open Studio: 2018 TWT Block Party, 31 Atchison St, St Leonards NSW, 23 March, 5-10PM

Exhibition: New Alchemists, curated by Alicia King, Flinders University Gallery, Adelaide, 17 February - 15 April

 

2017

Exhibition: New Alchemists, curated by Alicia King, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania, 9 December - 7 January

Installation: The Altitude Project curated by Mirriam Williamson and Mahalya Middlemist, Linden Observatory, Linden NSW, 4 November 5:30 - 10:00 PM

Article: Linden Observatory Lights up for Art, Blue Mountains Gazette, 20 October

Review: Giselle Buetti, A Galaxy of Suns brings the stars to life, The Au Review, 12 October

Performance: A Galaxy of Suns, Melbourne Festival, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 7PM 10 October

Book: Matthew Perkins, Red, Green, Blue: A History of Australian Video Art, Griffith University Art Museum, ISBN 9781925455496

Interview: Kathryn Gray, Enabling Enterprise, Insights from artist Michaela Gleave

Review: Will Cox, Keeping the Score, Broadsheet Melbourne, 26 October

Prize: A Galaxy of Suns selected as a finalist in the 2017 CHASS Australia Prizes

Exhibition: The Score, curated by Jacqueline Dougherty, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, 1 August - 5 November

Exhibition: New Alchemists, curated by Alicia King, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 16 June - 3 September

Preview: Tracy Clement, New AlchemistsArt Guide Australia, 5 June

Installation: The Glistening, curated by Gail Preist, 107 Projects, 5-9PM 11 June

Art Prize: Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW, 20 May - 16 July

Exhibition: Under The Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's Sunbaker, curated by Claire Monneraye. Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria, 6 May - 6 August

Review: Post-industrial town’s art conversion, Lauren Carrol Harris, RealTime Arts, Issue #138, April-May 2017

Performance: A Galaxy of SunsCementa, Kandos NSW, 8PM 7 April

Exhibition: Red Green Blue: A History of Australian Video Art, curated by Matthew Perkins, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, 30 March - 8 July

Article: Katie Milton, Cementa arts festival: building a cultured environment at Kandos, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March 2017

Open Studio: TWT Creative Precinct Block Party, Video Interview, 5-9PM 24 March

Design feature: Cloud Spa (Dark Mofo) selected for inclusion in Texworld Paris trend publication

Article: Claire Monneraye, Under The Sun, SL Magazine, Autumn 2017, pg 10-11

Exhibition: Under The Sun: Reimagining Max Dupain's Sunbaker, curated by Claire Monneraye for the Australian Centre for Photography, State Library of NSW 18 February - April 17 and Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria, 6 May - 6 August

Article: Peter Munro, Sun sets on Max Dupain's Sunbaker as artists find new Australian icons by the beachSydney Morning Herald, 9 February

Exhibition: Intrinsic Properties, Inherent Vice, curated by Holly Williams and The Curators' Department, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, 21 January - 5 March

 

 

2016

Review: Postcard from... Bristol Biennial, Trevor H. Smith, Visual Arts South West, UK

Exhibition: LICHT!, Q Gallery of Art, Shorndorf, Germany, 17 September - 13 November

Public work: Aufstiege (Assents), curated by Joachim Fleischer, KulturRegion Stuttgart, Germany, 16 September - 9 October

Article: Der Staub, aus dem wir gemach sind, Jörg Nolle, Rems-Murr Rundschau, 15 September, p C1

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge - 8th International Biennale of Media Art, Anne and Gordan Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, 19 August - 23 September

International App release: A Galaxy of Sunscreated in collaboration with Amanda Cole and Warren Armstrong, available via the App Store and Google Play, 10 September

Performance: Bristol Biennial 2016: In Other Worlds, Bristol, UK, Staple Hill Tunnel, 4 & 8 September

Review: New Alchemists, Eliza Burke, Artlink Magazine, August 2016

Mentorship: Tertium Organum by Peter Waller, as part of Contemporary Art Tasmania's Artist to Artist project, 20-28 August, opening 19 August 6-8PM

Exhibition: New Alchemists, curated by Dr Alicia King, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, 22 July - 26 August

Exhibition: Space Material, curated by David Thomas, Foyer and Education Rooms, Monash University Museum of Art, 2-4PM 3 July

Article: New App lets you hear the stars sing, Jasmine Crittenden, Concrete Playground, 28 June

Australian App release: A Galaxy of Suns, in collaboration with Amanda Cole and Warren Armstrong, Dark Mofo release 10 June, available on the App Store and Google Play 21 June

Interview:  Exploring Dark Mofo's Dark Park, interview by Georgia Moodie, Radio National's Books and Arts, Wednesday 15 June, 10:15AM

Review: Dark Mofo 2016: an opening weekend of endurance, immersion and dark art, Clem Bastow, The Guardian, 14 June

Article: Tassie daughter Michaela, sings with A Galaxy of Suns, Paula Xiberras, The Tasmanian Times, 11 June

Performance: A Galaxy of Sunswith the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chorus, in collaboration with Amanda Cole and Warren Armstrong, Dark Mofo, Hobart, 5PM 10 & 11 June

Interview: Time For Art, Koren Helbig, Frankie Magazine, Issue 72, July-August 2016, pg 46

Article: The Stars Come Out to Play, Penny Thow, The Murcury, 9 June, Pulse pg 4

Article: Michaela Gleave - A Galaxy of Suns, Melissa Ogier, The Garb Wire, 7 June

Exhibition: Inappropriate Appropriate Ideas, The Curated Shelf: Kylie Johnson, Cath Robinson and Sarah Ryan, 25 Corby Avenue Hobart. 5pm 3 June

Preview: The Dark Side of Hobart, Briony Downes, Art Collector, Issue 76, April - June, pg 26

Art Fair: Art Athina, courtesy of Anna Pappas Gallery, Athens, Greece, 26-29 May

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge - 8th International Biennale of Media Art, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 14 May - 3 July

Composition: Composer Vicki Hallett responds to the visual score Model For the End of the Universe (1-4), creating music based on image series

Exhibition: Geek Girls, curated by Rachel Parsons, The Block, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 19 April - 13 May

Open Studio: Living Art Weekend at the TWT Creative Precinct, St Leonards, Sydney, 12 March, 11am - 5pm

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge - 8th International Biennale of Media Art, Albury LibraryMuseum, NSW, 27 February - 17 April 

Exhibition: The Agency of Thingscurated by Kent Wilson, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, 19 February - 26 March

Installation: Faux MO, as part of MONA FONA, Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, 15-17 January

Performance: FBI SMACS, The Carriageworks, as part of Sydney Festival, Sydney, 10 January

 

 

2015

Review: Robert Lort. Elemental Phenomena, Eyeline Magazine, Issue 84, p 87

Exhibition: Work, rest and PLAY!Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW, 4 December - 7 February

Artist Talk: in conversation with the curators of As if light could be translated at Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, Thursday 19 November, 6pm

Exhibition: As if light could be translated, curated by Art Proper: Annika Kristensen and Samantha Williams, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney, 6 - 27 November, opening 6-8 pm Wednesday 5 November

Interview: Michaela Gleave and Cameron Robbins - interview with Chlóe Wolifson, Art Collector, Issue #74 October - December 2015, pp 78-81

Event: Astronomical viewing of the occultation of Venus, Royal Park, Parkville, Melbourne, Friday 9 October, 4:15 AM 

Solo Exhibition: Lines of Sight, in collaboration with Cameron Robbins, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, 9 - 31 October

Performance: 1 Room 13 Times, curated by Mark Feary, Spring Art Fair, Sydney, 9-12 September

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, The Block, Queensland University of Technology, 25 August - 26 September

Article: Nicholas Forrest, Michaela Gleave Wins 2015 Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Blouin Art Info, 3 August

Winner: The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, 31 July - 29 August, opening 6-8 pm 31 July

Exhibition: Not Singing: Poetics of Protest, curated by Bronia Iwanczak and Lynne Barwick, Affiliated Text, Sydney, 22 July - 6 September, opening 6-8 pm 22 July

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, The Lockup Cultural Centre, Newcastle, NSW, 10 July - 10 August

Performance: Future Dreaming Stationpresented as part of Futures ArtBar, curated by Dara Gil, The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 26 June, 7-11pm

Radio Feature: No Brow, Sunday Arts Show, 4ZZZ Brisbane, 14 June, 3pm

Exhibition: Elemental Phenomena, curated by Naomi Evans, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, 8 May - 18 July

Artist talk: Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, 11:30 AM 8 May

Lecture: UNSW Art and Design (CoFA), Sydney, BFA (Hons) Guest Lecture Series, EG01, 12-1 PM, 19 March

Finalist: Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania, 14 March - 10 May

Website launch: Website documenting The List at Campbelltown Arts Centre

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, Arts Mildura: Palimpest, La Trobe Art Institute Gallery, Mildura, 6 March - 12 April 2016

Review: Keri Glastonbury, The Art of Self-Incarceration, RealTime Arts, Issue 125 February-March 2015, p 45

Review: Robert Nelson, Donna McRay, Kate Scardifield Explore Life and Death Propositions for Women, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February

Exhibition: Taken to Task, curated by Dara Gill, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, 24 February - 5 March

Review: Dylan Rainforth, Project 15: DEATH/LIFEArt Guide Australia, February 6

Exhibition: Experimenta: Recharge, 6th International Biennial of Media Art, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 27 November 2014 - 22 February 2015

Exhibition: DEATH/LIFE, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, 6 - 28 February


 

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