Carol McGregor

Carol McGregor is an Indigenous Australian artist of Wathaurung (Victoria) and Scottish descent, internationally known for her multi media installation pieces bringing together ephemeral natural fibres, metal, and paper. She is also deeply engaged in the creation of and cultural reconnection to possum skin cloaks, a traditional form of dress and important biographical cultural item.[1][2][3]

Carol McGregor
Born1961
EducationQueensland College of Art, Griffith University
Known forInstallation
MovementContemporary Australian Art
Websitehttp://www.carolmcgregor.com.au
External video
video icon “Art of the Skins“, State Library of Queensland
video icon “Digital story with Carol McGregor”, Art of the Skins exhibition, kuril dhagun (State Library Of Queensland), 2016

Early life and education

Carol McGregor was born in Hastings, New Zealand.[4] After earning a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University in 1981, McGregor studied for a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA), Queensland College of Art (QCA),[5] Griffith University, graduating in 2012.[6] In 2013, McGregor earned a Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honours, from QCA. Between 2014 and 2017, she studied for a Doctor of Philosophy degree at QCA with an Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship.[7][8]

Career

Carol McGregor aims through her practice to explore alternative forms of cultural expression and to adjust new technologies that would help her further examine the diversity of ancestry, experiences and intimate histories concealed within the landscape.

For her doctoral project, McGregor examined the material culture of possum skin cloaks in South East Queensland (SEQ). Thanks to her research work and the workshop she facilitated,[9] the contemporary making of possum skin cloak was revitalised in SEQ communities.

McGregor collaborated with Glennys Briggs on the Art of the Skins (cloak making project and exhibition) presented at the State Library of Queensland in June – Nov 2016.[9][10]

McGregor's work in cast silver, Cornerstone (2011–18), was featured by the Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, as part of the Boundary Lines group exhibition in November 2018 – February 2019.[11][12]

McGregor's latest work Skin Country (2018) was featured by the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, as part of The Commute exhibition in September – December 2018.[13]

Work

Solo exhibitions
  • 2014 IDALIA imprints – The Webb Gallery, Qld College of Art (response to artist residency with The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences)
  • 2015 Idalia HAAS Library, University of Qld, Brisbane
  • 2018 Carol McGregor: Repositories of Recognition, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia[1][14]

Major exhibitions
  • 2009 Postcard Art & Advertising (CAIA, QCA) Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns
  • 2010 On Paper, Impress Printmakers and Qld College of Art Print Club, Brisbane
  • 2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns
  • 2010 Our Stories, Our Way, Mater Hospital, Brisbane
  • 2010 Art from the Soul, Kurilpa Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2011 Knots, Contemporary Artisans Collective Gallery, Brisbane
  • 2012 First, Emerging Indigenous Art, Love Love Studio, Brisbane
  • 2013 Artoriginal, Brisbane Town Hall
  • 2013 Middle Ground, Fine Art Honours students, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
  • 2013 Field, Contemporary Landscapes, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
  • 2014 The Gather Award, St. Ita's, Brisbane[8]
  • 2014 Intimate Spaces Revealed, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
  • 2015 Art meets Science, Queensland Academy of Arts and Science, Brisbane
  • 2015 My Story, The Gold Coast Arts Centre, Gold Coast.
  • 2015 Blak, Art from the Margins, St Andrews Hospital, Brisbane
  • 2015 Warriors, Sorcerers and Spirits, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns indigenous Art Fair, Cairns
  • 2015 Reconciliation Week, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
  • 2016 Art of the Skins, State Library Queensland, Brisbane
  • 2016 Gathering Strands, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
  • 2017 Tastes Like Sunshine, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland[15]
  • 2018, So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra[16][4][2][17][18]
  • 2018, Boundary Lines, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane[11]
  • 2018 The Commute, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

Selected award exhibitions

Awards and nominations
  • 2014 Winner, The Inaugural Gather Award, Brisbane[8]
  • 2015 1854 Scholar, Museum Victoria, Melbourne

Collections

References
  1. Martin-Chew, Louise; Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA (2018). "Not a Calendar Girl1: Carol McGregor's Repositories of Recognition" (PDF). Carol McGregor: Repositories of Recognition (Catalogue for the exhibition, January - May 2018. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia. ISBN 9780999830307. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. Reich, Hannah (8 August 2018). "National Portrait Gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition presents Australia's hidden histories". ABC News. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. Kirkman, Laini (6 June 2018). "Stunning Myall Creek gathering cloak created by Elders and artists for 180th massacre commemorations on Sunday". The Inverell Times. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. McGregor, Carol. "So fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. Serisier, Camille (2013). "Carol McGregor". the churchie national emerging art prize 2013. Griffith University Art Gallery. pp. 52–53. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. "Carol McGregor". Griffith University. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. "CAROL McGREGOR CV". CAROL McGREGOR. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  8. Carmichael, Freja (2016). Gathering Strands (PDF). CLEVELAND: REDLAND ART GALLERY. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. Perry, Jodan (27 June 2016). "Making possum-skin cloaks: Queenslanders revive ancient tradition". NITV. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. Mitchell-Whittington, Amy (26 June 2016). "Art of Skins exhibition revives traditional Indigenous technique". Brisbane Times. Brisbane, Queensland. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. Fairley, Gina (4 December 2018). "Review: Boundary Lines, Griffith University Art Museum". Visual Arts Hub. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. "Art Museum". griffith.edu.au. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  13. Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art. "The Commute". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  14. "Opening Reception: Carol McGregor - Mellon Indigenous Arts Program". University of Virginia. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  15. Green, Jenna (2017). "Review: Tastes Like Sunshine". Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts (88). Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  16. "Carol McGregor". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  17. Patel, Zoya (27 July 2018). "So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history". Art Almanac. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  18. Fairley, Gina (20 August 2018). "Review: So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian history, National Portrait Gallery". Visual Arts Hub. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  19. "Collections: Artist: Carol McGregor. A Sense of Place". Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  20. "So Fine: Carol McGregor & Linde Ivimey". ABC Radio. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  21. "Redland Art Gallery collection out and about". Redland City Council. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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