Carol McGregor explained

Carol McGregor
Birth Date:1961
Field:Installation
Training:Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Movement:Contemporary Australian Art
Website:http://www.carolmcgregor.com.au

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]

Early life and education

Carol McGregor was born in Hastings, New Zealand. 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), Griffith University, graduating in 2012.[2] 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.[3] [4]

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,[5] 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.[5] [6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

Work

Solo exhibitions

Major exhibitions

Selected award exhibitions

Awards and nominations

Collections

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kirkman . Laini . Stunning Myall Creek gathering cloak created by Elders and artists for 180th massacre commemorations on Sunday . 6 April 2019 . The Inverell Times . June 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: Carol McGregor . Griffith University . 6 April 2019.
  3. Web site: CAROL McGREGOR CV . CAROL McGREGOR . 6 April 2019.
  4. Book: Carmichael . Freja . Gathering Strands . 6 April 2019 . REDLAND ART GALLERY . CLEVELAND . 2016.
  5. News: Perry . Jodan . Making possum-skin cloaks: Queenslanders revive ancient tradition . 6 April 2019 . NITV . 27 June 2016.
  6. News: Mitchell-Whittington . Amy . Art of Skins exhibition revives traditional Indigenous technique . 6 April 2019 . Brisbane Times . 26 June 2016 . Brisbane, Queensland.
  7. Web site: Art Museum. griffith.edu.au. 9 March 2019.
  8. Web site: The Commute. Brisbane. Institute of Modern Art. Institute of Modern Art. 9 March 2019.
  9. Book: Martin-Chew, Louise . Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA . Carol McGregor: Repositories of Recognition (Catalogue for the exhibition, January - May 2018. Not a Calendar Girl1: Carol McGregor’s Repositories of Recognition . 2018 . Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia . 9780999830307 . https://kluge-ruhe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Carol-McGregor-with-essay-by-Louise-Martin-Chew.pdf . 6 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Opening Reception: Carol McGregor - Mellon Indigenous Arts Program . University of Virginia . 6 April 2019.
  11. Green . Jenna . Review: Tastes Like Sunshine . Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts . 2017 . 88 . 6 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Carol McGregor. National Portrait Gallery. 9 March 2019.
  13. Web site: McGregor . Carol . So fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history . National Portrait Gallery . 6 April 2019.
  14. News: Reich . Hannah . National Portrait Gallery's 20th anniversary exhibition presents Australia's hidden histories . 6 April 2019 . ABC News . 8 August 2018.
  15. Patel . Zoya . So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history . Art Almanac . 27 July 2018 . 6 April 2019.
  16. Fairley . Gina . Review: So Fine – Contemporary women artists make Australian history, National Portrait Gallery . Visual Arts Hub . 20 August 2018 . 6 April 2019.
  17. Web site: Fairley . Gina . Review: Boundary Lines, Griffith University Art Museum . Visual Arts Hub . 6 April 2019 . 4 December 2018.
  18. Book: Serisier . Camille . the churchie national emerging art prize 2013 . 2013 . Griffith University Art Gallery . 52–53 . 6 April 2019 . Carol McGregor.
  19. Web site: Collections: Artist: Carol McGregor. A Sense of Place . Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia . 6 April 2019.
  20. News: So Fine: Carol McGregor & Linde Ivimey . ABC Radio. 11 July 2018 . 6 April 2019.
  21. Web site: Redland Art Gallery collection out and about . Redland City Council . 6 April 2019 . 20 September 2017.

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