MICHAEL BRADY CREATIVE CV
Michael Brady
Born 1975, Mackay Queensland
Lives Dysart, Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2026 My Pop Life, Victorian Pride Centre Gallery
2024 My Pop Life, Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
2022 My Pop Life Fine Arts Honours presentation, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2022 Signs of Australia (photography), Clunes Booktown Festival
2021 Works In Progress, AiR Space, Oatlands
2018 Signs of Australia (photography), The Boroughs, Melbourne
2017 Signs of Australia (photography), The Commons, Hobart
2014 Grouse Hobart (photography), Penny Contemporary, Hobart
2012 Pussyland, Mailbox 141, Melbourne
2011 Vacant Possession, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2010 Flash Girls, Vivirtu Gallery, Melbourne
2010 The Last Cowboys, Don Vincenzo, Melbourne
2009 Rawhide, fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne
2008 My Pop Life, Inflight ARI, Hobart
2007 Disco Saved My Life, Gallery14, Melbourne
2006 Bev’s Bar & Suburban Dreamhouse, Gallery 14, Melbourne
2005 Angels & Cowboys, Vivirtu Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Lost Tumescence, Paxton’s Warehouse, Mackay
Group Exhibitions
2026 Allens Interfirm Art Showcase, 101 Collins, Melbourne
2025 Artfully Queer Digital Edition, Rosny Barn, Hobart
2018 Dear kunanyi, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
2010 My Pop Life (Midsumma Remix), Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2009 My Pop Life (Remixed), Taste Festival, Hobart
2008 Badlands, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Bev’s Bar & Suburban Dream House, Gallery 14, Melbourne
2004 Blue, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
Community Arts/Engagement/Presentations
2021 Signs of the Times Slide Show + Talk, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2021 Signs of the Times drawing commission, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2018 Signs of Australia Slide Show + Talk, Melbourne Writers Festival
2018 Melbourne Through Rainbow Coloured Glasses Walk, Melbourne Writers Festival
2018 Signs of Australia community art project, Eastern Regional Libraries, Melbourne
2016 A Day in Hobart colour-in workshop, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2015 A Day in Melbourne colour-in community art project, Melbourne Central
Curatorial Projects
2004-2008 Moreland Sculpture Show, Melbourne
2008 Tram Stop 21 outdoor photography exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2006 Bev’s Bar and Suburban Dream House, Melbourne Fringe Festival
2004 Art Fronts/Shop Fronts public art exhibition, Melbourne
Residencies
2021 AiR Space, Oatlands
2017 The Commons, Hobart
2015 Melbourne Central Creative Retail Residency, Melbourne
2011 St Vincents Hospital Artist in Residence Program, Melbourne
Arts Board Representation
2015 Board member, Contemporary Art Tasmania
Publications
2024 Naarm/Melbourne Neighbourhoods, Hardie Grant
(art direction, design, illustration, photography)
2019 Melbourne Pocket Precincts, Hardie Grant (photography, writing)
2017 Signs of Australia, New South Books (photography, design)
2015 A Day in Hobart, New South Books (illustration, photography, design)
2015 A Day in Melbourne, New South Books (illustration, photography, design)
2015 Melbourne: A City of Villages, Hardie Grant (photography)
2013-15 Island magazine (design, art direction, illustration, photography)
2014 Coles Funny Little Picture Book, Hardie Grant, (editor, art direction)
2014-16 Melbourne Precincts, Hardie Grant, various editions (photography)
2013 A Walking Shadow, Arcade Publications, (photography, art direction)
2012 Hide and Seek Hobart, Hardie Grant (writing, photography)
2012 The Hanging of Minnie Thwaites, Arcade Publications
(design, photography, illustration, art direction)
2010 Melbourne Remade, Arcade Publications (photography)
2009 MacRobertsonland, Arcade Publications (design, photography, art direction)
2008 Madame Brussels, Arcade Publications (design, photography, art direction)
2007 EW Cole: Chasing the Rainbow, Arcade Publications (photography, art direction)
Grants
2016 Artsbridge Grant (Arts Tasmania), Signs of Australia photography book
2021 Arts Tasmania Creative Support Small Grants Fund
Education
2022-2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Tasmania (in progress)
2014 Contemporary Art for Professionals, Photography, University of Tasmania
2010 Certificate III in Art and Contemporary Craft, CAE, Melbourne
1994-1996 Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania