Melinda Heal
Education
2015 Master of Visual Arts, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
2011-2013 Research Student, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
2009 Bachelor of Arts (Visual)/Bachelor of Asian Studies (Specialist - Japanese): ANU
2008 Exchange Student, Kyoto Seika University, Japan
Awards ・Grants
Capital Arts Patrons Organisation (CAPO) 2022 Arts Grants - Home by Holly Award
ArtsACT Activities Funding Recipient, 2020, 2021
ArtsACT HomeFront 3 Grant Awardee 2020
Gallery Director's Award, "Kyo-ten” Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, 2014
Research School of Asia Pacific Studies Award, ANU 2009
Solo Exhibitions
Beautiful Weeds & Other Obsessions, CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery, Canberra. May 2019
Dyeing the Liminal, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle Australia. March 2019
Naturescapes, Galerie h2o, Kyoto & ANCA Gallery & Studios, Canberra. Oct-Nov 2017
Somé – Dyeing the Australian Environment, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney . Aug 2016
The Traces Between M16 Artspace, Canberra . Aug 2015
Dyeing Birds and Flowers - from Australia to Japan Galerie h2o, Kyoto April 2013
Selected juried・Group exhibitions
2023-24
Katazome Today - Migrations of a Japanese Art, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA, USA Feb -June 2023, Boise Art Museum, Idaho, USA July 2023-Jan 2024
2019
Macro Organic, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
2018
Tree Place, Noosa Regional Gallery
Artist In Residence Exhibition, Nagano City Arts Center Gallery, Japan
Traversing Tidbinbilla, Tuggeranong Arts Centre/Tidbinbilla Visitors Centre, Canberra
2017
Wafting II - Work With Dye Techniques Medialia Gallery, New York
2016
Birds + Us, Claire Layman Gallery, Melbourne
2015
Selected artist, 4th Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award Exhibition, Wangaratta Art Gallery, VIC
Kukkiri with Amy Kerr-Menz, Galerie h2o, Kyoto
Kyoto Seika University Masters Graduate Exhibition Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Selected artist, 400th Anniversary of Rinpa – New & Up-and-coming Artist’s Exhibition, The Museum of Kyoto
2014
Wafting – Dye as ink on Fabric, Medialia…Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York
ROKKAN – Up-and-coming Dyeing Artists, Some-Seiryukan Museum, Kyoto
Selected artist, 2014 Kyo-ten Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Resist & Reveal ANU School of Art, Foyer Gallery, Canberra
Residencies
2018: NAGAIR Artist in Residence – Nakajo, Nagano City, Japan. August – November 2018
2017: Craft ACT inaugural ‘Spring Tidbinbillla Residency’ September 2017
Articles
Precision in Paper – the super-fine craft of Katagami Fall Edition of Kyoto Journal, October 2017
A New Flowering – Dyeing Artist Tange Yusuke, vol 90 of Kyoto Journal, March 2018
Collections
Mie Kimono Museum, Yamanashi, Japan
Private Collections in Japan and Australia