About Morgan Shimeld
The work of Australian/Blue Mountains based sculptor, Morgan Shimeld, is primarily concerned with the complex arrangement of abstracted minimalist forms. He works intuitively in a creative and meditative process, striving to find a natural sense of strength and balance in his work. His sculptures, characterised by attention to structure and form, hold a powerful presence while maintaining a subtle quality of understated elegance. Shimeld’s work, incorporates cast, welded and fabricated bronze and steel, his work is highly technical and precisely finished. The artist’s aim is to draw the viewer in, creating a relationship between the spectator and the space in between. His practice is informed by the art movements of Minimalism, Formalism and Geometric Abstraction.
In 2000, Shimeld graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, from the University of Sydney.
Morgan is represented by:
Otomys Contemporary in Melbourne
Day Gallery in Blackheath, Blue Mountains
Solo exhibitions:
• Confluence, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney (2023)
• From The Ground Up, Day Gallery, Blackheath (2023)
• Passage May Space, Sydney (2021)
• Passage Day Gallery Blackheath (2020)
• Vertex at Gallery 2010, Surry Hills (2015)
• Converge at Brenda May Gallery (2011)
• Tracing Constructs at Brenda May Gallery (2008)
• Architectural Evolution at Brenda May Gallery (2006)
Group Exhibitions and Prizes:
2023 Group exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
KAAF Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
2022 Sydney Contemporary with Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney
Group exhibition with Bronzes, Otomys Contemporary, Melbourne
Finalist, Sculpture At Sawmillers, Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney
2021 Finalist, Sculpture At Scenic World 2021, Katoomba
Summer Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
Winter Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
Finalist, Sculpture In The Gardens, Rosby Estate, Mudgee
Finalist, Deakin Small Sculpture Prize, Melbourne
2020 Finalist Montalto Sculpture Prize 2020, Victoria
2019 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair – MOD Collective Melbourne
Spring Salon – Otomys Gallery Melbourne
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Piermarq Gallery
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Living Edge Edition
Launch exhibition for The Arts Club, Richmond
2017 Heat, Piermarq Gallery, Sydney
2016 Bronze, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 BassamFellows, Morgan Shimeld, Salone del Mobile 2015, Milan
Morgan Shimeld Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture Park, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
Finalist Minumental, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Winner – Normyle Artist Residency (Minumental)
Finalist Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi
Artisans in the Gardens, Botanic Gardens Trust
Highly Commended - Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Finalist University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Sydney
Winner – Janice Reid Emerging Artists Award (UWS Sculpture Award)
Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2104, Katoomba NSW
Finalist, Sculputre at Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney
Winner – Mayor’s Award (Sculpture at Sawmillers)
2013 Finalist, Mt Buller Sculpture Award, Victoria
Finalist, Montalto Sculpture Prize 2013, Victoria
Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2013, Katoomba NSW
Sculpture 2013, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
2012 Heat, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Au Courant, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Sculpture in the vineyards 2012, NSW
Finalist, 6 Inch show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011 Sculpture 11, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Group show, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
Lust, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Self Portraits, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
Willoughby Sculpture Prize 2011, Sydney
2010 Sculpture 10, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition 2010, UWS, Sydney
Finding Form Creating Space/ Disrupting Space, UWS, Sydney
Sawmillers Reserve Sculpture Prize, Sawmillers Reserve
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Melbourne
2009 Winner - Royal Show, glass category, Sydney
Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
Sculpture by the Sea 2009 Bondi, Sydney
2008 Sculpture 2008, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Winner - Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, sculpture category
Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize
2007 Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, Sydney (commended)
New from Australia, Chappell Gallery, New York
2006 Small, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize
Commissions and collections:
2024 Gladstone Hotel QLD, multiple wall sculpture sets
2023 Bronze bench, Sarah and Sebastian collaboration
Cube Formation, Leichhardt
Cube Formation, Edgecliff
Cube Formation, Annandale
2022 Passage 3 Large bronze, Woollahra
Bronze stools, Sarah and Sebastian collaboration
Blue Cube Formation, Charter Hall, Sydney
Cube Formation Pink, Honkas Restaurant, Sydney
2020 Cube Formation Large White, Mosman Sydney
2019 Bronze Reception Desk, Living Edge Perth
Suite of bronze sculptures, Austin Texas
Traced Tower, Blue Mountains
2018 Triplex Black, Private collection New York
Vertex Yellow, Private collection, New York
Cube Formation Series, Byron Bay
Commission, Private Collection Melbourne
Cube Formation Series, Law Society of NSW
2017 Triplex Large, Bassam Fellows, New Cannan, Connecticut
Converge Large, Mittagong
2016 Cube Formation, Smart Design Studio, Surry Hills
Wall Sculpture, Louisa Rd, Birchgrove
Triplex Blue, Artbank
2015 Brass Bar, The Office Space, Paramount House
Architectural Façade, Chelsea St House
Traced Triplex, Bates Smart, Nicholson St Melbourne
2012 Gowings state Theatre Hotel, Sydney
2011 Intercontinental Crown Hotels, Melbourne
2010 Smirnoff bottle Smirnoff Black launch
2009 Family sculpture in conjunction with Sam Crawford Architects
2006 Artbank
Published:
Australian Financial Review, October 2023
Grand Designs Australia magazine
Issue # 7.4 pages 66 & 67
Art Edit magazine, issue 24
Morgan Shimeld, "The Best Of Minimalism"
Belle Magazine May 2020
House and Garden magazine February 2020
In 2000, Shimeld graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, from the University of Sydney.
Morgan is represented by:
Otomys Contemporary in Melbourne
Day Gallery in Blackheath, Blue Mountains
Solo exhibitions:
• Confluence, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney (2023)
• From The Ground Up, Day Gallery, Blackheath (2023)
• Passage May Space, Sydney (2021)
• Passage Day Gallery Blackheath (2020)
• Vertex at Gallery 2010, Surry Hills (2015)
• Converge at Brenda May Gallery (2011)
• Tracing Constructs at Brenda May Gallery (2008)
• Architectural Evolution at Brenda May Gallery (2006)
Group Exhibitions and Prizes:
2023 Group exhibition, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
KAAF Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
2022 Sydney Contemporary with Martin Browne Gallery, Sydney
Group exhibition with Bronzes, Otomys Contemporary, Melbourne
Finalist, Sculpture At Sawmillers, Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney
2021 Finalist, Sculpture At Scenic World 2021, Katoomba
Summer Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
Winter Group Show, Martin Browne Contemporary, Paddington
Finalist, Sculpture In The Gardens, Rosby Estate, Mudgee
Finalist, Deakin Small Sculpture Prize, Melbourne
2020 Finalist Montalto Sculpture Prize 2020, Victoria
2019 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair – MOD Collective Melbourne
Spring Salon – Otomys Gallery Melbourne
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Piermarq Gallery
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Living Edge Edition
Launch exhibition for The Arts Club, Richmond
2017 Heat, Piermarq Gallery, Sydney
2016 Bronze, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 BassamFellows, Morgan Shimeld, Salone del Mobile 2015, Milan
Morgan Shimeld Sculpture, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture Park, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
Finalist Minumental, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
Winner – Normyle Artist Residency (Minumental)
Finalist Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi
Artisans in the Gardens, Botanic Gardens Trust
Highly Commended - Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Finalist University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Sydney
Winner – Janice Reid Emerging Artists Award (UWS Sculpture Award)
Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2104, Katoomba NSW
Finalist, Sculputre at Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney
Winner – Mayor’s Award (Sculpture at Sawmillers)
2013 Finalist, Mt Buller Sculpture Award, Victoria
Finalist, Montalto Sculpture Prize 2013, Victoria
Finalist, Sculpture at Scenic World 2013, Katoomba NSW
Sculpture 2013, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
Summer Show, MiCK Gallery, Sydney
2012 Heat, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Au Courant, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Sculpture in the vineyards 2012, NSW
Finalist, 6 Inch show, Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011 Sculpture 11, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Group show, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
Lust, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Self Portraits, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
Willoughby Sculpture Prize 2011, Sydney
2010 Sculpture 10, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition 2010, UWS, Sydney
Finding Form Creating Space/ Disrupting Space, UWS, Sydney
Sawmillers Reserve Sculpture Prize, Sawmillers Reserve
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Melbourne
2009 Winner - Royal Show, glass category, Sydney
Encore, Glass Artists Gallery, Sydney
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
Sculpture by the Sea 2009 Bondi, Sydney
2008 Sculpture 2008, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Winner - Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, sculpture category
Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize
2007 Hunters Hill Council Art Prize, Sydney (commended)
New from Australia, Chappell Gallery, New York
2006 Small, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize
Commissions and collections:
2024 Gladstone Hotel QLD, multiple wall sculpture sets
2023 Bronze bench, Sarah and Sebastian collaboration
Cube Formation, Leichhardt
Cube Formation, Edgecliff
Cube Formation, Annandale
2022 Passage 3 Large bronze, Woollahra
Bronze stools, Sarah and Sebastian collaboration
Blue Cube Formation, Charter Hall, Sydney
Cube Formation Pink, Honkas Restaurant, Sydney
2020 Cube Formation Large White, Mosman Sydney
2019 Bronze Reception Desk, Living Edge Perth
Suite of bronze sculptures, Austin Texas
Traced Tower, Blue Mountains
2018 Triplex Black, Private collection New York
Vertex Yellow, Private collection, New York
Cube Formation Series, Byron Bay
Commission, Private Collection Melbourne
Cube Formation Series, Law Society of NSW
2017 Triplex Large, Bassam Fellows, New Cannan, Connecticut
Converge Large, Mittagong
2016 Cube Formation, Smart Design Studio, Surry Hills
Wall Sculpture, Louisa Rd, Birchgrove
Triplex Blue, Artbank
2015 Brass Bar, The Office Space, Paramount House
Architectural Façade, Chelsea St House
Traced Triplex, Bates Smart, Nicholson St Melbourne
2012 Gowings state Theatre Hotel, Sydney
2011 Intercontinental Crown Hotels, Melbourne
2010 Smirnoff bottle Smirnoff Black launch
2009 Family sculpture in conjunction with Sam Crawford Architects
2006 Artbank
Published:
Australian Financial Review, October 2023
Grand Designs Australia magazine
Issue # 7.4 pages 66 & 67
Art Edit magazine, issue 24
Morgan Shimeld, "The Best Of Minimalism"
Belle Magazine May 2020
House and Garden magazine February 2020
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Images by Robert C. Moreton
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