Michael Gromm
Michael Gromm was born Mt Gambier in 1980, he received his Bachelor of Arts (fine arts) in 2001 from the University of Ballarat.
Michael has exhibited widely over the last ten years, and has been a finalist in many National art prizes including the Metro Art Prize, the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize In 2015 he was the recipient of the Exploration Emerging Art Award at Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne.
Recently based in Bali, Indonesia, Michael is focusing on painting as a full time career and is relishing in the inspiration that surrounds him, as well as the cultural contradictions that exist.
Michael’s works are process driven paintings that mix eclectic ensemble of techniques and visual ideals. His work is simultaneously gestural and random, considered and controlled.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (fine arts) University of Ballarat.
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Pause, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2016
Disco/end/ever, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2013
Comfort/Competition, Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran.
2011
takemetodisneyland, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2010
What we want, Incinerator Arts Complex, Moonee Ponds.
we/abstract, Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran.
2009
Everything You Know is Wrong, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2008
GROMM, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2007
KALEIDOSCOPE, Wall Gallery. Ascot Vale.
2006
Little pieces of chaos, Wall Gallery, Ascot Vale.
2005
Beach Balls and Ballerinas, Go! Gallery, Geelong.
2001
Photopaintings, University of Ballarat, Ballarat.
Group Exhibitions
2015
Exploration 15, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2014
Time and Place, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2014
Blue Print, Brunswick Arts, Brunswick.
2012
Little Landscapes, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2011
New Paint, Subject Matter Gallery, Hawthorn.
2010
art][seven, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong.
2009
Art Melbourne with Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne.
2008
Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Award, Geelong Gallery.
2007
Philip Adams + Michael Gromm, Little Malop Gallery, Geelong.
Emerging Geelong Artists, Little Malop Gallery, Geelong.
2001
Slow germination, Graduation exhibition, Chapel Off chapel, Prahan.
Awards and art prizes
2016
Finalist, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize.
2015
Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award.
Finalist, Incinerator Art Award: Art for Social Change.
Winner, Flinders Lane Gallery Emerging Artist Award.
2012
Finalist, Scope Galleries Art Prize.
2010
Finalist, Metro Gallery Art Prize.
2008
Finalist, Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize.
2001
Winner, David Pratt Drawing Award.
Michael Gromm
Pseudo-neo on Sunday
Oil, acrylic on canvas
115 x 90 cm
$3,000
Michael Gromm
All my tops have curry stains
Oil, acrylic on canvas
115 x 90cm
$3,000
Michael Gromm
Untie your dogs
Oil, acrylic on canvas
139 x 118 cm
$4,500
Michael Gromm
My coffee needed more ice
Oil, acrylic on canvas
141 x 136 cm
$5,000
Michael Gromm
I took a photo with you in the background
Oil, acrylic on canvas
141 x 136 cm