Edith Cowan University purchased the artwork "The weight of waiting" which was commissioned by Wesley Church for the exhibition Stations of the Cross 2017. Artwork details: Mel Dare, The weight of waiting, acrylic paint and ink on wooden panel, 80 x 120cm, 2017...
13 - 27 August 2017 Nyisztor Gallery - Melville, Western Australia SCENE features professional Western Australian artists in this third artist-run art expo at Nyisztor Studio. Curated by Ron Nyisztor. Artists: Charmaine Ball Bruno Booth Jana Braddock Penny Bovell Nathan Brooker Olga Cironis Ben Crappsley Andrew Daly Mel Dare Michael Doherty Robert Dorizzi Michael Francas Robert Gear Chris Hopewell George Howlett Harry Hummerston Eveline Kotai Sue...
26th May - 11th June 2017 Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA Running for the 8th year, the Stations of the Cross is curated by Claire Bushby and featured newly commissioned artworks by fifteen Western Australian contemporary artists. The artists were invited to created artworks, specially commissioned for...
8 July - 10 September 2017 Bunbury Regional Gallery, Bunbury, WA The Bunbury Biennale is a juried exhibition which brings together works by contemporary artists from across Western Australia. Featuring some of the state’s most respected visual arts practitioners, alongside emerging and mid-career artists it is a chance...
Lakeside Centre Joondalup, Joondalup, WA 15 - 28 October 2017 The CIAA is a prestigious annual art prize showcasing outstanding talent by Western Australian artists working in a variety of media including painting, photography and sculpture. Congratulations to these 15 artists invited to participate in the Community Invitation Art...
Mid West Art Prize 2017 17 June - 31 July 2017 The Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, with our partners, is proud to deliver one of the most prominent and valuable prizes in Western Australia. Opened on Friday the 16th of June by The Acting Director of Exhibitions...
Mel Dare is one of 20 artists invited to participate in the A Portrait of Taiwan in Perth project curated by Ashley Yihsin Chang in affiliation with Turner Galleries. Each Taiwanese participant was paired with a local artist. They had an initial discussion about a significant...
8 - 17 April 2017 Wesley Church, Perth, WA Running for the 8th year, the Stations of the Cross is curated by Claire Bushby and featured newly commissioned artworks by fifteen Western Australian contemporary artists. The artists were invited to created artworks, specially commissioned for the show. The fifteen...
Silence Awareness Existence Thematic residency program for artists, scientists & deep minds Arteles Creative Center in Hämeenkyrö, Finland March 2018 Silence Awareness Existence is a thematic residency program in Finland for artists and creative minds, engaged in the theme on various fields. The program brings together each year a group...
City of Joondalup acquires 6 works from the "100 Days to Create a Narrative" series. Images details: Mel Dare, acrylic, ink and pencils on wooden panels, 10 x 10cm each. Image title from the 100 Days to Create a Narrative series: Day 7: New roles, Day 9:...