CANCELLED /
IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHELLE GEARIN
5:30PM - 7PM, 1st February, 2023
CANCELLED: Join us for an intimate in-conversation with artist Michelle Gearin as she discusses her exhibition DOUBLE RAINBOW.
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled as Michelle recovers from Covid-19. We wish her a speedy recovery and look forward to working with her again in the future. Make sure to visit us this week for the final days of Michelle’s exhibition DOUBLE RAINBOW closing this Sunday 5 February 2023.
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Join artist Michelle Gearin and The Lock-Up’s Artistic Director Courtney Novak as they discuss Gearin’s current exhibition DOUBLE RAINBOW.
Listen as Michelle describes her artistic practice and her use of new mediums to create expressive and deeply personal works responding to the power of the human eye and the science of optics.
ABOUT MICHELLE GEARIN
Michelle Gearin (b. 1979) is a Newcastle based multidisciplinary artist who uses painting, sound and installation to create immersive works that explore the themes of human connection and perception, sensory overload and stimulatory behaviour, social alienation and longing.
She holds a BFA in painting from the University of Newcastle where she received the vice chancellor award. In 2010, Michelle was awarded the $25,000 Marten Bequest Scholarship for painting. Gearin’s work has been exhibited in public and private galleries across Australia and is held in public and private collections internationally.
