Strathnairn Arts Exhibition Award 2009

Michele Grimston

Michele Grimston is a visual artist and community cultural development practitioner based in the ACT.  She completed her honours degree in textiles at the Australian National University School of Art in 2009 and in 2014, she graduated with a Masters in Community Cultural Development from the Victorian College of the Arts.

She has held solo shows in Canberra, Melbourne and Perth and undertaken multiple artist residencies – creating individual works at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada and working with schools and community groups across Australia to facilitate community created work.

The common thread across her works is connection.  Grimston explores the connections which hold together the systems of our world – whether these be personal, social or ecological.  The flimsy materials and labour intensive practices that form the base of her individual practice, hint at the fragility of such systems and the ongoing effort required to sustain them, while her community based works attempt to actively engage in this effort.    

https://www.michelegrimston.com/

ANU School of Art & Design Graduation Exhibition Catalogue 2009