Mirka Mora (b.1928)

Biography

1928 Born in Paris
1947 Married George Mora
1951 Emigrated to Australia
1953 Helped to revive the Contemporary Artists’ Society

Selected Exhibitions

Around thirty-five solo exhibitions since 1956, including:
1956, 57 Contemporary Art Society, Melbourne
1958, 61 Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1963 Douglas Gallery, Brisbane
1967 Tolarno Galleries. Melbourne
1968 Waters Gallery, Sydney
1999 'Mirka Mora: Where Angels Fear to Tread', major retrospective exhibition, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne

Awards

2002 Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French government

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Ararat Regional Gallery
Darnell Trust, Brisbane University
Myer Collection
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne
National Australia Bank, Melbourne
Federation Tapestry, Melbourne Museum
St Kilda Pier Entrance Pavilion
Bennelong, National Theatre Trust, Sydney
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
Adelaide Festival Centre
Perth Festival
Burdekin Library and Theatre, Sydney
Balzac Restaurant, Melbourne
Tolarno Restaurant, Melbourne
The Bacchae and Medea, Playbox Theatre, Melbourne
Painted Tram, Victorian Ministry of the Arts, Melbourne
Christmas stamp designs, Australia Post
Private collections in Australia, UK, USA and France

Sources:
Bianca McCullogh, 'Australian Naïve Painters, Hill of Content', Melbourne, 1977
'Mirka Mora', exhibition catalogue, Australian Sculpture Gallery, Narrabundah, 1968
William Mora Gallery website

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