Neon Parc | Moya McKenna

Born 1973, Guildford, UK. Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

Selected works (33)

Exhibitions (5)

‘Mother's Foot’
Brunswick
11 Nov.–17 Dec.
2022

‘A zebra returns’
City
7 Mar.–13 Apr.
2019

‘Bridges, paths, walls’
City
31 Mar.–24 Apr.
2009

‘A body of content arranged for melody’
City
29 Apr.–30 May.
2008

‘Paintings’
City
3 Jul.–27 Jul.
2007

Curriculum vitae (PDF)

Solo Exhibitions

2022: ‘Mother’s Foot’, Neon Parc Brunswick, Melbourne
2019: ‘A zebra returns’, Neon Parc City, Melbourne
2013: ‘Branch line’, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2012: ‘Ride’, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
2011: ‘Sowing parts for uncertain meetings’, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2010: ‘Sowing parts for uncertain meetings’, Melbourne ArtFair, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2009: ‘A cut through history’, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne; ‘Good Fortune’, NADA, Miami Art Fair, Miami, Florida; ‘Bridges, paths, walls’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2008: ‘A body of content arranged for melody’, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2007: ‘New Paintings’, Neon Parc, Melbourne; ‘New Paintings’, Gallery9, Sydney
2003: ‘Still Life’, TCB Art Inc., Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022: ‘Animal Instinct: Moya McKenna and Albert Tucker’, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; ‘absent as well as present, missing as well as given’, Sydenham International, Sydenham
2021: ‘Matisse Alive’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; ‘I am here’, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2020: ‘Anywhere but here: MCA Primavera Acquisitions’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2019: ‘Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2018: ‘Today Tomorrow Yesterday’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; ‘Bayside Art Prize’, Bayside Gallery, Brighton
2017: ‘Dirty Filthy Painting’, Byron School of Art, Byron Bay
2016: ‘Shut up and paint’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; ‘Painting. More Painting’, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2015: ‘From the Collection’, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2014: ‘Re-Raising Consciousness’, TCB Art Inc., Melbourne; ‘20/200’, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney; ‘Learning to leave’, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne; ‘Ready Player One’, Station, Melbourne
2013: ‘Melbourne Now’, National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne; ‘Melbourne Group Show’, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne
2012: ‘MASCULIN FEMININ’, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney; ‘Negotiating this world: Contemporary Australian Art’, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV, Melbourne
2011: ‘Opening Show’, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne; ‘Impossible Objects 1’, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne; ‘Model pictures’, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2010: ‘Studio Artists 2010’, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne; ‘Change’, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne; ‘Contemporary encounters’, The Ian Potter Centre, NGV, Melbourne

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
City of Melbourne, Melbourne
Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne
University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bayside City Council, Brighton

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Moya McKenna, 'Dialogue at the wall', 2009. Oil on linen, 122 x 96.5 cm.

Moya McKenna,, 'A bridge to the present', 2009. Oil on linen, 96.5 x 122 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Ancient path', 2008-9. Oil on linen, 122 x 86 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Milk', 2008. Oil on linen, 87.5 x 72 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Eater', 2019. Oil on canvas, 97 x 84 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Surprise! Chewing over the whole fruit', 2019. Oil on canvas, 84 x 97 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Bite back', 2019. Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 97 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Memory is liquid', 2019. Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 122 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'A different melody', 2019. Oil on canvas, 84 x 97 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Exit into the green', 2019. Oil on canvas, 97 x 112 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Apparition', 2013. Oil on canvas, 76 x 71 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Ride', 2012. Oil on linen, 86.5 x 122 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Hot pumpkin', 2011. Oil on linen, 71.5 x 106.5 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Cosmic Trio', 2012. Oil on linen, 106.5 x 71.5 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Crossing', 2012. Oil on linen, 71.5 x 106.5 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Wave in the middle', 2012. Oil on linen, 71.5 x 106.5 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Infinite Pool', 2012. Oil on linen, 86.5 x 122 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Return', 2012. Oil on linen, 71.5 x 106.5 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Branch line', 2013. Oil on canvas, 86 x 71 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Chalk', 2012. Oil on canvas, 107 x 71 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Cosmic Mourning', 2007. Oil on canvas, 76 × 71 cm.

Installation view, Moya McKenna, 'A zebra returns', Neon Parc City, 2019.

Moya McKenna, 'Overshot', 2013. Oil on canvas, 71 x 112 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Red Lick', 2011. Oil on linen, 106.5 x 71.5 cm.

Installation view, 'Primavera', Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2008. Curated by Hannah Matthews.

Moya McKenna, 'Spirited, 2007. Oil on canvas, 76 × 61 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Stuck With Death, 2007. Oil on canvas, 71 × 61 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'Terminus', 2013. Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm.

Moya McKenna, 'The Patriarch', 2007. Oil on canvas, 162.5 × 71 cm.