Malcolm Sands
Born 1961, Sydney, NSW Australia
Resides and works in Maitland, NSW Australia
Education
2019 Cert IV in Assessment and Workplace Training TAE40116
2002 BEdu (Design and Technology) University of Newcastle (UoN)
2001 Hunter Street TAFE, Certificate in Painting
Workshops, Residencies and Expeditions
2024 Kimberley Painting and Drawing Workshop with Judith White
2022 Artists Larapinta with Michael Herron
2019 Central Australia Artists Expedition with Leo Robba and Lucy Culliton
2019 Workshop with Marie Mansfield
2018 Workshop with Wendy Sharpe and Bernard Ollis
2016 National Art School – workshop with Michelle Hiscock
2016 National Art School – Summer school with Paul Hopmeier
2015 Study tour of Italy
2007 Study tour of France
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Hinterland, Straitjacket, Denison St, Broadmeadow
2024 Tjoritja Travels, Scratch Art Space, Sydenham Rd, Marrickville
2023 Larapinta, Straitjacket, Denison St, Broadmeadow
2019 A Painters Journey, Newcastle Art Space, Chinchen St, Islington
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
Reviver, Newcastle Art Space, Chinchen St, Islington
2023 DECADE, Scratch Art Space, Sydenham Rd, Marrickville
Realm, The Owens Collective, Maitland Rd, Islington
2022 Arts for Health, John Hunter Hospital
2021 gatherED, Watt Space Gallery, Auckland St, Newcastle
2020 IGN Art Fair (online event), Hosted by Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Newcastle Art Space Retrospective, Newcastle Art Space, Chinchen St, Islington
2019 The Seven Painters Celebrate Nineteen Years, The Owens Collective, Islington
From the Land, Duckrabbit, Little Eveleigh St, Redfern
2018 IGN Art Fair, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
The Land, Project Gallery 90, Oxford St, Paddington
Gallery 139 at Sheffer Gallery, Sheffer Gallery, Lander St, Darlington
The Great Outdoors, Gallery 139, Beaumont St, Hamilton
2017 IGN Art Fair, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Directors Choice, Gallery 139, Beaumont St, Hamilton
Gallery 139 at Janet Clayton Gallery, Janet Clayton Gallery, Oxford St, Paddington
Big Bad Land, Gallery 139, Beaumont St, Hamilton
Drawn Upstairs, Newcastle Art Space, Chinchen St, Islington
2016 Seven Painters Sweet Sixteen, Newcastle Art Space, Parry St, Newcastle
2015 Seven Painters, Newcastle Art Space, Parry St, Newcastle
2014 Seven Painters, Newcastle Art Space, Parry St, Newcastle
2013 Art for Waratah, Hunter New England Health Waratah Campus
2011 Seven Painters, Nobbys, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2010 Seven Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2009 Seven Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2008 Seven Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2007 Seven Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2006 Six Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2005 Eight Painters, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2004 Bridges to Bridegrooms, John Paynter Gallery, Hunter St, Newcastle
2003 Wanderings: Selected works by Maitland artists, Maitland City Art Gallery
2002 Newcastle Eclectic Painters Collaborative, Intrados Gallery, King St Newcastle
2000 Blink, Hunter Street TAFE, Hunter St, Newcastle West
Awards
2020 Finalist, The Picture House Art Prize, Gunning Arts Festival
2017 Finalist, WWAS 9x5 Art Prize
2003 Finalist, 46th Maitland Art Prize, Section C, Maitland Showground
2003 Finalist, Annual Emerging Artists Prize, Newcastle Art Space
2001 Finalist, Annual Emerging Artists Prize, Newcastle Art Space
2001 Winner, section C, 44th Maitland Art Prize
Collections
Private Collections in the Hunter Valley and Sydney
Publications
2021 Newcastle Herald Weekender, Saturday May 8, 2021, page 37
2019 Newcastle Herald Weekender, Saturday October 26, 2019, page 32
2018 Art Almanac, June 2018, page 147
2018 Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Star, Wednesday May 30, 2018, page 17
2016 Newcastle Herald, Weekender, Saturday November 19, 2016, page 40
2015 Newcastle Herald, Weekender, Saturday July 15, 2015, page 34
2010 Newcastle Herald, H2, Saturday February 6, 2010, page 11
2008 Newcastle Herald, Saturday July 19, 2015, page 22
2008 Newcastle Herald, H2, Saturday August 8, 2008