Man wearing a hat and sunglasses painting outdoors with watercolors at a park.

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