Mirka Madeleine Mora b. 18 March 1928

Also known as Mirka Mora, Mirka Madeleine Zelik
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Mirka Mora’s joyeous experimental art gave a bohemian flavour to Melbourne life, both with her former husband, the resistance fighter and restaurateur Georges, and then with her wide circle of friends and extended family.
Tags: bohemian, Feminist
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
Mirka Mora: where angels fear to tread: 50 years of art 1948-1998
Date
1999
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Heide exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Mirka Mora: where angels fear to tread: 50 years of art 1948-1998 / compiled by Max Delany and Murrary White. Bulleen, Vic: Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 1999
ISBN 0947104534

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Painting
exhibited at
Women at Watters
Date
22 February 1995 - 11 March 1995
Place
Watters Gallery, East Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition, Watters Gallery
exhibited at
Mirka Mora
Date
1990
Place
Arthouse, Launceston, TAS
Description

An exhibition of 42 oil paintings, drawings and embroideries. Source: Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.

Tags
Minor Solo
exhibited at
Embroideries of Mirka Mora
Date
1978
Place
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
BFAG annual report; UTAS catalogue

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Textiles
exhibited at
Project 20: Fabric Art
Date
3 September 1977 - 9 October 1977
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mirka Mora: Paintings: 'The Finding of Erichthonius'
Date
5 June 1968 - 22 June 1968
Place
Watters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Tags
Watters Gallery
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1959
Date
6 March 1959 - 14 March 1959
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Type
Exhibition