Hilarie Mais b. 1952

  • Artist (Sculptor)
Born in England, contemporary abstract sculptor Hilarie Mais has been living and exhibiting in Australia since 1980. She has also shown her work internationally and has had her work shown several times in the Sydney Biennale, Perspecta and the Australian Sculpture Triennial.
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Educated at Bradford School of Art, Winchester School of Art and The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, Hilarie Mais held her first solo exhibition in 1977 at Cuningham Ward Gallery in SoHo, New York, followed by other exhibitions at Cuningham Ward and the Madeline Carter Gallery, Boston (both 1979).

During this early intensive period in her working development, when deconstructive and feminist discourses were at their dialectical apogee, Hilarie Mais’s largely constructive sculptural works became increasingly subjective and associative in character, culminating in her 1979-80 'Weapon Series’, shown at the Betty Cuningham Gallery (1981). Hilarie Mais also took part in various group exhibitions in the United States and Britain at this time.

In 1980, Hilarie Mais came to Sydney, where she was still living and working in 2006. Her first Australian works were exhibited in 1984 in the exhibition 'New Friends’ at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. She joined Sherman Galleries in 1994, where she has since held seven solo exhibitions.

At the time of writing, Hilarie Mais has held 24 solo exhibitions and been included in 90 group exhibitions in Australia, the United States, Asia and Europe, including the Australian Sculpture Triennials (1984, 1987), Australian Perspecta (1985), the Biennale of Sydney (1986, 1988), 'Dissonance, Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism and Art’ (1991) and 'Spirit and Place: Art in Australia 1861-1996’ (1996). Retrospective survey exhibitions of her works were held at the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (1990) and the Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery (2004).

Hilarie Mais has received numerous awards, including an Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Board Fellowship and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries and numerous regional gallery collections, as well as corporate and private collections in Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Murray-Cree, Laura
Date written:
2006
Last updated:
2011

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  • Woolley & Associates, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Visy Board Collection, SA (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld (collected in)
  • University College, London, UK (collected in)
  • TAB Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Smorgon Contemporary Australian Art Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK (collected in)
  • Shell Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Seidler Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Samsung Corporation, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • SA Brewing Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Parliament Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Medibank Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mecenat Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Macquarie Bank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Liszt Foundation, New York (collected in)
  • ICI Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • IBM Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Deutsche Bank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Chartwell Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand (collected in)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Myer Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Australian Capital Equity Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • ASER Sculpture Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Woolley & Associates, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Wesfarmers Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Visy Board Collection, SA (collected in)
  • University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. (collected in)
  • University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld (collected in)
  • University College, London, UK (collected in)
  • TAB Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Smorgon Contemporary Australian Art Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK (collected in)
  • Shell Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Seidler Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Samsung Corporation, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • SA Brewing Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Parliament Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Medibank Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Mecenat Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Macquarie Bank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Liszt Foundation, New York (collected in)
  • ICI Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • IBM Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Deutsche Bank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Chartwell Collection, New Plymouth, New Zealand (collected in)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Campbelltown City Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Myer Collection, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Australian Capital Equity Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Vic. (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • ASER Sculpture Collection, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)