Michele Irving is an artist who works mainly with fabric, combining this with embroidery, paint and beads.
“I enjoy the versatility of textiles and the amazing colour range. Another reason is the feeling of following previous generations. My great-grandmother, grandmother and mother all stitched. It is my mother who taught me my first sewing skills.”
The themes of her work are predominantly about animals, often combining myths and fairytales with a play on words. Her animals live in another world in which they dream, dance, and celebrate life!
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
2019: All Good Things 18 - 24 February. Thistle Hall, Wellington.
2018: Last Light: group Show at The Makers, 65 Abel Smith St. April 27 - May 26
2017: ROAR! Mince Pies December 2017
2016: Creatures 5-31 May 2016 at ROAR! Gallery
2015: Solander Christmas Exhibition - Made By Hand 27 Nov-24 Dec at Solander Gallery. 200 x 200, 27 Nov - 18 Dec at Kina NZ Design + Art Space.2014: Grimm. 7 March – 1 April 2014 Kina NZ Design + Artspace, New Plymouth
2013: Myths and Legends - Matchbox, Wellington, 26 Nov - 8 Dec. Resolutions - Matariki Exhibition at The Poi Room, Auckland, June. Circus Spectacular - Roar Gallery, Wellington, March
2012: Pirates at ROAR Gallery – May 2012
2011: 'I Say, I Say, I Say' – Roar Gallery, Wellington, November. Twisted Dolls – Roar Gallery, Wellington
2010: Christmas Show – Roar Gallery, Wellington. Monsters – MyGalaxi, Wellington
2009: My Cuba Street – South Coast Gallery, Wellington. Robot Show – Thistle Hall, Wellington. Wellington Fringe – Open Studios, Wellington
2008: Wonderland – Toi Poneke, Wellington. Roar Mince Pies – Roar Gallery, Wellington. Capital Times – Best of Wellington 2008 Readers’ Poll. Voted Best Craft: Artist. Latitude 41 – Kina NZ Design + Art Space, New Plymouth. In the Grass – Quilts by Clare Smith and Stitched Beetles by Michele Irving – Minerva. Teaching My Dog New Tricks – Roar Gallery.
2007: A Canvas in A Pear – Roar Gallery. Rewritten and Crafted Fairy Tales by Michele Irving – Roar Gallery.nROARski Wonderful World of Carnivalesque – Roar Gallery.
2006: Creatures of Comfort – Roar Gallery. Post From home – Roar Gallery, Wellington