Artists

Born Geelong, Victoria, 1979: Currently lives and works in Melbourne.

In 2010 Mangan exhibited an ambitious new body of work as part of the 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Before & After Science. Mangan held a studio at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces from 2001-2002, exhibiting two separate bodies of work at Studio 12 during this time. Other solo exhibitions include two shows at Sutton Gallery; Penthouse and Pavement, Melbourne, 2002; and Tenement, Fitzroy, 1999. Notable group exhibitions include Event Horizon, Centre for Contemporary Photography; Stick It! Collage in Australia Art, National Gallery of Victoria both 2010. super natural, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2006; Balnaves Sculpture Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006; Molecular History of Everything, Curated by Juliana Engberg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2004-2005; 2004 : Australian Culture Now, A Collaboration Between the National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre of the Moving Image, Melbourne, 2004; Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2004; Work in Progress, Next Wave Festival, Spacement, Melbourne, 2004; 2003 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 2003; In the Making, 1st Floor Artists' and Writers' Space, Fitzroy, and Monash University, Gippsland, 2002-03; Mutable Spaces, curated by Josh Milani, Metro Arts, Brisbane, 2002.

In a short exhibiting career Mangan's work has received much critical acclaim through writings in particular journals, such as Eyeline, Monument and Melbourne Magazine. The artist exhibited a substantial body of new works at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Fitzroy, in 2005. Mangan undertook a New York Studio Residency, funded by the Australia Council, in 2006.

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Comparative materials 2007

Mangan_Art Forum Review_August_2009

Nicholas Managan CV 2010