Madeline Simm
b. 1994 Lilydale, Victoria.
Melbourne-based.

Education
2021
Master of Writing and Publishing, RMIT University, Melbourne
2018
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2015
Diploma of Visual Art, RMIT University, Melbourne

Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2023
Blue Skirt Waltz, CHAUFFEUR, Sydney
2022
My friend’s in the other room, Connors Connors, Melbourne
Silver Cloud, Savage Garden, Melbourne
2021
Walking across a square in a green dress, curated by Lucina Lane, 5, Melbourne
2020
Light of a Clear Blue Morning, Book/Coffee/Print/Work.Shop, Melbourne
These Jeans Are Too Tight, with Augusta Vinall-Richardson, 11 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote, Melbourne
2019
Studies for Quilts, Cathedral Cabinet, Nicholas Building, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Carousel, Holiday Program, Melbourne
2023
Disguises, curated by Ruth O’Leary, MEJIA, Melbourne
Surface edge, curated by Darcey Bella Arnold, Sutton Projects, Melbourne
Pink Heat, curated by Emma Nixon, Haydens Gallery, Melbourne
Stray Pages Group Show II, NGBE Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne
The Universe Speaks in Small Paintings, Bard’s Apothecary, Melbourne
Soft Edges, Branching Universe, Melbourne
2022
Atoms and Passions, CHAUFFEUR, Sydney
Lucina Lane, Lisa Radford, Madeline Simm, couch work table, Melbourne
Love, Work (For KD), Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne
Text Tile, Caves Gallery, Melbourne (co-curated with Tia Ansell and Anna Fiedler)
Das Boot, ACCA, Melbourne
Tingling Honey Bee, Branching Universe Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne (co-curated with Angela Brennan)
2021
Full House, Hapua Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Webbed Feet, Connors Connors, Melbourne
The Exterminating Pencil, above 391 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Melbourne
2020
Kindled Spirits, 57b Caroline Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
2019
Friends and Family, Daine Singer, Melbourne
The Process of Making, West Space, Melbourne
Fringe Furniture 33, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
2018
Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of The Arts, Melbourne
Majlis Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Bradd is rich but Bradd has no money, curated by Lucina Lane and Trevelyan Clay, above 20A Centre Place, Melbourne
Garage Sale, Book/Coffee/Print/Work.Shop, Melbourne
La Rosa Social Club, RVCA Head Office, Orange County, United States
2017
La Rosa Social Club, Carriageworks, Sydney
New Works by Casey Jeffery, Jordan Halsall and Madeline Simm, VCA Art Space, Melbourne
Material Matters, curated by Tia Ansell, VCA Art Space, Melbourne
What Are Chives Good For?, The Living Museum of The West, Maribyrnong, Melbourne
Springtime 2, Corner Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne
2016
Springtime, Corner Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne
Fresh!, Painting Department Exhibition, VCA Art Space, Melbourne
2015
Form a Line, Please, Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick, Melbourne

Awards and Commissions
2018
National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award, VCA Graduate Exhibition
Majlis Travelling Scholarship (shortlisted)
2017
Mural, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Window painting, Monk House Design, Brunswick, Melbourne
2016
Maude Glover Fleay Bursary Scholarship
Heide Museum Award, Proud exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
Lightbox Installation, Everyday Coffee, Collingwood, Melbourne

Collections
Artbank Australia
Private Collections Australia, USA and Germany

Commissioned Texts
2022
Outline Imager, Elyss McCleary, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
Morning of the world, Tristan Davies, Laila Gallery, Sydney
Hitting the Nail, Emily Ferretti, Sumer Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand
Introspections, Julia Stewart, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne
Double Violet Continued, Hannah Maskell, published by Stray Pages, Melbourne
2021
Like, tomorrow, Angela Brennan, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
How do you wish for a lifetime of happiness?, Augusta Vinall Richardson, Discordia Gallery, Melbourne
2020
I Haven't Seen The Moon Tonight for Elynor Smithwick, Otomys Contemporary, London/Melbourne (online)

Bibliography
Simm, M 2024, Waterslide, self-published, Melbourne
Simm, M 2023, Click, blink, floral, fade, Stray Pages, Melbourne.
Nixon, E 2023, ‘Pink Heat’, exhibition catalogue, Hayden’s Gallery, July 8.
Pelz, E 2023, ‘Madeline Simm’s ethereal paintings waltz to their own beat’, Art Guide, 15 March.
Miekus, T 2022, ‘Angela Brennan and Madeline Simm’, The Age, December 17.
Maskell, H 2022, Double Violet Continued, Stray Pages, Melbourne.
O’Sullivan, J 2022, ‘Drawing out new threads, Text Tile expands conversation on textiles’, Art Guide, June 23.
Brenneman, B 2021, ‘Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), MADA’, Memo Review, 29 November.
Lee, E 2021, ‘Full House: Exhibition Text’, ART Paper, Issue 00: Tamaki Makaurau.
Wagstaff, C 2019, ‘Dealer’s Hand: Undiscovered Artists’, Art Collector, Issue 88.
Paulin, E 2016, ‘19 Female Artists Unite for Melbourne’s Spring-Time’, Broadsheet online, 23 September.

I wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Land I live and work on. I pay my respect to the Elders both past and present of the Kulin Nation.