Mal Leckie

Born - Perth, Western Australia. 1952
Art studies - 1970-74 W.A.I.T. (now Curtin Uni.). Associateship in Fine Art - Majored in sculpture but also undertook the full programme of painting units (with Guy Grey-Smith).
Awarded Jackson's Scholarship (1972) as dux aeq.
- 1977 W.A.I.T. (now Curtin Uni.) Post Graduate Diploma in Art Education

Appointments

Art Master - The Southport School 1974-88
Art Critic - Gold Coast Bulletin 1978-82
Chair - Gold Coast Bicentennial Art Committee 1986-8
Gold Coast City - Art Acquisition Committee - 1979-86
Gold Coast City Art Gallery - Advisory panel - 1993-96
Gold Coast Arts Centre Gallery Committee - 1994 - 2007
President - Association of Fine Artists Inc. 1996, 97
Art Columnist - Home and Style Review 1997-9
Tutor – North Coast TAFE 2000-2003
Artist/designer - Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre 2003-4
Gold Coast City Council – Cultural Development Advisory Board 2004-5
Advisory Board – Tweed Regional Gallery 2006-

Exhibitions

31 solo exhibitions and 34 selected group exhibitions since 1976 in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Darwin,
Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Noumea, Hong Kong and numerous regional centres.
Notable galleries – Victor Mace – Brisbane, Broadbeach Gallery, Bruce Watling Gallery – Southport, Schubert Gallery – Southport, Soho Gallery – Sydney, Wagner gallery – Hong Kong, Solander Gallery – Canberra.

Prizes

33 awards in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland since 1972,
including the Gold Coast City Art Prize on 3 occasions.
Notable judges – Alan McCulloch, Udo Schellbach, John Rigby, Barry Pearce, Jeff Makin, Lawrence Daws, Joseph Brown.

Represented

Artbank
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Tweed River Art Gallery
Parliament House Collection - Canberra
Parliament House Collection - Brisbane
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
Barcaldine Shire Collection
Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery
Bond University
Griffith University
Commonwealth Bank HQ - Brisbane
Queensland Premier's Department
Commonwealth Club - Canberra
Corporate collections of Qantas, OTC, CRA, AMP, Suncorp,
Ernst and Young, Pat Corrigan, Conrad Jupiter's, Bond University,
Warner Brothers Studios, Bird Cameron - Perth, Rydges Brisbane
and Morris International - Gold Coast.
School collections - St. Alban's, Trinity Lutheran School - Southport
All Saints College - Gold Coast, Somerset College - Gold Coast.

Bibliography

McCulloch, Alan - Encyclopedia of Australian Art - Hutchinson, 1984
Germaine, Max - Artists and Galleries of Australia Craftsman House 1990
Millington, John - Tropical Visions - University of Qld. Press - 1987
McCulloch, A. and S. Encycl. of Australian Art - Allen and Unwin, 1994.

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