McLean Edwards studied at the Canberra School of Art. Since that time he has exhibited his work in numerous group and solo shows including the Archibald Prize at the AGNSW in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
McLean currently lives and works in Sydney and has exhibited with MBFA since 2002.
Studied
Canberra School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2008 The End, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2007 New Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2006 Non Fiction, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2005 The Revenge of Maggie Dubrovnik, Martin Browne Fine Art at the Silvershot Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Mexican Brides, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2003 Down and Dirty for the Lord, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2003 Opening Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2002 Year of the Rat, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2002 Recent Paintings and Drawings, Chapman Gallery, Manuka ACT
2002 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2001 Headway, Legge Gallery, Redfern NSW
2000 I wanted to be normal for You, Legge Gallery, Redfern NSW
2000 The trembling man paintings Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1999 Recent works Legge Gallery, Sydney
1998 Nudes and other recent works Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1998 New Paintings Legge Gallery, Sydney
1998 Give ‘em hell Galeri Tenguh, Jakarta, Indonesia
1997 Pygmalion Legge Gallery, Sydney
1996 Silly boy paintings Legge Gallery, Sydney
1995 Portraits Legge Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Autumn Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2008 New Works by Gallery Artists, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Summer Exhibition, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Autumn Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Winter Catalogue, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2004 Sulman Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2003 A Selection of 20th Century Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Art, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney (March 2003)
2003 A Selection of Important 20th Century Australian Paintings,
2003 Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney (May 2003)
2002 Seventh Australia Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
2002 A Summer Show, December, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2001 Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
2001 Sulman Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of NSW
1999 Contemporary Art: Allen Allen & Hemsley Collection, UTS Gallery Sydney
1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1997 Yogyakarta Art Fair
1997 Five Painters, Legge Gallery
1997 Sanguine Valediction, Legge Gallery
1996 Kings Art Prize, Kings College
1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
1995 Summer Exhibition, Legge Gallery
1994 Travelling Art Scholarship, Works Gallery, UNSW
1994 Artists Don't Believe In Sanity Clause, Legge Gallery
Collections
Australian War Memorial Museum, Canberra
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Allens Arthur Robinson
Artbank
Deutsche Bank
PT Kodel (Indonesia)
Macquarie Bank
Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand, UK, U.S.A and Indonesia
Selected Bibliography
Daniel Smith ”The Sitting” Harper’s Bazar Australia, April 2006, p 34 – 40 and cover
Elizabeth Fortescue ”Right on Topsy of his World” Daily Telegraph 21 April 2006
Sebastian Smee ”Old masterful vision with stories full of colour” The Australian, 11 April 06
Megan Doherty Canberra Times 29 April 2006
The Art Life “The Darkness” April 2006 http://artlife.blogspot.com/2006/04/darkness.html
The Art Life “Eyes are Hard to Paint” March 2006 http://artlife.blogspot.com/2006/03/eyes-are-hard-to-paint.html
John McDonald “Year of the very Big Head” Sydney Morning Herald, 17 March 2006 p. 14
Sophie Tedmanson “Artist’s mate puts Cate in the Archibald picture” The Australian, 8 March 2006.
Clay Lucas “Studio Chaos suits Edwards’ Style” The Age, 30 May 2005, Metro section p. 5
”Archies Pack ‘em in” Weekend Australian, 11 – 12 March 2006 p. 31
John Kavanagh,Blue-Chip Contemporary 18 -24 December 2003, BRW
McLean Edwards – Paintings 2002-2005 , Martin Browne Fine Art 2005 c ISSN 1323-7675 , Design Strategy , Sydney , Australia
Sony Barron, Flaws Fail to deter Queues 16 January 2002 Canberra Times
McLean Edwards – Paintings 1993-2002 Martin Browne Fine Art 2002 c ISSN 1323-7675
Ron Cerabona, A Challenging Display 10 January 2002 Canberra Times
Australian Style Magazine, June 2002