Max Dingle OAM - curatorial , education, media, publications
Education
1971 – 1972 Nowra TAFE
1973 – 1974 National Art School
1977 Sculpture Centre, The Rocks
1981 - 1983 Screen Printing – Sydney Technical College
2004 Welding – Meadowbank TAFE
2007 Art Welding – National Art School
2009 Art Welding – National Art School
Media / Bibliography
1976 Sun Herald article on Paddington galleries – Lorel’s Place
2010 South Coast Style, winter 2010 “Art = Life” by Colleen Duncan ISSN 1 449-8359
2010 Defiance News Dec 2010 “ Winner of Catalyst Award”
2011 Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract 2011 ISBN 978-0-646-54520-2
2011 South Coast Register 3 Aug 2011 “Sticking it out” by Jeff Stephenson
2011 Arts Rush Phaedra exhibition
2011 Sussex Inletter 7 Dec 2011 “Sussex Day View News”
2011 Exposedartz 2011 catalogue
2012 Cossack Art Award catalogue
2012 Sussex Inletter 30 May 2012
2013 Art Guide Australia May-June 2013 Margaret Dredge Retrospective - curator quoted
2013 Art Monthly 261 July 2013 "Not the usual Book Club story- Margaret Dredge Retrospective" by Dr Juliette Peers
2013 PurpleSkin issue 4 September 2013 "Max on Show - art & the influence of Fredrico Garcia Lorca"
2014 Purpleskin issue 6 - March 2014 "Max on Show - Studio time"
2014 National Library of Australia, oral history "Australian Generations project - Max Dingle" by Matthew Higgins
2014 South Coast Register 25 October "Shoalhaven City Arts Centre trio of exhibitions open"
2014 South Coast Register 18 December "Shoalhaven City Arts Centre exhibitions thrice as nice"
2016 http://www.createdin.com.au/index.php/creative-minds/112-max-dingle-australian-artist
2016 Created in artists in the Shoalhaven - booklet
2016 South Coast Register Nov WAAM women's abstract exhibition
2016 South Coast Register Dec WAAM women's abstract exhibition
2016 What's on NSW website - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2016 Art.Base e-newsletter - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2016 Illawarra Mercury Dec - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum and Gallery
2016 Art.Base e-newsletter Out of Earth and Flame : ceramics in the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
2016 "Art food and the Sublime" The Aristologist No 7 ISSN 2253-5225 (7)
2017 Art.Base e-newsletter - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2017 What's on NSW website - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2017 NAS e-newsletter - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2018 Art.Base e-newsletter - Max Dingle New Works. The Wall : art projects Ulladulla
2018 SRGallery e-news - Max Dingle New Works. The Wall : art projects Ulladulla
2018 RNZ Eyewitness - mention Max Dingle artist displays food related surreal art at NZ Gastronomy Symposium
2018 https://compost.sydney - artwork by Max Dingle
2019 http://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/ photography and symposium logo design credits.
2019 South Coast Register Jan 25 "The Shoalhaven's Australia Day Award Winners" Maxwell Dingle contribution to the arts
2019 Art Almanac June Ed The Haven Art Award - Curator MGD quoted re diversity and quality of entries
2019 Allan Baptist OAM - Judges Notes re See Change Art Award Exhibition 2019
2020 South Coast Register - Max Dingle Australia Day Order of Australia Medal
2020 Jervis Bay & Basin Arts Newsletter - Life Member is awarded Governor General's Order of Australia Award
2020 Sussex Inletter 26 Feb 2020 - Max Dingle OAM
2020 Sussex Inletter 30 Sept 2020 - Max Dingle OAM
Publications
Personal Journeys : 40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art 2009 ISBN 978-0-646-50832-0 M Dingle
Black is the Colour…. 2010 ISBN 978-0-646-52904-2 M Dingle
Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract 2011 ISBN 978-0-646-54520-2 M Dingle
Less is More: More or Less 2012 ISBN 978-0-646-57149-2 M Dingle
Margaret Dredge – Retrospective 1960 to 2001 ISBN 978-0-646-57900-9 M Dingle & Rhonda Dredge
Elisabeth Cummings - Landscapes and Interiors ISBN 978-0-646-93063-3 M Dingle & John McDonald
WAAM! its women's abstract art man! 2016 ISBN 9780646962542 M Dingle
Vicki Varvaressos - Painting in the same language 2018 ISBN 978-0-6483014-2-4 M Dingle & Joanna Mendlessohn
Guy Warren - River Rainforest Rock 2018 ISBN 978-0-6483014-3-1 G Barkley et al (M Dingle - Art Photography)
Articles
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 1 Jan / Feb 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
Artist makes her mark - South Coast Register 27 March 2013 article on Margaret Dredge Retrospective
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 2 Mar / Apr 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 3 May / Jun 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 4 Sep / Nov 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 5 Dec 13 / Feb 2014 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 6 Mar / May 2014 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
Cultural Tourism - article - Dialogue magazine No 13 Winter 2014 Shoalhaven City Council
"Art food and the Sublime" The Aristologist No 7 ISSN 2253-5225 (7) 2016
"Local - Riccarton House Dinner" The Aristologist No 9 ISSN 2253-5225 (9) 2018
" Art - Fetish Fantasy Food : Stories & Sculpture" paper 22nd Symposium Australian Gastronomy Nov 2018
" Art - Fetish Fantasy Food : Stories & Collage" paper 12th Symposium New Zealand Gastronomy Dec 2018
"O Fie 'Tis an unweeded Garden that goes to Seed" paper 13th Symposium New Zealand Gastronomy Feb 2020
Paper "Unweeded Garden.." published - https://compost.sydney/2020/02/09/tis-and-unweeded-garden-that-goes-to-seed/ 2020
Video & paper "Memory of a Performance - Mouth" Symposium of Australian Gastronomy SAG23Convidium Brisbane July 2020
Video & paper "Mouth" Symposium of New Zealand Gastronomy - A Digital Hui Palmerstone North Nov 2020
Curatorial
1982 Craft of Woodworking exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
Wallpaper exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
1983 Craft of Woodworking exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
1984 Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop
Australian Gems & Jewellery exhibition Australian Museum Shop
1985 African Artifacts exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Fijian ceramics exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
1986 Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Greek Replicas exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Indonesian Artifacts exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
2009 Personal Journey: 40 years of Australian women’s abstract art
exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2010 Black is the Colour… exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2010 New Acquisitions exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Making Do : Art from found objects exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Matej Andraž Vogrinčič ’s Car Park - Members Only : A Documentary
Installation, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2012 Less is More: more or less exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2013 Margaret Dredge - Retrospective 1960 – 2001 Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2014 "Mental Heath Art Prize" Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - Judge
2014 "Samuel Elyard" exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - opening Oct 2014
2014 "Elizabeth Cummings" exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - opening Dec 2014
2014 "NOW - Jervis Bay & Basin Contemporary Art prize - Committee (organisation & selection for exhibition)
2014 Escape Artfest "Alley Archies Portrait prize" - Judge
2014 Escape Artfest "RIPE : Sculpture at Cupitt's" prize - Judge
2015 "NOW - Jervis Bay & Basin 2015 Contemporary Art prize - curator (selection of finalists, planning & hang of exhibition)
2015 “The Metaphysical Edge” exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre – curator + guided tours
2016 Gallipoli exhibition by Alison Chiam opening address Jervis Bay Museum March 2016
2016 Rhythmic Encounters by Sue Smalkowski opening address Hazelhurst Gallery March 2016
2016 Out of Earth and Flame : ceramics in the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - curator + guided tour
2016 WAAM: its Women's Abstract Art Man! Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2017 WAAM: its Women's Abstract Art Man! Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator talks & guided tours
2017 Margaret Dredge: Works on Paper Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - curator + panel discussion
2018 SeeChange Art Festival Sandholme House exhibition - curator and Judge
2018 Samuel Elyard: The Coastal Paintings exhibition Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2018 Samuel Elyard: Cape St. George Lighthouse 1860 - 1899 exhibition Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2018 Vicki Varvaressos - figurative & abstract survey Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - curator
2019 SeeChange Art Festival - The Haven Art Award exhibition of painting and sculpture - Curator
2019 Kiama Art Society Annual Exhibition - Judge / Speaker
Future Commitments
2020 SeeChange Art Festival - Curator/photographer Making Community Art on-line exhibition
2021 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator Spaces in Between Virginia Coventry & Jan King exhibition
2022 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator Grace Burzese Survey 1995 - 2022 Main Gallery and Foyer Gallery
2023-24 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator "Art + Love = Death" (working title) Main Gallery
Recognition
2008 Life member Jervis Bay & Basin Arts
2019 Shoalhaven City Council Australia Day Awards - Nominee and Highly Commended for outstanding contribution to arts and culture
2020 Order of Australia Medal OAM Australia Day Honours
1971 – 1972 Nowra TAFE
1973 – 1974 National Art School
1977 Sculpture Centre, The Rocks
1981 - 1983 Screen Printing – Sydney Technical College
2004 Welding – Meadowbank TAFE
2007 Art Welding – National Art School
2009 Art Welding – National Art School
Media / Bibliography
1976 Sun Herald article on Paddington galleries – Lorel’s Place
2010 South Coast Style, winter 2010 “Art = Life” by Colleen Duncan ISSN 1 449-8359
2010 Defiance News Dec 2010 “ Winner of Catalyst Award”
2011 Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract 2011 ISBN 978-0-646-54520-2
2011 South Coast Register 3 Aug 2011 “Sticking it out” by Jeff Stephenson
2011 Arts Rush Phaedra exhibition
2011 Sussex Inletter 7 Dec 2011 “Sussex Day View News”
2011 Exposedartz 2011 catalogue
2012 Cossack Art Award catalogue
2012 Sussex Inletter 30 May 2012
2013 Art Guide Australia May-June 2013 Margaret Dredge Retrospective - curator quoted
2013 Art Monthly 261 July 2013 "Not the usual Book Club story- Margaret Dredge Retrospective" by Dr Juliette Peers
2013 PurpleSkin issue 4 September 2013 "Max on Show - art & the influence of Fredrico Garcia Lorca"
2014 Purpleskin issue 6 - March 2014 "Max on Show - Studio time"
2014 National Library of Australia, oral history "Australian Generations project - Max Dingle" by Matthew Higgins
2014 South Coast Register 25 October "Shoalhaven City Arts Centre trio of exhibitions open"
2014 South Coast Register 18 December "Shoalhaven City Arts Centre exhibitions thrice as nice"
2016 http://www.createdin.com.au/index.php/creative-minds/112-max-dingle-australian-artist
2016 Created in artists in the Shoalhaven - booklet
2016 South Coast Register Nov WAAM women's abstract exhibition
2016 South Coast Register Dec WAAM women's abstract exhibition
2016 What's on NSW website - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2016 Art.Base e-newsletter - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2016 Illawarra Mercury Dec - WAAM Jervis Bay Museum and Gallery
2016 Art.Base e-newsletter Out of Earth and Flame : ceramics in the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
2016 "Art food and the Sublime" The Aristologist No 7 ISSN 2253-5225 (7)
2017 Art.Base e-newsletter - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2017 What's on NSW website - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2017 NAS e-newsletter - Max Dingle 1971 to 2017 Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery
2018 Art.Base e-newsletter - Max Dingle New Works. The Wall : art projects Ulladulla
2018 SRGallery e-news - Max Dingle New Works. The Wall : art projects Ulladulla
2018 RNZ Eyewitness - mention Max Dingle artist displays food related surreal art at NZ Gastronomy Symposium
2018 https://compost.sydney - artwork by Max Dingle
2019 http://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/ photography and symposium logo design credits.
2019 South Coast Register Jan 25 "The Shoalhaven's Australia Day Award Winners" Maxwell Dingle contribution to the arts
2019 Art Almanac June Ed The Haven Art Award - Curator MGD quoted re diversity and quality of entries
2019 Allan Baptist OAM - Judges Notes re See Change Art Award Exhibition 2019
2020 South Coast Register - Max Dingle Australia Day Order of Australia Medal
2020 Jervis Bay & Basin Arts Newsletter - Life Member is awarded Governor General's Order of Australia Award
2020 Sussex Inletter 26 Feb 2020 - Max Dingle OAM
2020 Sussex Inletter 30 Sept 2020 - Max Dingle OAM
Publications
Personal Journeys : 40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art 2009 ISBN 978-0-646-50832-0 M Dingle
Black is the Colour…. 2010 ISBN 978-0-646-52904-2 M Dingle
Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract 2011 ISBN 978-0-646-54520-2 M Dingle
Less is More: More or Less 2012 ISBN 978-0-646-57149-2 M Dingle
Margaret Dredge – Retrospective 1960 to 2001 ISBN 978-0-646-57900-9 M Dingle & Rhonda Dredge
Elisabeth Cummings - Landscapes and Interiors ISBN 978-0-646-93063-3 M Dingle & John McDonald
WAAM! its women's abstract art man! 2016 ISBN 9780646962542 M Dingle
Vicki Varvaressos - Painting in the same language 2018 ISBN 978-0-6483014-2-4 M Dingle & Joanna Mendlessohn
Guy Warren - River Rainforest Rock 2018 ISBN 978-0-6483014-3-1 G Barkley et al (M Dingle - Art Photography)
Articles
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 1 Jan / Feb 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
Artist makes her mark - South Coast Register 27 March 2013 article on Margaret Dredge Retrospective
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 2 Mar / Apr 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - Purple Skin magazine Issue 3 May / Jun 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 4 Sep / Nov 2013 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 5 Dec 13 / Feb 2014 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
State of the Art - article - PurpleSkin magazine Issue 6 Mar / May 2014 www.harbourpublishing.com.au
Cultural Tourism - article - Dialogue magazine No 13 Winter 2014 Shoalhaven City Council
"Art food and the Sublime" The Aristologist No 7 ISSN 2253-5225 (7) 2016
"Local - Riccarton House Dinner" The Aristologist No 9 ISSN 2253-5225 (9) 2018
" Art - Fetish Fantasy Food : Stories & Sculpture" paper 22nd Symposium Australian Gastronomy Nov 2018
" Art - Fetish Fantasy Food : Stories & Collage" paper 12th Symposium New Zealand Gastronomy Dec 2018
"O Fie 'Tis an unweeded Garden that goes to Seed" paper 13th Symposium New Zealand Gastronomy Feb 2020
Paper "Unweeded Garden.." published - https://compost.sydney/2020/02/09/tis-and-unweeded-garden-that-goes-to-seed/ 2020
Video & paper "Memory of a Performance - Mouth" Symposium of Australian Gastronomy SAG23Convidium Brisbane July 2020
Video & paper "Mouth" Symposium of New Zealand Gastronomy - A Digital Hui Palmerstone North Nov 2020
Curatorial
1982 Craft of Woodworking exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
Wallpaper exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
1983 Craft of Woodworking exhibition Sydney Building Information Centre
1984 Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop
Australian Gems & Jewellery exhibition Australian Museum Shop
1985 African Artifacts exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Fijian ceramics exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
1986 Aboriginal Art exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Greek Replicas exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
Indonesian Artifacts exhibition Australian Museum Shop Gallery
2009 Personal Journey: 40 years of Australian women’s abstract art
exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2010 Black is the Colour… exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2010 New Acquisitions exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Phaedra: Explorations in the Abstract exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Making Do : Art from found objects exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2011 Matej Andraž Vogrinčič ’s Car Park - Members Only : A Documentary
Installation, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2012 Less is More: more or less exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2013 Margaret Dredge - Retrospective 1960 – 2001 Shoalhaven City Arts Centre
2014 "Mental Heath Art Prize" Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - Judge
2014 "Samuel Elyard" exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - opening Oct 2014
2014 "Elizabeth Cummings" exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - opening Dec 2014
2014 "NOW - Jervis Bay & Basin Contemporary Art prize - Committee (organisation & selection for exhibition)
2014 Escape Artfest "Alley Archies Portrait prize" - Judge
2014 Escape Artfest "RIPE : Sculpture at Cupitt's" prize - Judge
2015 "NOW - Jervis Bay & Basin 2015 Contemporary Art prize - curator (selection of finalists, planning & hang of exhibition)
2015 “The Metaphysical Edge” exhibition Shoalhaven City Arts Centre – curator + guided tours
2016 Gallipoli exhibition by Alison Chiam opening address Jervis Bay Museum March 2016
2016 Rhythmic Encounters by Sue Smalkowski opening address Hazelhurst Gallery March 2016
2016 Out of Earth and Flame : ceramics in the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre - curator + guided tour
2016 WAAM: its Women's Abstract Art Man! Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2017 WAAM: its Women's Abstract Art Man! Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator talks & guided tours
2017 Margaret Dredge: Works on Paper Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - curator + panel discussion
2018 SeeChange Art Festival Sandholme House exhibition - curator and Judge
2018 Samuel Elyard: The Coastal Paintings exhibition Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2018 Samuel Elyard: Cape St. George Lighthouse 1860 - 1899 exhibition Jervis Bay Museum & Gallery - curator
2018 Vicki Varvaressos - figurative & abstract survey Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - curator
2019 SeeChange Art Festival - The Haven Art Award exhibition of painting and sculpture - Curator
2019 Kiama Art Society Annual Exhibition - Judge / Speaker
Future Commitments
2020 SeeChange Art Festival - Curator/photographer Making Community Art on-line exhibition
2021 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator Spaces in Between Virginia Coventry & Jan King exhibition
2022 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator Grace Burzese Survey 1995 - 2022 Main Gallery and Foyer Gallery
2023-24 Shoalhaven Regional Gallery - Curator "Art + Love = Death" (working title) Main Gallery
Recognition
2008 Life member Jervis Bay & Basin Arts
2019 Shoalhaven City Council Australia Day Awards - Nominee and Highly Commended for outstanding contribution to arts and culture
2020 Order of Australia Medal OAM Australia Day Honours