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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 
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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