Madeleine Preston is a painter and sculptor who uses materials often viewed as the province of women combining ceramics, textiles, and painting in installations that comment on how value is determined through gender.

She has been a finalist in the Sulman, the Mosman, the Blake and the Eutick Prizes, and in 2017 was awarded the Woollahra Small Sculpture special commendation prize. She has been the recipient of several grants including an Australia Council Development Grant, A Copyright Ignite Grant and a NAVA artists Grant.

Madeleine has exhibited nationally in institutional and commercial galleries, including at Melbourne’s Gertrude Contemporary, and Pom Pom Galerie and most recently at Sydney Contemporary with Blackartprojects. She has undertaken residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and the Slade in London. In 2019 she was awarded a Full Sculpture Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in the US.

Madeleine has taught at UNSW | Art & Design and is currently a lecturer at the National Art School.

She is co-director of Home@735 Gallery in Redfern, which has been operating since 2013.

Web: www.madeleinepreston.com.au

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