MICHALSKI Willi

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BIOGRAPHY
1955 Born Germany
1975/76 Arrived in Australia
1978/79 Travelled to Europe
1981/82 Working as a studio potter, began studio pottery
1993/94 Firing stoneware and ‘porcelain like’ clay in LP gas kiln
1976 Exhibiting member of the Potters’ Society of NSW
   
EXHIBITIONS
2006 KTK Croydon – group show
  Soda Gallery Avalon – group show
1989,95,98,2000, 01, 02, 04,05 Sydney Teapot Show – Inner City Clayworkers
2004 Hazelhurst Arts Centre – Ceramics Award – Glaze on Glaze Decoration and Wheel Throwing Technique Winner
2002. 03. 05 ‘Artburst in the Vineyard’ - Tizzana Winery    
2002, 04, 05 PLC Croydon Art Centre Exhibition - group exhibition
2002 Armidale Regional Gallery
2001 Hazelhurst Arts Centre – Ceramics Award – Highly Commended ‘The Millennium Platter’ – Ceramics Art Exhibition
1996 - 2001 Gleneaon Craft Show – Rudolf Steiner School
2000 ‘The Generous Vessel’ – Pottery Society Customs House
1999 ‘Creative Australia’ – Craft Australia Osaka, Japan                                             
  Mura Ceramics Gallery      
1998 Anita Ellis Gallery Two man show with Terri Butterworth 
  Bathurst Acquisition Award - Bathurst Regional Gallery
  Anita Ellis Gallery – Group Exhibition
1997 The Gold Coast Award                  
1994 ‘Venedig’ – Beaver Gallery, Canberra
1993 Craft Council of Northern territory, Acquisition Award
1992 The Ceramic Object Manly Regional Gallery/Museum                
  Willi Michalski and Salvatore Zofrea collaboration and show
   
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum), Sydney
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
National Slide Library – CCA
University of New England, NSW
Armidale Regional Art Museum, NSW
Manly Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
Private collections in Australia, Japan, Germany, USA and England
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