Michelle Brodie - Artist

Michelle Brodie lives and works in Newcastle, NSW. With studies across philosophy, fine art and painting her works are imbued with a highly tuned sense of both surface and content.

‘My paintings contain self-portraits and other figures gazing through real and imaginary portholes.  Themes of distance and desire, symbolized by the moon and the sea, recur.  However the paint itself is also my subject. For me, no work is complete until I feel the paint itself is in position. To do this I use a blade to cut it back along its edges, not unlike cutting shapes for collage. It is only then that I feel the surface can support the emotional cargo of each painting’s narrative’.

Brodie has been a finalist in the Muswellbrook Art Prize, Gosford Art Prize and has twice been awarded the Pat Corrigan artist grant. She has participated in a range of exhibitions both solo and group shows including ‘Female Drivers’ and ‘Inspiring Artists: Recipients of the Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant’ at Maitland Regional Art Gallery, ‘Black Diamond Money’ at Project Space – Byron School of Art, Back to Back Galleries, John Miller Gallery, John Paynter Gallery, Wester Gallery. She has exhibited at Straitjacket in 2023 and 2025. She is next scheduled to exhibit at Straitjacket in 2027.