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Artist’s CV Eureka (Michael James O’Hanlon) 2026

Eureka (Michael James O’Hanlon) is an Australian artist and queer activist who has completed artists residencies in Berlin in 2014, Venice in 2016, USA in 2017, Spain in 2018  Greece in 2019 Broken Hill in 2021 and Tunisia in 2022.  He studied at Footscray Community Arts Centre Melbourne from 2007-9 achieving a Certificate in Further Education Art Studies and also has an Arts Degree, a Social Work Degree and a Business Masters. He is a professional Member of the National Association for the Visual Arts (Australia) and teaches art from his studio at the Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne Australia

Selected exhibitions and residencies

2025 LOOK Museum of Australian Photography Single Entry


2025 Finalist Australia Post Midsumma Prize No Vacancy Gallery Melbourne

 

2024 Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Shortlisted for exhibition  


2023 LOOK Museum of Australian Photography Single Entry


2023 SAM Open Shepparton Art Museum Single Entry


2023.Men/Still/Shooting Group Photography Older Queer Male Artists XYZ Gallery Melbourne


2022 Into the Wild Exhibition with David Helmers Sculptor Abbotsford Convent Melbourne

2020 Solo Exhibition Under the Dome of Heaven Midsumma Exhibition Tacit Galleries2020 

2019 Event Horizon Residency Crete, Greece 

2019 Selected for curator review Ballarat Foto Biennale 

2019 Journeys of the Heart Exhibition Castlemaine State Festival Victoria Australia

2018 ROI Acquisitive Art Prize Melbourne (Finalist)

2018 A.I R Gentum Hoja de Ruta Residency and Exhibition Seville Spain 

2018 Australia Post Midsumma Prize No Vacancy Gallery Melbourne (Finalist) 

2017 Scarlatta Midsumma Exhibition and Events Abbotsford Convent Melbourne (Solo) 

2016 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Residency Venice 

2016 Découpages d’hommes fortyfivedownstairs Gallery Flinders Lane Melbourne (Solo)

2014 Agora Collective three months’ residency Berlin 

2014 Model Behaviour Institute Cervantes Mitte Berlin Germany as part of Agora Group Show  


Videography

2017 Scarlatta Midsumma Exhibition and Performance vimeo.com/210892074

2016 Artist’s Talk Découpages d’hommes 2016 https://vimeo.com/157677172

Art Books

2020 Ecce Homo Corona Published by Books in This Economy Melbourne   https://www.booksinthiseconomy.com/shop/p/ecce-homo-corona

2014 Agora Collectives Model Behaviour Artists Book Broken Dimanche Press Berlin 


Social Media 

Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/eurekaartist/  

Blog http://eurekamichael.blogspot.com.au/ https://balaclavadotqabstractactivism.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/the-eureka-moment/ 


Private Collections
Boris Kaspiev Melbourne
Irene Clark Melbourne /Berlin
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice Alumni Collection 

Media (selected)
2014 YouTube  WESTANDPROUD Interview WESTANDPROUD Project Hobsons Bay Council /RMIT Social Work

Contact details and more information 
Email   eurekacommunity@gmail.com