Michelle Prezioso

Close-up of one of my paintings for my 3rd year work 🌞

Hands are weird! I enjoyed using the combo of acrylic and oil paint in this work - establishing the initial colour/form in acrylic and going over it in oils to enhance

It's week 10 already! 😱

Only a few weeks left of my last semester at uni, I can't believe it's come so quickly. Here's a small snippet of what I've been working on, slowly assembling the pieces for our grad exhibition!

Can't believe I'll be graduating soon!! So excited for this exhibition to celebrate all of our achievements over the past few years. Opening night is the 8th of November from 5pm at Switchback Gallery, mark the date in your calendar ❤️

My current work in progress! This is going to form part of a series of paintings at various states of completion.

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Half makes a whole, oil on canvas, 2023

Had the most wonderful weekend learning oil painting with at 💕

Such a blast! Fruit are becoming a real love of mine, they're so juicy!

A few of my 3rd year works in progress! I'm working on these as a sort of gridded structure, tbc how that's going to assemble 😅 Really feeling the vibrant colour but debating if I should tone it down... What do you think?

A snapshot of some of my work completed at the for the Summer Undergraduate Residency Program!

This program was an incredible experience with the most amazing people! I learnt so much in a short period of time and got to see some of the most spectacular artworks. I can't wait to keep developing my skills going forward.

Back into it at uni next week (for my final semester!) so keep an eye out for some new works in progress ✨

Current work in progress - we love the awkward painting stage! 🐢💕

One week in New York! ✈️

Progress on one of my small cropped paintings. This one has been giving me so much trouble, so a bit more work to go! This will form part of a series of paintings, displayed in a kaleidoscopic arrangement @feduniartsacademy #emergingartist #artist #artstudent #artsacademy #gippslandartist #gippsland #traralgon #feduniartsacademy #oilpainting #portaitartist #croppedportrait #studio #contemporaryportraiture #complementarycolors

Here's my current 🌞 Working on the initial layers - the colours are a bit kooky but nothing that some glazing can't fix 😉

Super excited to be accepted into the Summer Undergraduate Residency Program at the for the month of June! 😱

I'll be learning painting, drawing and sculpting techniques, as well as getting to see some mind blowing art, meeting some incredible artists and exploring NYC! Absolutely can't wait and feeling very lucky 🥰

Lovely day of drawing at .studio.of.art today! 😊

Popping this little avocado study up on my website! Oil on circular canvas board, 15x15cm. $85 ❤️

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Playing around with poses for my new paintings! Really looking forward to exploring some exciting compositions this semester 🎨

Acrylic underpainting of the next fruit study! 🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑

Easily one of my favourite fruits!

Major Louise Bourgeois and Wassily Kandinsky exhibitions coming to the Art Gallery | Art Gallery of NSW We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

Colour and light study complete! Painting on a copper panel was an experience.... Probably not something I'll try again 😅

Oil on copper panel, 10x15cm, $70 on my website ❤️

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This is a painting I created during my studio course in 2022 and at the time, I felt pretty much ready to give up on it. However (much to my surprise!) at the end of the semester this piece was chosen for display at my art school over my other pieces which I thought were stronger.

What do you think about this piece? Does it catch your eye? Why or why not?

Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2022

The pear-fect colour study 🤓😉

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One of my first proper Alla Prima paintings. Such a huge challenge trying to create a finished painting in one sitting - safe to say I'm exhausted! 🫠

The end of the year is always an awesome time to take a bit of a break from painting after working hard on some challenging designs and concepts.

Here's a Christmas commission that I completed recently - the last painting of the year! This was a real treat and challenge for me, including adding a few extra details that weren't in the original reference image. A huge privilege to be trusted with such a beautiful gift ☺️🎄

Now to enjoy some relaxing time off and get back into the swing of things in 2023 - happy holidays 💖

Second year folio set up is complete!!! Really proud of what I've achieved this semester - you can read more about it below 🌞

(Unfortunately this set up is just for assessment and isn't an actual show but it gives a great idea of what these works might look like in an exhibition space)
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Artist statement:

Incorporating elements of the uncanny into my work, I aim to investigate imagery that unsettles. My main interest is in self-portraiture and in exploring how this subject matter can be used as a powerful means of identity exploration and expression. By focusing on hair and incorporating elements of the uncanny and the grotesque into my painting, I hope to invoke in the viewer a feeling of a lack of control. Hair is representative of autonomic bodily processes over which we have no control. As well as this, it is tied to a feeling of repulsion when visualised in a context that we don’t regularly find it. This contrast between the beautiful and the grotesque, and the way in which hair can be symbolic of this, is a theme which I bring into my painting to heighten feelings of repulsion, attraction and intrigue. 

My works are a mixture of acrylic and oil paintings, as well as ready-made sculpture, graphite drawings and digital prints. By using a range of mediums, I aim to explore different ways of representing my theme as well as exploring the most effective ways of translating my ideas to the viewer. I have incorporated actual hair into some of these works, to better investigate the properties of this as a medium.

Final canvas and painting for semester 2. This piece has been such a huge challenge! A bit sad I won't have more time to work on this because I feel like it was really starting to come together but I'm pleased with where it's currently at. Maybe it'll be a summer project - would love to add more texture and tonal variation to make this really shine (potentially re-doing it in oils as well!)



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Current - my mega painting! 2m x 1.25m, this is proving to be a massive challenge but I'm happy with the progress so far. Now to work on finer details to properly bring it to life!

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My life sized self portrait from the Witness group exhibition. Finally able to see it complete!!

One week left to check out the exhibition in Morwell, closes this Friday ❤️

One of a series of drawings for my uni studio - investigating hair, self portraiture and identity (and trying to play with some different compositions 😊)

What an amazing exhibition opening! Such a lovely day, thank you to everyone who came along and made this event so wonderful 😊

The exhibition is up until the 28th of October at PollyannaR Gallery and Studio in Morwell - make sure you stop by ❤️

Set up is complete for our Witness group exhibition! Opening tomorrow at 2pm at 🌞🤗

Progress shot of the latest project I've been working on - more info about this piece to come!

I started this painting in acrylic but decided to switch to oils and was really happy I did, I feel like it's made a massive difference to how I paint.

A few more details to finish/refine!

Finishing touches added (and making sure everything lines up!) Can't wait to see this displayed so I can FINALLY get a good photo of it 😫

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Witness exhibition opens the 16th of October from 2-4pm at in Morwell 🌞🌞

Working on finishing touches for this portrait for the Witness group show at from the 16th of October 🌞

So excited to be able to reveal my portrait of for . This was so much fun to paint - I hope you like it!

You can check out the digital exhibition and the physical exhibition from tomorrow 🌞

First stages of a drawing in progress, sketching in charcoal which will be rubbed back and refined later

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The start of a very giant canvas 😬

(1.2 x 2m)

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