Olga Megele
Olga loves creating. Her art is a reflection of her life. It is bound up in the day to day, as each piece is a reflection of her musings on life and the world that we inhabit. It is often poetic in nature, with titles that bestow a deep significance into a simple sky, a moment captured or a feeling from the heart.
Olga's style might vary from realism to abstraction to abstract pieces. Her paint application is like handwriting, bold and confident, it is uniquely hers and recognisable. Olga is not one to repeat the same piece over and over with small adjustments! Each piece is a journey. She asks questions of herself and the viewer. The work delves into spaces that you forgot about, it clutches your heart just so that it can simply caress it and then carefully release it back to you.
As a teacher, Olga has worked with the youngest students through to adults. In addition to art education, her speciality is creating murals, both indoors and outdoors. These are often coupled with sculpture and landscaped areas in harmony with the environment.
Olga's work is held in private collections throughout Australia and in the USA.
PRIZES
Winner
Four Mediums Exhibition Acrylic 2021
Winner
Four Media Exhibition, The Hut Acrylic third Prize 2019
Winner
Members’ Exhibition, The Hut Acrylic second prize 2018
Highly commended
NPCAC 2015
EDUCATION
1982
Bachelor of Education (Art and Crafts), Melbourne University
EXHIBITIONS
2021 - A4 Exhibition Herring Island, Contemporary Art Society
2021 - Four Mediums Exhibition, The Hut Ferntree Gully Art Society
2021 - Off The Cuff, The Hut
2021 - Lockdown Exhibition, The Hut
2021 - At Sea MAVA, Southern Buoy, Mornington
2021 - Linden Art Show, Linden St Kilda
2020 - MAVA Passage of Time, AGRA Gallery Camberwell
2020 - Portrait Prize, Southern Buoy
2020 - Members' Exhibition, The Hut Gallery
2019 - Four Elements Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2019 - Members’ Annual Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2019 - Oak Hill Members' Exhibition, Oak Hill Gallery Mornington
2019 - Green Wedge Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2019 - Black and White with a touch of Colour Exhibition, The Hut FTGAS 2019 - Four Mediums Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2019 - Decoy Gallery, Melbourne
2019 - A4 Exhibition , Herring Island Contemporary Art Society
2019 - Contemporary by Nature Select Entry, Herring Island Contemporary Art Society
2019 - Creatures Large and Small , The Hut FTGAS
2018 - Little Archies, Oak Hill Gallery
2018 - Collage Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2018 - Oak Hill Members’ Exhibition, Oak Hill Gallery
2018 - Message of Nature Joint Exhibition with Hsin Lin, The Hut FTGAS
2018 - Members’ Annual Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2018 - Linden Art Prize Select Entry, Melbourne
2017 - Whitehorse Art Show Select Entry, Box Hill Town Hall
2017 - Abstract Art Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2017 - Between the Spaces Joint Exhibition with Birgit Berkeley , Connection Art Space Dandenong
2017 - Members’ Annual Exhibition The Hut , The Hut FTGAS
2016 - Open Media Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2016 - Faces and Figures Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2016 - NPCC Art Exhibition , Noble Park
2016 - Abstract Art Exhibition , The HUT FTGAS
2016 - Members’ Annual Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2015 - NPCC Art Exhibition, Noble Park
2015 - Abstract Art Exhibition, The Hut FTGAS
2015 - Members’ Annual Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2014 - Abstract Art Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS
2014 - Members’ Annual Exhibition , The Hut FTGAS