b.1996 Sale, AU / currently based in Rotterdam, NL
mcmahonmarlee@gmail.com

Represented by Sutton Gallery, Naarm/ Melbourne


Education

2023    Master of Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2017     Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, AU
2016     Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, AU

Solo

Upcoming ~ 2024, Sutton Gallery, Naarm, AU
2021     ‘Stepping Lightly’, Conners Conners, Naarm, AU
2021     ‘Heavy Kite’, Visions, Auckland, NZ
2020    ‘Digestif’, STATION, Naarm, AU 
2019     ‘Carbonated’, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland, NZ
2017     ‘61x70xM’, Alaska Projects, Sydney, AU
2017     ‘Optic White’, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, AU

Group Shows

Upcoming ~ 07/07/2023, ‘MFA Graduation Show’, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
Upcoming ~ 07/09/2023, ‘Sydney Contemporary’, Sutton Gallery, Sydney, AU
2022     ‘Wind-up Teeth’, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2022     ‘I Must Be Living Twice’, curated by Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma from Shimmer, European Cultural Centre, Venice, ITA
2022     ‘XXX: Celebrating 30 years of Sutton Gallery’, Sutton Gallery, Naarm, AU
2021     ‘10 year show’, STATION, Naarm, AU
2021      ‘I Am Here’ curated by Katherine Hattam, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, AU
2020    ‘Deep Breakfast’, Haydens, Naarm, AU
2020    ‘Melodic Living Room’, An apartment exhibition organised by Martin George and Marlee McMahon, Online / Private address, Naarm, AU
2020    ‘Sounds of Pacing’, Conners Conners, Naarm, AU
2019     ‘Mostra’, BSR, Rome, ITA
2019     ‘Hard Boiled’, Neon Parc Brunswick, Naarm, AU
2019     ‘West Space Fundraiser’, West Space, Naarm, AU
2019     ‘A more comprehensive physical explanation’, Bowerbank Ninow, Auckland, NZ
2018    ‘Unrepresented Artists’, curated by Hayden Stuart, Haydens, Naarm, AU
2018     ‘a hush fell’, organised by Andrew Read and Hugo Atkins, 1–35 Wellington St, Collingwood, Naarm, AU
2018     ‘The drawing is just not there’, curated by Patrice Sharkey and Christopher L G Hill, West Space, Naarm, AU
2017     ‘Graduate exhibition (Honours)’, Victorian College of the Arts, Naarm, AU
2017     ‘Michael Georgetti and Marlee McMahon’, Lon Gallery, Naarm, AU
2017     ‘Uh, or so on’, VCA Art Space, Naarm, AU
2017     ‘Summer projects IV’, Boom, Geelong, AU
2016     ‘Graduate Exhibition’, Victorian College of the Arts, Naarm, AU

Awards and Residences

2020     City of Melbourne COVID-19 Quick Response Arts Grant 
2020     Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
2019      Cranbourne Fellowship at the British School at Rome
2017      Majlis Encouragement Award
2016      Sydney Canvas Company Award
2015      Wellington Youth Art Prize



Thank you to Ella Fajdiga for helping put this website together.