http://www.margaretchristianson.com.au

Margaret Christianson is a Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist who creates metal sculpture and contemporary acrylic painting inspired by the natural environment.

Margaret’s practice is deeply inspired and influenced by the environment, from the vast and varied landscapes of Australia to the seascapes that surround it.

Margaret sculpts in steel, cut with a hand-held plasma cutter in her workshop to again translate the breadth and diversity of the physical world.

She has participated in numerous exhibitions during her career and entered numerous art competitions, some of her most recent contributions being ACHERON SCULPTURE Within in Land 2023, SHOW and tell, MAVA at International Flower and Garden Show in Carlton, Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition2023 in Yinnar, Feel Good Art Prize at Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn, Contemporary Artists Society CAS A4 Australia 2023 Exhibition at Herring Island Gallery, Richmond, the Linden Postcard Show at Linden New Art in St Kilda 2022/2023, the Biblio Art Prize at the Blarney Bookshop & Art Gallery in Port Fairy 2021/2023.

Margaret has also worked with a number of schools, teaching and guiding aspiring artists through the Artist in Residence programs. In 2018 she was hosted by Carey Baptist Grammar School in Kew, Melbourne and in 2022 was Artist in Residence at Overnewton Anglican Community College in East Keilor and completed the installation of Eagles Over the Maribyrnong in 2023.

She has also undertaken commissions in the past few years including a metal screen for Blair Homestead in Bright, a Metal Wall Panel at DuBock Funerals in West Brunswick, a Wine-Bar Menu metal board for Burke & Wills Winery Folk Festival in Heathcote, a Urquhart Gate and Wall Panels for the bike-stands at Coburg Primary School senior campus in Coburg to name a few.