Heide Museum of Modern Art, 23 Apr – 28 Aug, Melbourne, 2016.
Curated by Kendrah Morgan and Melissa Keys.
“Adelaide-based artist Michelle Nikou draws on surrealism in a reflective and productive way to transform mundane domestic objects and materials into sculptures of humour, poignancy and marvel. In this exhibition of new and recent work she utilises surrealist strategies such as chance, psychological metaphor, deadpan wit and juxtaposition, and inventively mingles high and low art sources and cultural references. Her work intentionally blurs and extends the boundaries between fine art and craft and often invests unremarkable or overlooked facets of daily existence with new and unexpected significance…” *
documentor: kerry leonard camera: lx100
