Michael Meszaros | Curriculum Vitae

MICHAEL MESZAROS
Born 1945

1959- 1962
During school years began making portrait medallions and worked with sculptor father, Andor Meszaros

1968
Completed Bachelor of Architecture, Uni of Melb and continued medallion work and assisting father on major works
Worked as architect, awarded Churchill Fellowship to study medallic art in Rome 1969 Churchill Fellowship, Scuola dell’Arte Della Medaglia, Mint of Rome
1970
Returned to Australia. Commenced living as full time sculptor.

1970-2009
produced 34 major works, many reliefs, plaques, memorials, trophies, busts, garden and exhibition sculptures and over 500 medals - commissioned, portrait, personal.



Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
Melbourne 1970
Leveson St., Gallery, 1976, 1981, 1986
Vic. Artists’ Soc. Gallery, 2003
Kirra Gallery, 2007
Adam Galleries. Christchurch N.Z. 1974
Newcastle Cooks Hill Gallery 1979, 1983.

Group Exhibitions
Perth 1975, 1977,
Sydney 1983, Father and son medal shows
Geelong ,Castlemaine, Sydney 1971
British Museum 1988
Stockholm 1988
Budapest National Gallery 1989
Gotha, East Germany 1989
State Museum, Victoria 1990
Royal Australian Mint 1991
Group Shows, Assoc. of Sculptors of Vic Group shows 1967-2009,
Small sculpture exhibition, Budapest 1973,
Expatriate Hungarians exhibition, Budapest 1982, Yering Station 2002-3.

International Medallists’ Federation congress exhibitions, biennials 1959- 2007
Vienna, Rome, Paris, Athens, The Hague, Cologne, Prague,
Helsinki, Cracow, Budapest, Lisbon, Florence, Colorado Springs,
Stockholm, London, Neuchatel, Weimar, Paris.

Prizes
Arezzo Italy, Uno-a-Erre medallion competitions 1969
1970 purchase prizes. Ravenna, Italy, Dante
Biennial competitions Prizes 1973, 1983 Hon.Men. 1975, 1993, 2003
French-Australian Bicentennial medal competition 1987 (joint winner, Paris),
Kew Rotary Club Prize 1990,
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, 2nd prize 2006, Honourable Mention 2002 and 2003,
Heidi Prize, 2004.
Thomas/Pryde Prize, Assoc. of Sculptors of Vic. 1991, 2nd 2008, 2009
U.S.A. 3rd prize medallion competition A.M.S.A. 1993;

Committees
Member Bicentennial Advisory Board, Coins and Medals 1981-87
President Assoc. of Sculptors of Victoria – 11 terms, currently Vice President
Australian Delegate, International Medallists ’ Federation (F.I.D.E.M.) 1972-2009
Member, Committee to re-organise tendering processes for public art, Arts Victoria 1997-8

Official Collections
Hobart, Castlemaine, Melbourne, Budapest, Stockholm, New Jersey U.S.A., British Museum,
Christchurch N.Z., Warsaw,The Hague, Gotha

Many private collections in Australia and many other countries.