CV

1961                      Born Kapunda, South Australia

Academic Positions

2020 - Present     Deputy Dean - International Printmaking Institute, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China

2016 - 2020          Advisory Board Member, International Academic Printmaking Alliance, Beijing, China

2016                      Visiting Professor, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China

2014 - 2016           International Member at Large, Southern Graphics Council International, USA

2012                      Visiting Professor, Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an, China

2004 - 2021          Senior Lecturer, Convenor of Printmaking Studies and Director of Cicada Press, University of New South Wales
Art & Design, Sydney, NSW

1999                      Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, NSW

1986 - 2003          Head of Department - Printmaking, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, Meadowbank, NSW

Education

1992 - 1996          Master of Fine Art (First Class Honours), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

1986 - 1987          Diploma in Education (Technical), Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education, Sydney College of
Advanced Education, NSW

1983                      Diploma in Professional Art Studies (Printmaking), City Art Institute, Sydney College of Advanced Education, NSW

1980 - 1982          Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art), City Art Institute, Sydney College of Advanced Education, NSW

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019                     Tree Making: Recent Etchings by Michael Kempson, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2018                      Michael Kempson: Child’s Play, Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford City, Ireland
Michael Kempson: Child’s Play, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, USA

2017                      Michael Kempson: Work and Play, Song Ya Feng Art Centre, Beijing, China
Child’s Play, Triskel Gallery Space, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland

2016                      Michael Kempson - Play Time, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2013                      First Among Equals, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand

2012                      This and That: Recent Etchings, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2010                      New Etchings, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Seen/Unseen - Michael Kempson/A Survey of Prints, curated by Roohi Ahmed and Abdullah Syed, V. M. Art
Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan

2007                     Recent Prints, Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra, ACT

2006                     Beauty and Banality, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

2004                     John Miller Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

2003                     MNFA @ 9th Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Sydney, NSW
Recent Work, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

2002                     MNFA @ Gallery 101, Gallery 101, Melbourne, VIC

2001                      A Little Respect, collaboration with Matthew Tome, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD; Wagga Wagga City Art
Gallery, NSW
Australian Printmaking, Sydney Style, Hardware Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

2000                     Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

2000                     A Little Respect, collaboration with Matthew Tome, Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW

1999                      A Little Respect, collaboration with Matthew Tome, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Cycles, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, VIC

1997                      The Cycle, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

1994                      Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

1990                      DC Art, Sydney, NSW

1987                      Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1985                      Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

1983                      Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

Group Exhibitions

2021                      To The Edges, Sydney Printmakers, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney NSW

2020                     Printmaking 2020, Baramee of Art Gallery, Chachoengsao, Thailand
The Bite: Prints from Cicada Press, Project Gallery 90, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Printmakers 2020, May Space, Sydney, NSW
Solidarity in Solitude, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
Close Encounters: Your Collection Your Selection, The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW
In The Shade II, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
International Academic Printmaking Alliance 3rd Printmaking Biennale, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing,
China

2019                      Cicada Press @ Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2019, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
Australian Print Triennial Mungo Exhibition, La Trobe Art Institute, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC
A Share of the Future: An Exhibition of International Art in the Environment, CUMT Gallery, China University of
Mining and Technology, Beijing, China
In Put/Print Out: Cicada Press Prints, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, Canberra, ACT
12@61, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Work and Play: Fine Art Prints from Cicada Press, Project Gallery 90, Sydney, NSW
Imprint: A Survey of the Print Council of Australia, Exhibition Area Level 1, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Layers of Settlement, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Packsaddle 2019, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2019, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA

2018                      The Second International Academic Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition, Taoxichuan Art Museum,
Jingdezhen City and Huai’an Art Museum, Huai’an, China
Australian Prints, Bengal Arts Programme for the Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Encuentro - Encounter - Bhíonn, Artist Book Project for IMPACT 10 Conference. Biblioteca Central de Cantabria,
Santander, Spain
Mungo Resonances, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
Inkmasters International Print Exhibition at INKFEST 2018, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD
Grid, curated by Katherine Kennedy, Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
By Hand: Rediscovering the Art of Printmaking, School of Design and Arts Gallery, De La Salle-College of Saint
Benilde, Manila, The Philippines
Prints from the IEA Collection, Cohen Center for the Arts, Alfred University, New York, USA
In The Shade: Sydney Printmakers, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, QLD
Three Decades: celebrating the Tweed Regional Gallery collection, The Withey Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery,
Murwillumbah, NSW
Works from the Collection, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbostleigh, Wahroonga, NSW
In Cohoots With, Cohen Gallery of Art at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA

2017                     Aura: Repetition, reproduction and the mark of the artist, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW, Wagga
Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW and The ANU School of Art Gallery, Australian National
University, Canberra, ACT
Cicada Press @ Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2017, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
4th Xi’an International Printmaking Workshop, East Gallery, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China
Capacity and Tension: Shanghai International Prints Exhibition, China Art Museum Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Australian Print Workshop Print Fair, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC
Cicada Press Prints, John Woods Print Media Gallery, for the Masters of Intaglio, with a touch of Jazz Institute for
Electronic Arts Residency, The School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA
Class Act, See Street Gallery, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, Meadowbank, NSW
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2017, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
2017 Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Print Council of Australia POP UP, Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Partners in Print, Inkmasters Cairns and Sydney Printmakers, KickArts Contemorary Arts, Cairns, QLD and Janet
Clayton Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Printmakers, Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
Prints and Place: Elisabeth Cummings, Michael Kempson, Euan Macleod and Chris O’Doherty aka Reg
Mombassa, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
KINMEN: International Invitational Printmaking Exhibition, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County, Kinmen,
Taiwan
Sydney Printmakers: Selected Works from 30 Members: Gallery 43, Riverina Institute of TAFE, Wagga Wagga,
NSW

2016                     International Academic Printmaking Alliance Exhibition, Taimiao Art Gallery - Imperial Ancestral Temple,
Working People’s Culture Palace, Tiananmen. Australian selection curated by Michael Kempson. Organised by
the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing then touring to Nanjing Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing; Tianjin Art
Museum, Tianjin; Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijazhuang; Shenzhen Guanlan Original Printmaking Museum,
Guanlan, China
editioned:prints from the collection, Curated by Madeline Holborow, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Cicada Press Publications - Sydney Australia, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, USA
Tracing the Line, curated by Rilka Oakley for the Print Council of Australia, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre,
Katoomba, NSW
The Art of Cicada Press, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbostleigh, NSW
Hills and Valleys: Prints from Cicada Press, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
Printed in Australia, Spot81, Chippendale, NSW
Passage: Southern Hemisphere Printmaking Exhibition, Jincheon Print Museum, Jincheon and Seoul Arts
Musuem, Seoul, South Korea
Artists Select 2016, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
CSU Art Collection 2006 - 2016: A Decade of Printmaking, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Elisabeth Cummings - Michael Kempson - Euan Macleod, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Contemporary Printmaking in Art and Design, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Pymble Ladies College Sydney, Croydon,
NSW
Sydney Printmakers Celebrating 55 Years, Artsite Gallery, Sydney, NSW
50 Years of Print: Print Council of Australia Print Commission, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
Sydney Printmakers: Celebrating 55 years 1961 - 2016, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Print Council of Australia POP-UP!, NKN Gallery, Collins Place, Melbourne, VIC

2015                      Seat and Bag: 4 Australian printmakers cross the Tasman, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
A Start with No End, Australian component curated by Michael Kempson for the 1st International Forum of
Printmaking Art School Deans, The Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts,
Nanjing; Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
Private Lives: The Artist as Collector, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill, Sydney, NSW
Elam International Printmaking Workshop 2015, The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Near Neighbours, curated by Paulette Robinson and Rona Green, Aratoi Wairarpa Museum of Art and History,
Masterton, New Zealand
Collection Focus: Modern Australia, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD\
Freedom of the Press, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, QLD
Director’s Choice: works from the collection, Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre,
Murwillumbah, NSW
Cicada Press @ Sydney Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2015, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
Preeminent Convergence: 2015 Asia-Pacific Invitational Exhibition of Printmaking, Yilan Museum of Art, Yilan,
Taiwan
Drawing Now 2015, AD Space, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney, NSW
Expectation of Privacy, Themed portfolio for the Southern Graphics Council International conference Sphere,
Tennessee School of Art, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
The Australasian & North and South American Bestiary 2105, Exchange Portfolio between UNSW Art & Design
and The Department of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, UVa Gallery, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Burnie Print Prize 2015, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand, The ANU School of Art Gallery, Australian
National University, Canberra, ACT; Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery,
Wagga Wagga, NSW
Within and Beyond, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery - Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga, NSW
Beastarium, curated by Rona Green, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW
Core: Australian Printmakers Invitational, Curated by Katherine Kennedy, Waiheke Community Art Gallery,
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
2015 New Acquisitions Exhibition, Yarra City Council’s Art & Heritage Collection, Yarra City Arts Gallery,
Richmond, VIC
Cicada Press at Walcha, Walcha Gallery of Art, Walcha, NSW
Mug Shot: a Still Life Show, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
2015 Yunlin County Contemporary Arts Exchange Exhibition, Yunlin County Cultural Affairs Bureau Gallery, Yunlin,
Taiwan
Alternatives: Amsterdam-Sydney, Curated by Mark Visione, Gallery 10+10, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and
Gaffa, Sydney, NSW
Fun & Games - Sydney Printmakers, curated by Akky van Ogtrop, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW

2014                      Seoul-Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Australian Prints, UNSW Galleries, College of Fine Arts, University of
New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand, PSG Art Gallery, Silpakorn University,
Bangkok, Thailand
Cicada Press @ Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
Kyoto Hanga 2014: Australia and Japan, Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Semblance of Order: Roohi Ahmed, Michael Kempson, Ben Rak, Abdullah Syed and Adeel uz Zafar, Koel Gallery,
Karachi, Pakistan and Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Fantasy Asia - UNSW Art & Design and IVSAA, IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi.
Pakistan
Sydney - Lahore: Prints from the collections of Cicada Press and Saeed Akhtar Studio, Saeed Akhtar Studio
Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
14 - 21, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Formative Impressions: 8 Pacific Nations, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan
and USA, Co-ordinated by Peter MacWhirter for the Korean Contemporary Printmaking Association, Jincheong
Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea
Growing Wisdom: Guanlan Prints 2008 - 2014, Exhibition celebrating the 6th Anniversary of the Guanlan Original
Printmaking Base, East Gallery, Shenzhen, China
New and Old Territories: Selected works by Australian printmakers and the presentation of the 2014 Print Council
of Australia annual print commission, 
Curated by Akky van Ogtrop, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery,
Abbotsleigh School, Sydney, NSW
Print Council of Australia 2014 Commissioned Prints, Flinders University City Gallery, Adelaide, SA; QUT Art
Museum, Brisbane, QLD; Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, Canberra, ACT; Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA;
Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS; Port Jackson Press Print Room, Melbourne, VIC
Near Neighbours, curated by Paulette Robinson and Rona Green, St Heliers Street Gallery, Abbotsford Convent,
VIC and Solander: works on paper, Wellington, New Zealand
Cicada Press: Printmaking Show, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
1st International Print Biennial - Karachi, V. M. Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan
Boundless and Borderless, University Gallery, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan and touring
Antipodes, Central Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand and Sydney Printmakers, NorthArt Gallery, Northcote,
New Zealand
The art of giving: gifts from the collection by Patrick Corrigan AM, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Notes: artists’ books on music, selected by  Brendan O’Brien, Noel McKenna, Penney Moir and Jenny Neligan,
Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2014 ROC,  National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taipei, Taiwan
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2014, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Bridges of Expansion, Themed portfolio between Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada and College of
Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia, San Francisco State University for the Southern Graphics
Council International conference Bridges, spanning tradition, innovation and activism, San Francisco, USA
2014 Yunlin County Contemporary Arts Exchange Exhibition, Yunlin County Cultural Affairs Bureau Gallery, Yunlin,
Taiwan
Beastly - varmits, critters and strays in art, Delmar Gallery Trinity Grammar School, NSW
Cicada Press at MLC Burwood: Contemporary Print Exhibition, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2013                      Familiar/Unfamiliar, curated by Rona Green for the Print Council of Australia, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, VIC;
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD, C3 Gallery, Melbourne, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW, Space
Gallery, Launceston, Cessnock Regional Gallery, NSW, La Trobe Regional Gallery, VIC
3rd International Printmaking Workshop Exhibition, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts West Gallery, Xi’an, China
Conform/Confront - Hong Kong Graphic Arts Fiesta, Hong Kong Open Print Studio, Hong Kong
Imprint-2013: International Famous Printmaking Artists’ Prints Invitational, curated by Du Zhaohui, Mei Lianshe
Art Space, Wuhan City, China
25 x 25: Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2013 International Print Biennial, Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
Semblance of Order: Roohi Ahmed, Michael Kempson, Ben Rak, Abdullah Syed and Adeel uz Zafar, Parramatta
Artists Studios, NSW
2013 Art Edition, SETEC Seoul, 3rd Exhibition Hall, Seoul, South Korea
Drawing Now: A Staff Exhibition Celebrating Drawing at COFA, Block A, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney,
NSW
Master Prints Exhibition, Seaview Gallery, Dulwich High School of Art and Design, NSW
Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Guanlan Original Print Base, East Gallery,
Shenzhen, China
2013 Print Council of Australia Print Commission, 2013 Sydney Fringe Festival, Gallery Est, Sydney, NSW
Corporeal, curated by Rona Green, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Boundless and Borderless, The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario, Canada and Pine Street Creative Art Centre,
Sydney, NSW
Town and Country: Social landscapes from the Margaret Carnegie Print Collection, Wagga Wagga Regional
Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Autoportrait, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
Master Print Show 2013: Cicada Press at MLC Burwood, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2012                      Approaching and Crossing: International Print Exhibition, Chia Nan Centre for Art and Culture, Chia Nan
University, Taiwan
Start from Printmaking - Integrative Practice and Crossing Borders: 11th Annual Printmaking Exhibition and
Conference for Chinese Academies and Colleges, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China
Confluence of Nine, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Studio Artists Collaborate, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Fusion - International Contemporary Intaglio Prints Invitational Exhibition, East Gallery, Guanlan Original
Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
Familiar/Unfamiliar, curated by Rona Green for the Print Council of Australia, The Boyd Gallery, Tweed River Art
Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW; s.p.a.c.e. Gallery. Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, TAS
Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW,
Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China, Xi’an Art Musuem, Xi’an, China, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts
Gallery, Shenyang, China
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2012, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Master Prints, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW
Sydney Printmakers, Moree Plains Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Cowra
Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2012, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD
Mind and Reality: an exhibition of work by 32 printmakers from Chicago and Sydney, curated by Kathryn Drury
and Ben Rak, COFAspace, COFA UNSW, NSW
Global Impressions, Themed portfolio organized by Shaurya Kumar, Navigating Currents, Southern Graphics
Council Conference, New Orleans, USA
Ground Up, Damien Minton Gallery Annex, Sydney, NSW
Black and White and Colour, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2011                      Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
Fair and Square, Joyes Hall Foyer Gallery, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Messages from the South: Contemporary Australian Prints from COFA UNSW, International Exhibition Hall, Art
Museum of National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Cicada Press: Collaboration and Connection, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, NSW
Familiar/Unfamiliar, curated by Rona Green for the Print Council of Australia, c3 Contemporary Art Space,
Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, VIC
Together in Harmony for 50 Years: Linking Australia and Korean Arts, The Korean Foundation Cultural Center,
Seoul, South Korea
Zoo Air: Twenty artists from the 2011 Artists in Residence Program at Taronga Zoo, The University Gallery, The
University of Newcastle, NSW and Byron Kennedy Hall, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, NSW
Face Up: a look at portraits from the collection, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Mind and Reality: an exhibition of work by 32 printmakers from Chicago and Sydney, curated by Kathryn Drury
and Ben Rak, Roxaboxen Exhibitions, Chicago, USA
Prints from the Griffith Studio 1978 - 2011, curated by Kate Milner, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre,
Gymea, NSW
Art from the Antipodes, Space 204 Gallery, E. Bronson Ingram Studio Art Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tennessee, USA
Composite, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
The International Art on Paper Exhibition - The Faculty of Fine Art and Architecture, Rajamangala University of
Technology Lana in association with College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Chiangmai University Art Museum,
Chiangmai, Thailand
New Prints from Cicada Press, Sydney Children’s Hospital. Randwick, NSW
Cicada Press for Orange Art Week: Affordable Art specially selected by Michael Kempson, Orange Regional
Gallery, NSW
Hot Off The Press: New Directions, Sydney Printmakers, Celebrating 50 Years, Manly Art Gallery and Museum,
Manly, NSW
Cicada Press, Wenona School, North Sydney, NSW
Master Prints, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2010                      Prints from Cicada Press - curated by Michael Kempson, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Addiction: International Print Exchange - COFA UNSW and Alfred University School of Art & Design, New York,
COFAspace, Sydney
Prints from Cicada Press, Sydney Children’s Hospital. Randwick, NSW
Chosen by Veronika Cox, Burmie Regional Gallery, TAS
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2010, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Cicada Press, Loft Gallery, Bowral, NSW
Allpress Printworks - Cicada Press, Art Sydney 2010, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
Box Print Portfolio - Spring 2010, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
2nd International Printmaking Workshop Exhibition, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts West Gallery, Xi’an, China
Travelling Solander Project, London Print Studio, London, UK

2009                     Replacements: other drawing, reveries of the everyday, Tin Sheds Gallery, The University of Sydney, NSW
People to People, Place to Place - The journey so far, An Australia-Japan Match Box Project, The Vanishing
Point, Newtown, NSW
Multiple Visions - Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
From Print To Print - An exhibition by Sydney Printmakers, Hardware Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Aluminium and Tin - 10 years of Hardware Gallery, Hardware Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Art Sydney 2009, Printworks - Cicada Press, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
14th Biennale Internationale de la Gravure et des Nouvelles Images de Sarcelles, Village de la Biennale a l’Ecole
Municipale d’Arts Plastiques, Sarcelles, France
Black & White, Gallery @ 28, Sydney, NSW

2008                     SILK + SAND: Chinese and Australian Prints, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA UNSW, Sydney, NSW and Central
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
Confluence of 9, The National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Artists Prints from Cicada Press, Lolli Redini, Orange, NSW\
Prints That Matter, Original International and Australian Prints, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney, NSW
Facetnate - People to People, Place to Place: Australia Japan, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Double, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Art in the Park, Nagoya Gardens, Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW
Collection Highlights, Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Bowen Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building Melboune, VIC
Sydney Printmakers, Atelier Skåra, Fredrikstad, Norway

2007                     Ex Libris - Bookplates from our Collections, Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane,
QLD
Sydney Prints: 45 Years of the Sydney Printmakers, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW; Tamworth
Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
People to People, Place to Place - Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, An Australia-Japan Match Box Project, Gosford
Regional Gallery, NSW
Five x Five, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSW
Urban Animals - Sydney Printmakers, Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Marianne Newman Gallery,
Sydney, NSW

2006                     Prints from Cicada Press COFA UNSW, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
People to People, Place to Place - Sydney Tokyo Nagoya, An Australia - Japan Match Box Project, Kudos Gallery,
Paddington, NSW
Cicada Press, Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Prints: 45 Years of the Sydney Printmakers, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Contemporaries and Collectables, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Double Bush Binding, Depot 2 Gallery, Sydney, NSW: Waseda Gallery, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Cicada Press, Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Philanthropy Rules OK?, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Sydney 5, Rew Hanks, Michael Kempson, Bruce Latimer. Euan Macleod and Chris O’Doherty aka Reg
Mombassa, Adele Boag Gallery, SA

2005                     Surface Tension - Twenty One Australian Printmakers, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
Custom Prints Unpacked, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar, NSW
The Herding Instinct, Animal Groupings from the DRG Collection, Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW
Contemporaries and Collectables, Médecins Sans Frontières, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Collaboration - Sydney Printmakers, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW; Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW; Noosa
Regional Gallery, QLD
Print Out - Prints from the Permanent Collection, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
Pearl, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, 2005, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand
An Embarrassment of Riches, Prints from Cicada Press, John Miller Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Brisbane Art Fair, Exhibition and Conference Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Small Wonders, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, NSW

2004                     Contemporary Australian Prints - from the Collection, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Miniare, Australian Selection from the Montreal International Miniture Prints Biennial, Access Gallery, Manly Art
Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
4.6%, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, The University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW
Surface Tension - Twenty One Australian Printmakers, National Arts Club, The New York Society of Etchers, USA;
Gallery 101, Melbourne, VIC
Roses and Thorns, Amnesty International Australia, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space, UNSW, Sydney,
NSW
COFA Fundraiser, Ivan Dougherty Gallery. Sydney, NSW

2003                     Exhibition, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Drawing the Line, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, NSW
9th International Art on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
AXIS, Bauhous Gallery @ Shapiros, Melbourne, VIC
Red, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, NSW
Boofheads and Scrubbers Revenge, Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW
Small Wonders, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, NSW\
Scratch, Pull, Grind and Scrape: Recent works by Sydney Printmakers, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW;
Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Contemporary Australian Prints, Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University, USA; The John and Betty
Gray Gallery of the North Western Print Council, Portland, Oregon, USA; Gallery East, University of Eastern Utah,
Price, Utah, USA

2002                     Fire, Michael Nagy Fine Art; Sydney, NSW
Pastels and Prints, Trinity Delmar Gallery; Sydney, NSW
Recent Acquisitions, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
Art for Wilderness, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Bondi, NSW
Australian Prints from the 1990s, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, VIC
Prints from Sydney, Touring Exhibition, North Western Printmakers, USA and Canada
Sydney Printmakers, Atelier Skåra, Gressvik, Fredrikstad, Norway
Packsaddle Fundraiser, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
2nd International Biennale of Miniprints, Quebec, Canada

2001                      Artichoke 2, Works from the Orange Regional Gallery Collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
2001 CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Signs and Secrets, Sydney Printmakers, Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
8th International Works on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
Recent Acquisitions, Dubbo Regional Gallery, Dubbo, NSW
26th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Freemantle, WA
International Print Triennial in Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
Commissioned Prints, Print Council of Australia, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, NSW; Helen Maxwell Gallery,
Canberra, ACT; Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, VIC; Grahame Galleries Editions, Brisbane, QLD; Bett Gallery,
Hobart, TAS

2000                     The Art on Paper Fair 2000, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, UK
Autumn Arts Festival Exhibition, Artworks Gallery, Wanaka, New Zealand
Sydney Printmakers, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Hazelhurst, NSW
Images of Sydney, University of NSW Art Collection, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Scene: Sydney Seen, Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
Australian Identities in Printmaking: The Australian print collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga
Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW

1999                      Sydney Printmakers, Australia and Grabadores De Chile, International Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Museum of
Modern Art, University of Chile, Chile
Marks and Matter, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Recent Acquisitions, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
International Works on Paper Fair, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW
Revelations, Sydney Printmakers, UTS Gallery, Sydney, NSW
CPM 8th Print Acquisition Awards, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
On The Tiles, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, The University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW
Bloom n’ Art, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Kunst Rai 1999, Dutch Contemporary Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1998                      Michael Kempson and Jeff Rigby, Gallery Lane, Leura, NSW
Travelling North, Sydney Printmakers, Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
TEXT, Sydney Printmakers, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, The University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW
Laying Turf, 235 Nelson St, Sydney, NSW
Ex Libris and Artists’ Books, Akky Van Ogtrop Fine Arts Gallery, Sydney, NSW
6th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, VIC
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW
Works from the Collection, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
Druckgrafik aus Sydney, Galerie Bredeney, Essen, Germany

1997                      Sydney Printmakers, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
22nd International Biennial of Graphic Art (Invited Artist), Cankarjev dom - Cultural and Congress Centre,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Expose, Sydney Printmakers, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, The University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW
The Black Show, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
MBK - One, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Sixth International Works on Paper Fair, Mitchell Library, Sydney, NSW
Printmaking Exhibition, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Moss Vale, NSW

1996                      The Contemporary Collection - 70 years of Art Acquisitions, Sir Herman Black Gallery, The University of Sydney
Union, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Printmakers, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
Borderlines, Sydney Printmakers and Studio One - Canberra, Willoughby Workshop Arts Centre Gallery, Sydney,
NSW
2nd Egyptian International Print Triennale, National Centre of Fine Arts, Egypt
The Fremantle Print Award 96, Fremantle Arts Centre, Freemantle, WA
UWS MacArthur Printmedia Award, Casula Powerhouse Regional, Gallery, Casula, NSW
Artists’ Book + Multiples Fair 96, Brisbane, QLD
The London Artists’ Books Fair, Concourse Gallery - Barbican Centre, London, UK
Willoughby Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 12th Biennial Prints Acquisitive Exhibition, M.P.R.G. Mornington, VIC
Guiyang and Sydney Printmakers, Guiyang Museum, Guizhou Province, China

1995                      Contemporary Sydney Printmakers, 5th International Works on Paper Fair, State Library of New South Wales,
Sydney. NSW
Borderlines, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Images of Australia, Sir Herman Black Gallery, University of Sydney Union, Sydney, NSW

1994                      Bushfire Benefit, Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Cultural Identities, International Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Guizhou and Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery,
Sydney, NSW
Unified Diversity, Member Print Editions, Print Council of Australia, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC; Tin
sheds Gallery, Sydney. NSW; Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane, QLD
Recognising the Republic, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
4th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, VIC
12th Biennial Prints Acquisitive, Mornington, VIC
Jacaranda Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW

1993                      Identity in the Environment, Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Works on Paper, Painters Gallery Australia, Sydney, NSW

1992                      6th Birthday Exhibition, Breewood Gallery, Katoomba, NSW
New Art Seven - Book Launch Exhibition, Painters Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Myth and Identity, Touring Exhibition, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, NSW; Nolan. Gallery, Hobart, TAS,
Canberra, ACT; Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW; Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
3rd Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC

1991                      5th Birthday Exhibition, Breewood Gallery Katoomba, NSW
Sun, Smoke, Steel, Tin Sheds, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW
Myth and Identity, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW

1990                      MPAC Print Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Mornington, VIC
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Sun, Smoke, Steel, National Travelling Print Exhibition, Studio One Print Workshop, Canberra, ACT
Warringah Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2nd Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Lane Cove Council Chambers, Sydney, NSW

1988                      6th Seoul International Print Biennial, Seoul Gallery Press Center, South Korea
Lloyd Rees Bicentenial Art Prize, Lane Cove Council Chambers, Sydney, NSW

1987                      Young and Developing Artists, Sir William Dobell Foundation, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW and touring
Important works on Paper, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
Ten NSW Artists, Editions Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
An Exhibition of Prints, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
MPAC Drawing Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Art Centre, Mornington, VIC
Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Council Chambers, Sydney, NSW
Christmas Show, DC Art, Sydney, NSW

1986                      5th Seoul International Print Biennial, Seoul Gallery Press Center, South Korea
10th Birthday Exhibition, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Faber Castell Works on Paper Prize, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
MPAC Print Acquisitive, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington, VIC
Warringah Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

1985                      Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman, Sydney, NSW

1984                      Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Blake Prize, Commonwealth Bank, Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
R M Ansett Works on Paper Invitational, City of Hamilton Gallery, Hamilton, VIC
Mini Prints 1984, Print Council of Australia,Caulfield Arts Centre, Caulfield, VIC and touring

1983                      Six Young Artists, Hogarth Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Australian Student Printmakers, International Travelling Exhibition
4th Seoul International Print Biennale, National Museum of Modern Art, South Korea
Miniature Prints, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, VIC
Selections: Recent Acquisitions, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW

1982                      City Art Institute Graduate Printmakers, Cleveland Street Space, Sydney, NSW

1981                      Alexander Mackie Printmakers, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Mudgee Art Award, Mudgee, NSW
Macquarie 1000 Art Award, Port Macquarie, NSW
Orange Drawing Prize Exhibition, Orange, NSW

Represented

AUSTRALIA

ACT                       National Gallery of Australia
Canberra Regional Gallery
Old Parliament House Collection

NSW                      Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sir William Dobell Foundation
State Library of New South Wales

Artbank
Bathurst Regional Gallery
Broken Hill City Art Gallery
Campbelltown City Art Gallery
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
City of Blacktown
Dubbo Regional Gallery
Grafton Regional Art Gallery
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Orange Regional Gallery
Penrith Regional Gallery & Lewers Bequest
Sutherland Shire Council
Tweed River Art Gallery\
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery

Charles Sturt University
Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh School
Macquarie University
Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE
Trinity Grammar School
The University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales Art & Design
The University of New South Wales Graduate School of Business Management
The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney Student Union
The University of Wollongong

QLD                      Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland State Library, James Hardy Collection

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Rockhampton Art Gallery

Central Queensland University, Rockhampton
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba

SA                         Art Gallery of South Australia

VIC                        Print Council of Australia
State Library of Victoria
The Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust

City of Hamilton Regional Gallery
City of Yarra
Croydon Galleries
Customs House Gallery
Geelong Gallery
La Trobe Regional Gallery
Mildura Arts Centre
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
The Art Vault, Mildura
Warrnambool Art Gallery\
Art Craft Teachers Association, Melbourne

Geelong College
La Trobe University Art Museum
Melbourne Grammar
Monash University
Victorian Education Department, (Hamilton Collection)

TAS                        Burnie Regional Art Gallery

WA                        City of Fremantle
John Curtin Gallery, Perth
Royal Perth Hospital\

CORPORATE        Canson Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Qantas Airways
Transfield Art Collection

INTERNATIONAL

AFRICA

EGYPT                  National Centre of Fine Arts

ASIA/PACIFIC

CHINA                  Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen
Huai'an Art Museum of China, Huai'an
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an

PAKISTAN            Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
Saeed Akhtar Studio, Lahore

THAILAND           Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai
Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok

THE AMERICAS

CANADA              Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax

CHILE                   National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research, Santiago

USA                       Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, New York, NY
Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, OH
Joan Flasch Artist Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Southern Graphics Council International Archive, Kennesaw, GA
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Alberquerque, NM
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw. GA

EUROPE

BULGARIA           National Academy of Art, Sophia

FRANCE               École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

UK             Bath Spa University, Bath
Royal College of Art, London
Kingston University, London
London Print Studio

Commissions

2014                      Print Council of Australia, Member Print

2001                      Print Council of Australia, Member Print

1994                      Print Council of Australia, Member Print

1993                      Qantas Airways

1989                      Kleinwort Benson, Sydney

1983                      Christies Contemporary Art, London

Awards and Grants

2012                      Mid America Print Council Biennial Conference, Pressing Prints/Pressing Palms: The Entrepreneurial Printmaker,
Exchange Portfolio (First Prize)

2010                      Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award - Acquisition Fund

2001                      Blacktown City Print Prize and Highly Commended

1996                      Willoughby Art Prize (Highly Commended Print Section)

1993                      Sutherland Shire Council Biennial Art Award (Acquisition)

1991                      Warringah Art Prize (Highly Commended Print Section)

1990                      Lloyd Rees Art Prize (Highly Commended)

1988                      Waverley Art Prize (Print Section)
Lloyd Rees Bicentennial Art Prize (Highly Commended)

1986                      Faber Castell Works on Paper Acquisition Award

1985                      Mosman Art Prize (Highly Commended Graphics)

1984                      R M  Ansett Hamilton Works on Paper Prize

1982                      Mitchell Cott Award

1981                      Macquarie 1000 Graphic Award
Orange Drawing Prize
Mudgee Graphics Award
Mudgee Minatures Award

Conference, Forum and Symposium Presentations

2020                     KEMPSON, Michael; Recent Aboriginal Print Projects by Cicada Press and Tree Making: New Etchings,
International Academic Printmaking Alliance 3rd Printmaking Biennale and Academic Symposium, Central
Academy of Fine Art, 18 October, Beijing. China.

2019                     KEMPSON, Michael; Printmaking and the New Normal: 2019 F.T Wimble Lecture, New England Regional Art
Museum, 26 October, Armidale, NSW.
Artists in Conversation, Paddington Art Prize, Exhibition of National Finalists Forum, Menzies Art Brand, 19
October, Kensington, NSW.

2018                      KEMPSON, Michael; Printmaking in a Post-Truth World: The Aboriginal Print Workshops of Cicada Press for the
Graphic Encounters Conference, Department of Archaeology and History and the Centre for the Studies of the
Inland, La Trobe University, Art West Theatre, University of Melbourne, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; Encounter with People: Printmaking and the New Normal, keynote address for IMPACT 10
Encounter Conference, 6 September, Santander, Spain.

KEMPSON, Michael; Australian Printmaking and the Future, keynote address for The Second IAPA Conference,
Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen City, China.

KEMPSON, Michael (Chair); TREMBLAY, Theo; HALL, Basil; LINGEN, Ruth; KING, Martin and YOUNG, Bill;
Symposium - Senior Master printmakers shared secrets and possibilities, 2nd Australian Print Triennial, Mildura
Arts Centre, 2 November, Mildura, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; GRISHIN, Sahsa; MURRAY, Wendy; COOPER, Simon; CININAS, Jazmina; McBURNIE, Ron;
DUSTIN, Mark; debate - Printmaking in art schools is incompatible with universities, 2nd Australian Print Triennial,
Mildura Arts Centre, 4 November, Mildura, VIC.

2017                      KEMPSON, Michael; Printmaking, People and the future in a glass half-empty world, keynote address for the First
Edition International Printmaking Conference, Cork Printmakers, 24 June, Millenium Hall Cork City, Cork, Ireland.

KEMPSON, Michael; Australian Aboriginal Artists and Print Publishing Projects for the Masters of Intaglio, with a
touch of Jazz, Institute for Electronic Arts Residency, 1 February, The School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred
University, Alfred, New York, USA.

CRAYSON, Nicky; HOOPER, Cassandra; KEMPSON, Michael; METCALF, Miranda K.; ROBINSON, Jenny;
Contemporary Print Practices Panel Discussion for the Masters of Intaglio, with a touch of Jazz, Institute for
Electronic Arts Residency, 6 February, The School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New
York, USA.

2016                     KEMPSON, Michael; Imagining Printmaking’s Future: Projecting from a glass half-full perspective for Australian
Printmaking: Past and Present, 8 October, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; Cicada Press and Australian Aboriginal Prints, Address for the International Academic
Printmaking Alliance Forum, 26 September, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; Collaborative Printmaking and Cicada Press Keynote Address for The Printmaking
Academics Development Program of China, 23 June, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China.

BOOR, Sam; JORGENSON, Darren; KEMPSON, Michael; Keynote Address: Cicada Press and Making Prints for
the Fremantle Print Award Forum: The Print Process; 24 September, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA.

2015                      KEMPSON, Michael; SCHEER, Joseph; Songlines and Graphic Diplomacy for Elam International Printmaking
Workshop 2105, 22 January, Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.

KEMPSON, Michael; Collaborative Printmaking as a Teaching Model Keynote Address for the 1st International
Forum of Printmaking Art School Deans, 6 December, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael (Chair); CANDIANI, Alicia; MUSKAT, Carolyn; NOWICKI, Christopher; SIPPEL, Jeffrey; Outside
the Comfort Zone: The Print as a Form of Graphic Diplomacy, Southern Graphics Council International Panel for
the SGCI conference Sphere, 20 March, Tennessee School of Art, University of Tennessee, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael (Chair); GREEN, Rona; LANKESTER, Jo; McBURNIE, Ron; Getting down to business: sustaining
practice as an artist panel for the 1st Australian Print Triennial, 1 November, Mildura, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael (Chair); MEEKS, Arone; MOMBASSA, Reg; WATSON, Judy; Art and social justice through print
panel for the 1st Australian Print Triennial, 1 November, Mildura, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; Papunya Tjupi Printmaking, Symposium for New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with
Cicada Press, curated by Vivien Johnson and Michael Kempson, Kluge-Ruhe Art Collection of the University of
Virginia, 26 March, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; Seoul-Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Australian Prints, 13 May, Chugye University for
the Arts, Seoul, South Korea.

KEMPSON, Michael; LEWIS, Alex; PARRY, Joshua; Symposium - Interchange Curatorial Discussion for
Interchange: Stories of Australian Printmaking, 17 May, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

HANKS, Rew; KEMPSON, Michael; MACLEOD, Euan; PAYNE, Patsy; RAK, Ben; Symposium - Meet the Artists for
Interchange: Stories of Australian Printmaking, 5 July, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

2014                      BARKLEY, Glenn; KEMPSON, Michael; Co-convenors of the Contemporary Printmaking Symposium for Chuck
Close Prints Process and Collaboration, 21 & 22 November, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

KEMPSON, Michael (Chair); HALL, Basil; KING, Martin; Collaboration for Contemporary Printmaking Symposium
for Chuck Close Prints Process and Collaboration, 22 November, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,
Australia.

KEMPSON, Michael; TILOKWATTANOTAI, Kitikong; RAK, Ben; Conference panel for Songlines: Community,
Connection and Opportunity through Print in the Asia-Pacific, Southern Graphics Council International Panel,
Bridges: spanning tradition, innovation and activism, 29 March, Hyatt Hotel Conference Centre, San Francisco,
USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; PAYNE, Patsy; Symposium for Interchange: Stories of Australian Printmaking, 18 Nov,
Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

KEMPSON, Michael; People and Place: One Australian Perspective of Making Prints, Symposium for Kyoto
Hanga 2014: Australia and Japan, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan.

KEMPSON, Michael; ALVI, Nafisa; AHMED, Roohi; UZ ZAFAR, Adeel; Panel Forum for Semblance of Order, 15
September, Koel Gallery, Karachi Pakistan

KEMPSON, Michael; CORRIGAN, Patrick; McBURNIE, Ron; MACLEOD, Euan;  Panel Forum for The art of giving:
gifts to the collection by Patrick Corrigan AM, 11 July, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.

2013                      KEMPSON, Michael, COFA UNSW and Australian Prinmaking Practice: The upside of printed art downunder,
Curatorial Forum, 19 Oct, Hubei Fine Arts Institute, Hubei, China.

KEMPSON, Michael, Contemporary Trends in Australian Printmaking: On the wall and in the classroom,
Symposium for the 3rd International Printmaking Workshop and Exhibition 22 Oct, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts,
Xi’an, China.

2012             RHODES, Prof Colin; MORDY, Gabrielle; KEMPSON, Michael; MINTON, Damien; WINIKOFF, Tamara; Mapping
Supported Studios in the Art World, Panel discussion for Desire and Destination: Arts Activated Conference
2012, 30 - 31 October, The Concourse, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

KEMPSON, Michael, Australian Printmaking: College of Fine Arts, UNSW, for the 11th Annual Printmaking
Exhibition and Conference for Chinese Academies and Colleges, 30 November, Guangzhou Academy of Fine
Art, Guangzhou, China.

KEMPSON, Michael, Altruism, Alms and Palms: Collaboration and connection through printmaking in the Asia-
Pacific Region, 2012 Mid America Print Council Biennial Conference Pressing Prints/Pressing Palms: The
Entrepreneurial Printmaker, 3 November, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael, The Past and the Future - The upside of printed art downunder, Curatorial Forum for
Fusion - International Contemporary Intaglio Prints Invitational Exhibition,  17 May, Guanlan Original Printmaking
Base, Shenzhen, China.

2011                      KEMPSON, Michael; From Papunya to Pakistan: Connecting with Asia through the research projects of Cicada
Press, College of Fine Art UNSW,  for IMPACT7 2011, 29 September, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC,
Australia.

KEMPSON, Michael; Custom Printing as a teaching model: The collaborative research projects of Cicada Press,
COFA UNSW, for Performing Arts as Creative Industry in Asia conference 2011 - Convergence in Performing and
Creative Arts, 23 - 24 March, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

KEMPSON, Michael; Connecting with Asia through the collaborative research projects of Cicada Press, Society,
History and Technology in Collaboration Session, Red Objects - Collaboration in Experimental Design Research
Symposium, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, NSW.

2007                     KEMPSON, Michael; Cicada as a teaching process, for the 6th Australian Print Symposium, March 31, National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

2006                     KEMPSON, Michael; Grunt, Pull, Grind and Scrape - Autographic Printmaking and the Protestant Work Ethic. The
development and activities of Cicada Press. A practical example of a tertiary research paradigm for
printmaking, for Why make prints 2, Cutting Remarks,  La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC

2005                     KEMPSON, Michael; Cicada Press,  for The Dynamics of Printmaking Symposium in conjunction with
placemade: Australian Print Workshop exhibition at Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA UNSW, Sydney.

Cicada Press : Curated Exhibitions

2020                     The Bite: Prints from Cicada Press, Project Gallery 90, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press: Etchings by Elisabeth Cummings, Project Gallery 90, Annex, Sydney, NSW

2019                      Work and Play: Fine Art Prints from Cicada Press, Project Gallery 90, Sydney, NSW
In Put/Print Out: Cicada Press Prints, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Cicada Press @ Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2019, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW

2018                      Old Stories and New Narratives: Recent Indigenous Prints,curated by Michael Kempson and Miranda Metcalf for
the 2nd Australian Print Triennial, ADFA Building, Mildura, VIC
By Hand: Rediscovering the Art of Printmaking, School of Design and Arts Gallery, De La Salle-College of Saint
Benilde, Manila, The Philippines
Australian Prints, Bengal Arts Programme for the Bengal Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ngurrambaa, Murray Art Museum Albury, Albury, NSW

2017                      Under Pressure, curated with Tess Allas and Dennis Golding for Tarnanthi: Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Australian Aboriginal Prints, Printshop Gallery, for the Masters of Intaglio, with a touch of Jazz Institute for
Electronic Arts Residency, The School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA
Cicada Press @ Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2017, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
Australian Print Workshop Print Fair, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC
Cicada Press Prints, John Woods Print Media Gallery, for the Masters of Intaglio, with a touch of Jazz Institute for
Electronic Arts Residency, The School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, USA
Capacity and Tension: Shanghai International Prints Exhibition, China Art Museum Shanghai, Shanghai, China
First Impressions, curated by Josephine Duffy, TWT Gallery, St. Leonards, NSW
A working model of the world, curated by Lizzie Mueller and Holly Williams, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, NSW

2016                     1st International Academic Printmaking Alliance Exhibition, Taimiao Art Gallery - Imperial Ancestral Temple,
Working People’s Culture Palace, Tiananmen. Australian selection curated by Michael Kempson. Organised by
the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing then touring to Nanjing Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing; Tianjin Art
Museum, Tianjin; Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijazhuang; Shenzhen Guanlan Original Printmaking Museum,
Guanlan, China
The Art of Cicada Press, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbostleigh, January 27 to March 5, Wahroonga, NSW
Cicada Press @ The Art Vault, The Art Vault, January 13 to February 10, Mildura, VIC
Hills and Valleys: Prints from Cicada Press, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
Cicada Press Publications - Sydney Australia, Davidson Galleries, April 7 - 30, Seattle, USA
Kallio Kunsthalle: Aboriginal Kunsthalle, Kallio Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
Contemporary Printmaking in Art and Design, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Pymble Ladies College Sydney, October 14
to 21, Croydon, NSW
Contemporary Experience/Political Expression: Australian Aboriginal Printmakers at Cicada Press, C. N. Gorman
Museum, University of California, Davis, March 29 - June 3, Davis, USA
Remember Me: Stories in Print, Museum voor hedendaagse Aboriginal kunst AAMU, January 17 to September 26,
Utrecht, The Netherlands
International Printmaking Alliance Exhibition, Taimiao Art Gallery - Imperial Ancestral Temple. Australian
selection curated by Michael Kempson. Organised by the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing then touring to
Nanjing Jinling Art Museum, Nanjing; Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin; Shijiazhuang Art Museum, Shijazhuang;
Shenzhen Guanlan Original Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, China
Printed in Australia, Spot81, Cicada Press selection curated by Michael Kempson, Chippendale, NSW
Passage: Southern Hemisphere Printmaking Exhibition, Jincheon Print Museum, Jincheon and Seoul Arts
Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Elisabeth Cummings - Michael Kempson - Euan Macleod, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC

2015                      Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation, (Judy Watson), The British Museum, April 23 to August 2, London, UK
Seat and Bag: 4 Australian printmakers cross the Tasman, Bowen Galleries, January 14 - February 6,  Wellington,
New Zealand
Shimmer: Shellwork, curated by Tess Allas, Tahjee Moar and Darrell Sibosado, December 5 to March 6 (2016),
Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Another Journey: Rokeya Sultana, Mehwish Iqbal and Negin Chahoud, curated by Paul Howard in a collaborative
project between Blacktown Arts Centre and Cicada Press, UNSW Art & Design, October 22 to November 14,
Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW
Cicada Press @ UNSW Art & Design, 1st International Forum of Printmaking Art School Deans, Central Academy
of Fine Arts Gallery, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Cicada Press @ Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, September 10 to 13, Sydney, NSW
Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand, The ANU School of Art Gallery, Australian
National University, Canberra, ACT; Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW; Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery,
Wagga Wagga, NSW
Wonder LAND Prints, Tangentyere Gallery, May 6 to June 12, Alice Springs, NT
Cicada Press at Walcha, Walcha Gallery of Art, August 8 to September 5, Walcha, NSW
New Narratives: Papunya Tjupi Prints with Cicada Press, curated by Vivien Johnson and Michael Kempson,
Kluge-Ruhe Art Collection of the University of Virginia, January 20 - May 17, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
Virginia, USA
We are in Wonder LAND: new experimental art from Central Australia, curated by Jennifer Biddle and Lisa
Stefanoff in a collaborative project between Desart Inc, National Institute for Experimental Arts and Cicada
Press, UNSW Galleries, 15 May to 15 August, Sydney, NSW
Seoul-Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Australian Prints, Galleries UNSW, Gallery C21, 6 May to 26 May,
Chugye University for the Arts, Seoul, South Korea

2014                      Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand, Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok,
Thailand
Sydney-Lahore: Prints from the Collections of Cicada Press and Saeed Akhtar Studio, September 9 - 20, Lahore,
Pakistan
Semblance of Order,  September 12 - 21, Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan and Aicon Gallery, New York, USA
Making Print, curated by Tess Allas and Troy-Anthony Bayliss, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute,
March 22 - May 10, Adelaide, SA and Signal Point Gallery, June 14 - July 20, Goolwah, SA
Seoul-Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Australian Prints, Galleries UNSW, UNSW Art & Design, University of
New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Gamarada, curated by Tess Allas and Amala Groom, Burrinja Aboriginal Centre, November 22 - February 15
2015, Upwey, VIC
Cicada Press: Printmaking Exhibition, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW
2014 Yunlin County Contemporary Arts Exchange Exhibition, the Australian component for the Yunlin County
Cultural Affairs Bureau Gallery, Yunlin, Taiwan
International Exhibition of Contemporary Student Printmaking 2014, COFAspace, UNSW Art & Design, October
7 - 12, Sydney, NSW, touring to: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium; National Academy of Art,
Sofia, Bulgaria; Xi’an Academy of Art, Xi’an, China; Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France;
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany; Elam School of Fine Arts, the University of Auckland, New Zealand;
Art School of Kingston University, London, UK; Royal College of Art, London, UK; University of the Arts, London,
UK; School of Art & Design in Bath Spa University, Bath, UK; School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred
University, Alfred, USA; Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, USA; Ohio State University, Columbus,
USA; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Breaking the Mould: A Collection of Contemporary Aboriginal Prints, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood,
NSW
Cicada Press at MLC Burwood: Contemporary Print Exhibition, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2013                      Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Guanlan Original Print Base, East Gallery,
Shenzhen, China
Assorted Treats: Works on Paper from Cicada Press, Art Est Gallery, Sydney NSW
Kaouwi Kauowi: Contemporary Aboriginal Printmaking from Australia, curated with Tess Allas, Kahnawake,
Mohawk Territory Cultural Centre for the Montreal First Nations Festival, Montreal, Canada
Black Prints from Cicada Press, curated by Tess Allas, Kluge-Ruhe Art Collection of the University of Virginia,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Master Prints Exhibition, Seaview Gallery, Dulwich High School of Art and Design, NSW
Master Print Show 2013: Cicada Press at MLC Burwood, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2012                      11th Annual Printmaking Exhibition and Conference for Chinese Academies and Colleges, Australian invitation
component, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, Guangzhou, China
Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW,
Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Xi’an, China, Luxun
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Shenyang, China
Cicada Press: Selected Images, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Fusion - International Contemporary Intaglio Prints Invitational Exhibition, the Australian component for a 7
nation intaglio print exhibtion, East Gallery, Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
Master Prints, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW

2011                      Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
Cicada Press: Collaboration and Connection, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, NSW
Messages from the South: Contemporary Australian Prints from COFA UNSW, International Exhibition Hall, Art
Museum of National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Master Prints, Kent House Gallery, MLC School, Burwood, NSW
The International Art on Paper Exhibition - The Faculty of Fine Art and Architecture, Rajamangala University of
Technology Lana in association with College of Fine Arts, University of NSW, Chiangmai University Art Museum,
Chiangmai, Thailand
Cicada Press for Orange Art Week: Affordable Art specially selected by Michael Kempson, Orange Regional
Gallery, NSW
Papunya Tjupi, for Universitas 21, Tyree Room - The John Niland Scientia Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW
Cicada Press, Wenona School, North Sydney, NSW
New Prints from Cicada Press, Sydney Children’s Hospital. Randwick, NSW

2010                      Cicada Press, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Aboriginal Dreams - Paintings, Etchings, Linocuts - Indigenous Art from Papunya Tjupi, Indus Valley School of
Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan
Allpress Printworks - Cicada Press, Art Sydney 2010, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW
Prints from Cicada Press, Sydney Children’s Hospital. Randwick, NSW
Cicada Press, Loft Gallery, Bowral, NSW
Art at Bartinos’, Bartinos’ Restaurant, Pyrmont, NSW

2009                     Multiple Visions - Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW
Building Papunya Tjupi, Printmaking component, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press - VIEW exhibits, St Ignatius Riverview, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press - Coming Together, St. Scholastica’s College, Sydney, NSW
Art Sydney 2009, Printworks - Cicada Press, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW

2008                     SILK + SAND: Chinese and Australian Prints, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA UNSW, Sydney, NSW and Central
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China
Artists Prints from Cicada Press, Lolli Redini, Orange NSW

2007                     Double Visions in collaboration with students from the Master of Art Administration Program COFA UNSW,
COFAspace and Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Papunya Tjupi: a New Beginning, Printmaking component, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Crossing Cultures 2, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW

2006                     Prints from Cicada Press COFA UNSW, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press, Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Cicada Press, Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra, ACT
The Canberra Exhibition - Papunya Tjupi Art, Academy Library, ADFA, Canberra, ACT

2005                     Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, 2005, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand
Custom Prints Unpacked, The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar , Sydney, NSW
Open Bite; selected prints from Cicada Press, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space COFA UNSW, Sydney, in
conjunction with ‘placemade’: Australian Print Workshop’ exhibition at Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA UNSW,
Sydney
An Embarrassment of Riches, Prints from Cicada Press, John Miller Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

Book Chapters and Journal Publications

2020                     KEMPSON, Michael; Chapter - ‘Aligning Educational Delivery and Custom Printing Production for Aboriginal
Artists with Ideas of Distributed Leadership at Cicada Press, Australia, 2004 - 2020’, Guanlan Forum 2020,
China·Guanlan Original Printmaking Base, China Printmaking Museum, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China,
ISBN: 978-7-5593-7031-0, pages 234 - 245.

2018                      KEMPSON, Michael; Cultures - ‘Encounter with People: Printmaking and the ‘new normal’’, IMPRINT Magazine,
Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 53 no. 3, pages 30 - 33.

2017                      KEMPSON, Michael; Chapter - ‘Visual Smarts: Making prints with Elisabeth Cummings’ for the monograph
‘Elisabeth Cummings’, DRILL HALL GALLERY PUBLISHING, pages 111 - 160.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Cicada Press:  Transforming Dialogues and Applications of Distributed Leadership’ in
Snepvangers, K., & Mathewson-Mitchell, D. (Eds) (2017). Chapter 11 in Beyond Community Engagement:
Transforming Dialogues in art, education and the cultural sphere in Rourke, A., & Rees, V. (Eds), The Image
Curated Series: Transformative Pedagogies in the Visual Domain. COMMON GROUND PUBLISHING: University
of Illinois, Champaign IL, USA. Endorsee Name:  Professor Richard Hickman, University of Cambridge.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Euan Macleod: The Painterly Printmaker’, Essay for Painters who Print, ARTIST’S PROFILE,
Issue 39, pages 126 - 129.

2015                      KEMPSON, Michael; ‘A Guiding Hand’, Book Chapter for ‘Back to the Start: Belinda Fox’, GOFF BOOKS - ORO
EDITIONS, USA, ISBN: 978-1-939621-27-6, pages 124 - 155.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Nifty Shades of Grey’ - Tech Talk, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Summer, Vol
50 no. 4, page 35 (illustrated).

2012                      ALLAS, Tess and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Aboriginal printmaking workshops and recent residencies at Cicada Press,
COFA UNSW, Sydney’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 47 no. 3, page 31.

2011                      KEMPSON, Michael; ‘2nd International Printmaking Workshop - Xi’an China’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Autumn Vol 46 no. 1, pages 10 - 11, (illustrated).

2007                     KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Double Visions - Making Prints with Cicada Press’ exhibition review, IMPRINT Magazine,
Print Council of Australia, Summer Vol 42 no. 4, page 23.

Reviews and Articles

2020                     ‘Aussie Printmaker in Manila’, BUSINESS WORLD, Arts and Leisure Section, January 22, Page 7.

‘A Printmaker’s Geopoliticalopus’, THE DAILY TRIBUNE, Lifestyle Section, January 29, Page C18.

TORRES, Gerry; ‘Kempson prints on permanent display in Manila’, MANILA STANDARD, February 1, Page C2.

2019                      GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘In Put/Print Out’ achieves a very high standard’, Music, Theatre and Arts, CANBERRA TIMES,
April 23.

2018                      STEPHENS, Andrew; ‘Across the seas’, Art Fair, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 53 no. 2,
page 12.

2017                      O’SULLIVAN, Jane; ‘Aura: Repitition, reproduction and the mark of the artist’, Review/Preview, ART GUIDE
AUSTRALIA, 27 July, http://artguide.com.au/aura-repetition-reproduction-and-the-mark-of-the-artist

GARSIDE, Sioux; ‘Elisabeth Cummings Donation - NERAM’, IMPRINT Magazine online, October 30, Print Council
of Australia, VIC.

ALLAS, Tess; ‘Printmaking at the Tarnanthi Festival, Adelaide’, IMPRINT Magazine online, October 30, Print
Council of Australia, VIC.

RAK, Ben; ‘Aura: Repitition, reproduction and the mark of the artist’, catalogue essay for ‘Aura: Repitition,
reproduction and the mark of the artist’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW, Wagga Wagga Regional Art
Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW and The ANU School of Art Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.

EAST, Scott; ‘Michael Kempson’s Child’s Play: A Master of Exactitude’, catalogue essay for Michael Kempson:
Work and Play - Song Ya Feng Arts Centre, Beijing, China, pages 20 - 21.

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Michael Kempson: Profile in Print, catalogue essay for Michael Kempson: Work and Play’, Song
Ya Feng Arts Centre, Beijing, China, pages 13 - 15.

HE, Wei; ‘The one-legged Tin Soldier and Michael Kempson’s Prints’, Preface for Michael Kempson: Work and
Play, Song Ya Feng Arts Centre, Beijing, China, page 3.

GOURIOTIS, Kon; ‘Editor’s Note’, for Painters who Print, ARTIST’S PROFILE, Issue 39, page 18.

JOHNSON, Anna; ‘Elisabeth Cummings’, for Painters who Print, ARTIST’S PROFILE, Issue 39, pages 56 - 64.

RISVI, Nafisa; ‘Michael Kempson’s recent oeuvre’, ARTEMESIA - Art in Pakistan, Reviews, 11 April,
https://www.artemesiaartinpakistan.com/of-animals-and-politics/

Zhiping, Lu; ‘Capacity and Tension - 2017 Shanghai International Printmaking Exhibition’, China Art Museum,
Shanghai, China, 496 pages, Catalogue 2017 - 18.

BOSBEN, Jo; ‘2017 Aboriginal Print Workshop’, NOW ART & DESIGN, Issue 54, 14 February.

HE, Wei: ‘Work and Play, Prints by Michael Kempson’, cina.com.cn, 14 April
http://collection.sina.com.cn/ddys/2017-04-14/doc-ifyeimqc3704284.shtml

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Michael Kempson: China and Beyond’, IMPRINT Magazine online, Print Council of Australia,
5 June, http://imprint.org.au/articles/

STRANGER, Lucy; ‘Michael Kempson: Child’s Play’, Artist Profile online, 13 June,  
http://www.artistprofile.com.au/michael-kempson-childs-play

2016                      FAN, Dian and WANG, Huaxiang; ‘International Academic Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition’, CHINA
FORESTRY PUBLISHING HOUSE, published December 2016, ISBN 978-7-5038-8860-1, pages 150 - 161
(illustrated).

VAN OGTROPP, Akky; ‘Print Council of Australia 2016 Calender - Year of Print 50th Celebrations’, May
(illustrated).

GUO, Liwen; ‘Contemporary Art and Prints Creative Talents Training’, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art in association
with the China National Arts Fund’, Published November 2016, ISBN 978-7-5305-7779-0.

KELLEY, Megan; ‘A Powerhouse of Contemporary Counterparts Opens at Cumberland Gallery’, exhibition review
for Artists Select 2016 at Cumberland Galllery, NASHVILLE ARTS MAGAZINE, 4 May (illustrated).

KOHN, Rachael; ‘The Blake Prize 2016’,  interview with Damien Shen for the THE SPIRIT OF THINGS program,
ABC Radio National, 21 February.

Huaxiang, Wang; ‘1st International Academic Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition’, China Forestry
Publishing House, Beijing China, 452 pages, Catalog 2016 - 17.

OAKLEY, Rilka; ‘Celebrating Print’, INSIGHT: Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Membership Magazine, Issue 12,
page 11, 21 - 22 (illustrated).

ROTHWELL, Nicolas; ‘Theo Tremblay: the unseen hand steering magic in the deep north’, Arts section, THE
AUSTRALIAN, 15 April.

MOAR, Tajee; ‘Creating a New Movement: Cicada Press and the Annual Indigenous Print Workshop’, IMPRINT
Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 51 no. 1, pages 14 - 15. 

WOLFF, Sharne; ‘Well-known in the industry as one of the country’s best print houses, Cicada Press…’, 20 things
to hear, see and do in Sydney this weekend, http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/20-things/ and Spectrum -
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD , 27 February.

BAILEY-CHARTERIS, Bronwyn; ‘Jason Wing v. Capatain Cook’, VOICE OF THE ARTIST, Copyright Agency /
Viscopy 2016, ISBN: 978-1-925404-01-2, pages 58 - 65.

2015                      SHAW, George; ‘New York Postcard: From The Blizzard’, THE ART LIFE, 30 January,
http://theartlife.com.au/2015/new-york-postcard-from-the-blizzard/

MUIR, Hannah; ‘Fine print works go on show’, CENTRALIAN ADVOCATE, Vol 68, No 8, 8 May, page 32.

ALLAM, Lorena; ‘Erasing the Rowley Line: inside and Indigenous printmaking workshop’,  for the Earshot
program, ABC Radio National, 17 June.

FULLER, Kelly; ‘Printmaking comes to Walcha’, ABC New England North West, 31 August.

KHAMKOED, Sara; ‘Connections: Sara Khamkoed reviews Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between
Australia and Thailand at the Mosman Art Gallery’, Rochford Street Review, 19 June (illustrated),
https://rochfordstreetreview.com/category/artist/michael-kempson/

GORRINGE-SMITH, Kate; ‘Back to the Start - Belinda Fox’, Essays by Kate Bryan, Glenn Barkley, Stephen Naylor
and Michael Kempson,  GOFF BOOKS, ISBN: 9781939621276.

PAYNE, Patsy; ‘Interchange: A printmaking dialogue between Australia and Thailand’, Collaboration Too,
IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 50 no. 2, page 20.

BROWN, Marguerite; ‘A Hybrid Practice: Rona Green’s ventures in Printmaking’,  Feature Article, IMPRINT
Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 50 no. 2, pages 12 - 13 (illustrated).

WILSON, Claire Rosslyn; ‘30 Printmakers reinforce ties between Australia and Thailand - in pictures’, ART
RADAR, May 22, http://artradarjournal.com/2015/05/22/30-printmakers-reinforce-ties-between-australia-and-
thailand-in-pictures/

HAYNES, Peter; ‘A study in contrasts between Australia and Thailand’, SMH Online, 24 April,
http://m.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/a-study-in-contrasts-between-australian-and-thai-printmaking-
20150423-1momcz.html

2014                      BARRY, Ramona; ‘In the Neighbourhood’ for the exhibition Near Neighbours’, exhibition preview, IMPRINT
Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 49 no. 3, page 30.

MACWHIRTER, Peter; ‘Formative Impressions International Printmaking Exhibition’, catalogue essay for
Formative Impressions: 8 Pacific Nations, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan
and USA, Co-ordinated by Peter MacWhirter for the Korean Contemporary Printmaking Association, Jincheong
Printmaking Museum, Jincheon, South Korea.

JALIL, Rabeya; ‘Karachi to Sydney’, THE FRIDAY TIMES, Karachi, Pakistan, 24 October,
http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/karachi-to-sydney/

ALI, Salwat; ‘Interview: Connections and collablorations, Salwat Ali in conversation with Michael Kempson’,
DAWN Sunday Magazine, Karachi, Pakistan, 28 September, page 10 (illustrated), 
http://www.dawn.com/news/1134069/interview-connections-and-collaborations

MIRZA, Quddus; ‘Imprints in Time’, THE NEWS ON SUNDAY, Lahore, Pakistan, 28 September,
http://tns.thenews.com.pk/imprints-in-time/#.VCeraEvVaxx

‘Transcontinental journey of printmaking on show at Saeed Akhtar Studio’, THE DAILY TIMES, Lahore, Pakistan,
10 September, page 1 (illustrated),

JALIL, Rabeya; ‘Running the Printmaking Marathon’, ARTNOW - Contemporary Art of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan,
http://www.artnowpakistan.com/articles.php?article=Running-the-Printmaking-Marathon

IMRAN, Aniqa; ‘Conversations Through Print’, ARTNOW - Contemporary Art of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan,
http://www.artnowpakistan.com/articles.php?article=Conversations-Through-Print

ALI, Salwat; ‘Art Fiend: Defining semblance’, DAWN, Karachi, Pakistan, 21 September, page 10 (illustrated).  
http://www.dawn.com/news/1132774

SUBZWARi, Shanzay; ‘Art: Ordered chaos’,  THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE, Sunday Magazine, Karachi, Pakistan, 
21 September, page 17 (illustrated).

RAFI, Hareen; ‘Art and artists across borders’, DAWN Metropolitan, Karachi, Pakistan, 10 September, page 18
(illustrated).

ALI, Salwat; ‘Indelible imprints’, DAWN, Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September, page 10.

TAHIR, Minerwa; ‘Playing with motifs: Artists employ recurring elements to express ideas, using silkscreen prints
and etchings’, THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE, Karachi, Pakistan,  14 September, page 14 (illustrated).

RASOOL, Aleeza; ‘Sydney-Lahore: Prints from Cicada Press and Saeed Akhtar Studios’, YOULIN MAGAZINE, 
Lahore, Pakistan, 26 September (illustrated),
http://www.youlinmagazine.com/review/sydney-lahore-prints-from-cicada-press-and-saeed-akhtar-studios/MjYx

VAN OGTROP, Akky and GRAHAME, Noreen; ‘Kyoto Hanga: International Print Exhibition, Japan and Australia’,
PCA News, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 49 no. 3, pages 26 - 27.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Print Council of Australia 2014 Commissioned Prints’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Autumn, Vol 49 no. 3, page 23 - 25 (illustrated).

KEMPSON, Michael; Catalogue Editor for ‘Seoul-Sydney: Contemporary Korean and Australian Prints’,
Galleries UNSW, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, ISBN: 978-0-7334-3495-2.

ALLAS, Tess; ‘Northern Exposure - Cicada Press’, Amble - ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIA, Summer Issue, page 6
(illustrated).

O’BRIEN, Brendan; catalogue essay for ‘Notes: artists’ books on music’, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New
Zealand.

BUTLER, Angela; ‘Semblance of Order’, Image and Identity, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia,
Autumn, Vol 49 no. 1, page 12 - 13 (illustrated).

JALIL, Rabeya; ‘International Focus: The Entrepeneurial Printmaker’,  GRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS - The Newsletter
of the SGC International USA, Winter, pages 12 - 13 (illustrated).

2013                      TU, Xing; ‘Michael Kempson talks about his philosophy and life in Printmaking’, Design Master - BOSS
CREATION+, December, pages 14 - 19 (illustrated), Wuhan, China.

GUTERBOCK, Rose and MILLER, Aaron; ‘Black Prints from Cicada Press’, C-VILLE.com, 16 July (illustrated),
http://www.c-ville.com/black-prints-from-cicada-press/#.Uu2yr_3P0nt

WALTON, Inga; ‘Corporeal: A Print Exchange’,  Melburnin - Dateline, TROUBLE MAGAZINE, March, page 31.

WEBB, Penny; ‘Printmakers putting bodies on the line’, THE AGE, Entertainment, 8 March.

SVOBODA, PeeJay; event review, ‘25 x 25 Contemporary Japanese and Australian Prints’, 22 August,
http://aitmed1905.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/4804-event-review.html

JAMES, Tony; ‘Amazing Garage Find: Parkes plate for unissued notes from 1950s’, THE AUSTRALASIAN COIN &
BANKNOTE MAGAZINE incorporating AUSTRALIAN COIN REVIEW, Vol 16 no. 6, July, ISBN 1440-4508.

FROST, Andrew; ‘25 x 25: Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking’, ‘Critic’s Picks - The Shortlist’,
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 16 August, page 3.

KUMURDIAN, Dijana; ‘25 x 25: Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking, A Cultural Exchange’, Brag
Magazine/the brag.com, 5 August, page 13.

CHEN, Cat; ‘25x25: Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking’, LIFESTYLE ASIA, 10 August, pages 18
and 25 (illustrated).

ALI, Salwat; ‘For your eyes only’, Review for Adeel uz Zafar’s exhibition ‘The Protagonists’, Fost Gallery,
Singapore, DAWN, Karachi, Pakistan.

FROST, Andrew; ‘Michael Kempson’s prints are decidely kawaii’, ‘25x25: Contemporary Japanese and Australian
Printmaking’, THE ART LIFE, 9 August.

2012                     O’BRIEN, Gregory and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘The well-travelled etching plate - Voyage to the Kermadecs’,
IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 47 no. 3, page 30.

SUTHERLAND, Katie; ‘Arts for living’, UNSWORLD, December, Issue 17, page 16.

ZHAO, Jiachun; ‘Australia Artist: Michael Kempson’, CHINESE PRINTMAKING - ‘Window Overseas’, November,
pages 46, 47, 58, 59 and 65 (illustrated).

PRICE, Ellen J; ‘Pressing Print/Pressing Palms: 2012 Biennial Conference’, THE MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL
JOURNAL, Vol 20 no. 3 and 4, 2012 (10th Anniversary Edition), pages 8 - 11.

RAK, Ben; ‘Blending Cultures: Traditional Patterns and Hybrid Identities Iin the past 2 decades of Australian
Printmaking’, THE MID AMERICA PRINT COUNCIL JOURNAL, Vol 20 no. 3 and 4, 2012 (10th
Anniversary Edition), pages 12 - 15.

CIESLINSKA, Agnieszka; ‘Guanlan Printmaking Base’, ASPIRACJE, Wydawca - Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw,
Poland, Summer 2012, pages 52 - 57 (illustrated).

ZHAO, Jiachun; ‘Michael Kempson’, CHINA PRINT FOCUS, Volume 13 no. 9, September, pages 78 - 81
(illustrated).

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Australia in Print - Victoria, Corporeal’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol
47 no. 4, page 45 (illustrated).

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Australia in Print - Queensland Inkfest, Cairns: the wrap’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Spring, Vol 47 no. 4, page 45 (illustrated).

FORTESCUE, Elizabeth; ‘Drawing inspiration from his childhood’, THE TELEGRAPH, 26 October, page 110
(illustrated).

LANDER, Janis; ‘Making Plates’, COLLEGE VOICE, Summer, Vol 10 no. 2.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Laurel and Brett Nannup: A family in prints’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia,
Spring, Vol 47 no. 4, pages 20 - 21.

LANDER, Janis; ‘Altruism, Community and the Importance of Mentoring - An interview with Michel Kempson’,
College Voice, Summer, Vol 10 no. 2.

WAR, Helen; ‘Pens’, COLLEGE VOICE, Summer, Vol 10 no. 2.

MURPHY, Peter; ‘Inkmasters Print Exhibition 2012, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Spring, Vol 47 no. 3, page 33.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Australia in Print - National, Adam Cullen’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring,
Vol 47 no. 3, page 36.

LATIMER, Bruce; ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’ IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 1, pages 30 - 31.

KEMPSON, Michael; Artist in Residence, Inkmasters for Inkfest, Editions Trenblay, Cairns, Queensland, 18 - 29
June.

RAK, Ben; ‘Chicago/COFA International Exchange’, Australia in Print, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 1, page 38.

NICHOLS, Hugh; ‘Studio Artists Collaborate’, exhibition catalogue, Gaffa Gallery, 5 April.

MESSER, Barbara; ‘Beyond the Dots’, INCUBATE, Issue 7, pages 34 - 39.

SCHWARZMAN, Carol; ‘Contemporary Aboriginal art in America’, ART MONTHLY, June, pages 58 - 61.

HOOKEY, Gordon; ‘Dog Eat Dog’, COLLEGE VOICE, Winter, Vol 10 no. 1 .

VAN OGTROP, Akky; ‘Annual Report’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 2,
photograph page 32.

MORDEY, Gabrielle; ‘Studio Artist Consolidate’, Australia in Print - NSW Exhibitions, IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 2, pages 37 - 38.

McKENZIE, Laurel; ‘Inkfest Cairns’, Australia in Print - Queensland News, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 2, pages 42 - 43.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Fusion—International Contemporary Intaglio Prints Invitational Exhibition’, East Gallery, Guanlan
Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China, Australia in Print - Asia, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 2, page 52.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Confluence of 9’, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok, Australia in Print - Asia, IMPRINT
Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 47 no. 2, page 52 (illustrated).

2011                      O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘Michael Kempson - A dip in the dark lake’, ARTIST PROFILE, Issue 15, pages 106 - 109
(illustrated).

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Hot Off The Press - Sydney Printmakers 50th Anniversary Exhibition’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 46 no. 2, pages 26 - 27.

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘Voyage to the Kermadecs’, KERMADEC, Pew Environment Group in association with
Tauranga Art Gallery, exhibition catalogue, pages 31, 34, 36 - 37, 44, 106 and 144, ISBN 978-0-473-20017-6.

DWYER, Lynne; ‘Cicada Press: Collaboration and Connection’, Open Gallery - Spectrum, SYDNEY MORNING
HERALD, 24 September, page 15,.

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘The Kermadecs’, in conversation with Geraldine Coutts, Pacific Beat, ABC Radio National,
3 June.

DAVIS, Jan; ‘Pedagogy and printmaking at IMPACT7’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Summer, Vol
46 no. 4, page 9.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Australia in Print - International’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Summer, Vol 46
no. 4, page 46.

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘To the Island, artists in the Kermadecs’, view NZ -ARTIST PROFILE, Issue 16, pages 144 - 145,
(illustrated, Cicada Press image).

REY, Runa; ‘Beauty, Birds and Beasts’, review for ‘Zoo Air: Twenty artists from the 2011 Artists in Residence
Program’ at Taronga Zoo, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle, NSW, NEWCASTLE HERALD,
Saturday 30 July.

BROWN, Cash; ‘Cash Brown Top 5 Picks’, smART Collector, , 1 October,
http://smart-collector.blogspot.com/2011/10/guest-blogger-cash-browns-top-5-picks.html?m=1

CININAS, Jazmina and GREEN, Rona; ‘Familiar Unfamiliar’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring,
Vol 46 no. 3, pages 34 - 35.

FORSTER, Sue; ‘The Griffith Studio surveys 33 years of Achievement’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Spring, Vol 46 no. 3, page 8.

KEMPSON, Michael; CD cover art for Paul McNamara Trio, Paul McNamara - Nicky Crayson - Dave Pudney, ABC
Studios Sydney, 31 March.

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Hot Off The Press - Sydney Printmakers 50th Anniversary Exhibition’, catalogue essay, Manly
Art Gallery and Museum.

RIZVI, Nafisa; ‘Michael Kempson in Karachi: exhibitions, a workshop and an exchange of ideas’, IMPRINT
Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 46 no. 1, pages 9 - 10 (illustrated).

MILNER, Kate; catalogue introduction for’Prints from the Griffith Studio 1978 - 2011’, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
and Arts Centre, pages 4 and 19 (illustrated).

NEIL, Shirley; ‘New Acquisitions - Ben Quilty’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum Newsletter, November, December
2011 and January 2012, page 2.

LEE, Jane; ‘Pressing the point of local printmaking’, THE EPOCH TIMES - Arts, August 3 - 9, page 23 (illustrated).

MIDDLEMOST, Thomas; catalogue introduction for ‘Fair and Square’, Charles Sturt University - Wagga Wagga,
pages 11 and 30 (illustrated).

FORSTER, Sue; ‘Prints and their social agendas’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 46 no.
1, page 3.

CLARKE, Neilton; ‘Hot off the Press’, Artnotes - ART MONTHLY, April, Issue 238, page 52 (illustrated).

RISVI, Nafisa; ‘UG a friend to all’, tribute to Ussman Ghouri, The News on Sunday, Karachi, Pakistan.

ZHOU, Mingyue; ‘Michael Kempson’s Personal Space’, LIFESTYLE ASIA, 23 April, pages 16 - 17 (illustrated).

SCHWARTZKOFF, Louise; ‘Personal Space’, Open Gallery - Spectrum, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, page 11
(illustrated).

ROBERTS, Katherine; ‘Personal Space’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum Newsletter, May - July, NSW.

JOHNSON, Sarah; ‘New Directions: Sydney Printmakers’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum Newsletter, May - July,
NSW.

ESSON, Michael; exhibition seminar for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, Convener
Associate Professor Mike Esson - COFA UNSW, curator Michael Kempson - Senior Lecturer and Head of
Printmaking - COFA UNSW, artist Li Wenmin - Lecturer COFA UNSW, artist Professor Liu Tianshu - Vice Head of
Printmaking Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang China, artist Xia Qiang - Lecturer Luxun Academy of Fine
Arts in Shenyang China, artist Professor Zhu Yuanchun - representative from Central Academy of Fine Arts in
Beijing China, interpreter Ren Feiying and interpreter Zheng Xueting, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, 23 April,
NSW.

GRISHIN, Sasha; catalogue entry for ‘Together in Harmony for 50 Years: Celebrating the Year of Friendship
between Australia and Korea 2011’, page 56 (illustrated).

2010                      ALLEN, Christopher; ‘No place for ink jetted photograhs - review for  the Fremantle Print Award’, THE
AUSTRALIAN, The Arts, 27 October, page 16.

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘The glorious kitchen: Cicada Press, COFA, UNSW’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Winter, Vol 45 no. 2, pages 38 - 39 (illustrated).

KHAN, Naiza H; ‘A Transforming Space: Printmaking in Pakistan’, Catalogue essay for ‘Out of the Box’ portfolio,
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Profiles in Print - Michael Kempson’, CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL, 2010, no. 79, pages 68 -
72 (illustrated).

RISVI, Nafisa; ‘Method in his Madness’, THE FRIDAY TIMES, 14 - 20 May, pages 26 - 27 (illustrated), Karachi,
Pakistan.

HUSAIN, Majorie; ‘Out of the Box’, Group Art, 14 November, Karachi, Pakistan

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘Euan Macleod - The Painter in the Painting’, PIPER PRESS, pages 11, 61 and 199.

ZHOU, Mingyue; ‘Art Sydney on site’, Lifestyle Asia, page 21 (illustrated).

SYED Abdullah MI; ‘One stone at a time: Australian Art in Karachi, Pakistan’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Winter, Vol 45 no. 2, page 40 (illustrated).

RIZVI, Nafisa; ‘Imprinted Ideas’, catalogue essay for ‘Out of the Box’ portfolio, Indus Valley School of Art and
Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.

O’BRIEN, Gregory; ‘An etching entitled “From the Classical Chinese Anthology”’, 99 Ways into New Zealand
Poetry by Paula Green and Harry Rickestts, RANDOM HOUSE NZ, pages 324 - 327.

KOWARSKY, Damon; ‘Australian Artists in Pakistan’, Australia in Print - International, IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 45 no. 2, page 54.

AHMAD, Amer H'; ‘Glimpse into spirituality: array of possums, water and honey’, DAILY TIMES, 9 April, Karachi,
Pakistan.

AHMAD, Amer H; ‘Satisfying modalities of Expression’, DAILY TIMES, 07 April, Karachi, Pakistan.

MOORAJ, Anwer; ‘A dream realised’, DAWN, 18 April, Karachi, Pakistan.

ALI, Salwat; ‘Interview: Indelible Imprints’, DAWN, 5 September, Karachi, Pakistan.

BROWN, Cash; ‘Printmaking at Art Sydney 10’, Australia in Print - NSW Newsl, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Spring, Vol 45 no. 3, page 40.

2009                     ALI, Salwat; ‘Artline - A Matter of Perception’, NEWSLINE, November, Vol 22 no. 5, pages 108 - 109,
Pakistan.

CLEMENT, Tracey; ‘Gum trunks, dogs and more’, INCUBATE, COFA UNSW, Issue 4 2009, pages 56 - 57
(illustrated).

BRUCE, Candice; ‘Arts & Events - Paper Work’, VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA, July/August, pages 89 - 94
(illustrated).

BENNETT, Rod; ‘They’re masters of the printing art’, THE MANLY DAILY, Lifestyle section, 24 July.

EGGLETON, David; ‘Gregory O’Brien etching for Charles Brasch’, LANDFALL 218 - Islands, Spring 2009, Otago
University Press, New Zealand, page 135.

MUDDIMAN, Susi; ‘Six of Australia’s best artists celebrate the Tweed - Anniversary Print Collection, Tweed River
Gallery’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Summer, Vol 44 no. 4, page 26.       

CLEMENT, Tracey; ‘Metro Picks’, Metro Art - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 13 - 19 November, page 16.

CHRISTOPHER, Lissa; ‘Open Gallery - From Print to Print. Look for work by Michael Kempson’, The Critics - THE
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 26 - 27 September, page 14.

HELMRICH, Michele; ‘Fiona Foley: Forbidden’, Museum of Conteporary Art, Sydney and UQ Art Museum,
Brisbane, exhibition catalogue, pages 52 - 53.

PALATIS, Lew; ‘The Sydney Printmakers - From Print to Print’, Australia in Print - IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council
of Australia, Winter, Vol 44 no. 3, page 34.

ALLAS, Tess; ‘Frances Belle Parker - Fragmented’, Lismore Regional Gallery, catalogue essay.

FARMER, Margaret; artilce on Cicada Press exhibition ‘Building Papunya Tjupi’, AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL ART,
June, page 43 (illustrated).

VAN OGTROP, Akky; cataloue essay for exhibition ‘Point of Connection - Print Workshop Encounters’, Grafton
Regional Gallery, NSW.

WALDREN, Murray; ‘The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa’, page 355 Harper Collins ISBN9780732287894
2009

VAN OGTROP, Akky; exhibition preview for ‘Point of Connection - Print Worshop Encounters’, IMPRINT Magazine,
Print Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 44 no. 2, page 12.

CUMMINGS, Elisabeth, KEMPSON, Michael and WARREN Guy; judging of the Lloyd Rees 2009 Memorial Youth
Art Award, 31 August, Lane Cove Council Civic Centre, Sydney, NSW.

KENYON, Therese; catalogue foreword for ‘Multiple Visions - Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith’,
(illustrated). ISBN - 978-0-9804889-6-8, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW.

SAMUEL, Gill; cover image of Tilua Nangala etching for article ‘Long Time Coming’, UNSWorld ALUMNI
MAGAZINE ‘Our Indigenous Future’, June, Issue 10, pages 120 - 121.

RUSHWORTH, Paul; ‘Summer Sky, Summer 2009 - The prints of Paul Rushworth’, THE COLLEGE VOICE, Vol
7 no. 2. www.arc.unsw.edu.au/media/documents/cvoice/vol7issue2

EJIRI, Kasumi and TAYLOR, Simon; ‘Building Papunya Tjupi’, catalogue essay for the exhibition ‘Building Papunya
Tjupi’,  Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

BRASSINGTON, Pat, BUTLER, Roger and KEMPSON, Michael; judging of the ‘Burnie Print Prize 2009’, Burnie
Regional Gallery, TAS.

GRIFFITHS, Amy; ‘2008 Paddington Art Prize - COFA UNSW Award - Ross Laurie’, Paddington, NSW,
www.cofa.edu.au/newsevents

JOHNSON, Vivien; ‘Papunya Tjupi Arts’, AUSTRALIAN ART COLLECTOR - GUIDE TO ABORIGINAL ART
CENTRES, pages 30 - 31.

MUELLER, Helen; ‘SILK & SAND: The return visit, Chinese hospitality in Beijing’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council
of Australia, Autumn, Vol 44 no. 1, pages 22 - 23 (illustrated).

VAN EIJK, Marisa; ‘Coming face to face with Cherry Hood’, ARTEFACT MAGAZINE, www.artefactmagazine.com

LEE, Lisa; ‘Cicada Press’, ViEW exhibition catalogue, St. Ignatius Riverview, Sydney, NSW, page 10 (illustrated).

2008                     CLARKE, Neilton; ‘Beijingle bells’ Artnotes from ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIA, April, Issue 216, page 65.

LAW, Roger and KEMPSON, Michael; Public Program for ‘Yin Yang: China in Australia’, S H Ervin Gallery, NSW,
21 September.

ANGELORO, Dominique; ‘Match Box Projects’, INCUBATE, Winter, page 26 (illustrated).

FOX, Belinda; Cicada Press Residency 2008, www.belindafox.com.au/Pages/Projects

ALLAS, Tess; ‘Graham Davis King’, DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS ONLINE,
www.daao.org.au/main/read/6947

MUDDIMAN, Susi; ‘Euan Macleod: Connections and Collaborations’, Australia in Print, IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 43 no. 1, pages 32 - 33.

BALL, Karen; ‘SILK + SAND’, ARTSHUB Review, www.artshub.com.au

WOODS, Sarah; ‘SILK + SAND’, ARTSHUB Review, www.artshub.com.au

CLARKE, Neilton; ‘Asia - Print Camaraderie’ - Artnotes from ART MONTHLY AUSTRALIA, April, Issue 208,
page 49.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Silk and Sand: Chinese and Australian Prints’ exhibition review, IMPRINT Magazine, Print
Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 43 no. 2, pages 18 - 19.

2007                     HUYNH, Hoa; ‘Papunya Tjupi and COFA UNSW Workshop’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia,
Summer, Vol 42 no. 4, page 33.

WISHART, Alison; ‘Ex Libris: bookplates from our collections - State Library of Queensland’ exhibition preview,
IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 42 no. 3, page 3.

ALLAS, Tess; ‘Jake Soewardie’, DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS ONLINE,
www.daao.org.au/main/read/5836

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Striking Highlights in wide style of prints’, THE CANBERRA TIMES, Arts and Entertainment, 10
October, page 2.

LANDER, Janis; ‘Introducing Papunya Tjupi’ exhibition review, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia
Spring, Vol 42 no. 3, pages 24 - 25.

CLEMENT, Tracey; ‘Celebrating a new beginning’, Uniken UNSW, September - October 2007, Issue 43, page 7.

JOHNSON, Vivien; ‘Big Name No Blankets’, catalogue essay for exihibition ‘Papunya Tjupi: A New Beginning’ ,
Ivan Doughtery Gallery, COFA UNSW, Sydney, pages 3 - 4.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Printmaking with Papunya Tjupi’, catalogue essay for exihibition ‘Papunya Tjupi: A New
Beginning’, Ivan Doughtery Gallery, COFA UNSW, Sydney, NSW, page 6.

MUSCAT, Amanda; ‘Papunya Tjupi: A New Beginning’, ARTLINK MAGAZINE, Vol 27 no. 4.

GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Awash with Prints’, THE CANBERRA TIMES, Arts and Entertainment, 5 April, page 2 (illustrated).

JOHNSON, Vivien; ‘Papunya Tjupi’, catalogue essay for ‘Crossing Cultures 2’, Blacktown Arts Centre, NSW.

PEGUS, Annabel; catalogue essay for ‘Five x Five’, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSW, page 6 (illustrated).

2006                     NEATE, Patrick; ‘Cricket makes no sense, but then again, does anything?’, BAD IDEA, Autumn, Issue 1 2006, UK,
pages 90 -93 (illustrated).

WARREN, Guy; ‘Beauty and Banality: recent etchings’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Summer, Vol
41, page 13 (illustrated).

MENDELSSOHN, Joanna; ‘Fine art that comes from a broad brush’, THE AUSTRALIAN, Higher Education,
18 October, page 27.

DEAN, Anabel; ‘For Art’s Sake’, UNSWorld - On Campus, November, Issue 5, pages 14 - 15 (illustrated).

DOYLE, J C; ‘The Canberra Exhibition - Papunya Tjupi Art’, Academy Library, ADFA, Canberra, ACT,
www.lib.adfa.edu.au/exhib/papunya_tjupi_art/index.html

TOTTERMAN, Carolina; ‘Cultural Crossings, Papunya to Paddington’, COFA Magazine Spring, Issue 17, pages 12 -
13.

WIILLIAMS, Jennifer; ‘Studio News: The Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of
Australia, Summer, Vol 41, page 4.

TOTTERMAN, Carolina; ‘Guy Warren at Cicada Press’, COFA Magazine, Spring, Issue 17, page 14.

TOTTERMAN, Carolina; ‘Behind the Scenes - Elisabeth Cummings’, COFA Magazine, Autumn/Winter, Issue 16,
page 19.

LOXLEY, Anne and CULLEN, Adam; ‘Adam Cullen, Between the Lines’, exhibition catalogue for the Penrith
Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW.

2005                     KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Thailand - Australia 2005, Print Exchange exhibition between The Faculty of Fine Arts,
Chiangmai University, Thailand and College of Fine Arts, The University of NSW, Australia’, IMRINT magazine,
Print Council of Australia, Summer Volume 42, pages 8 - 9 (illustrated).

MACDONALD, Frances; ‘Toxic Art’, AUSTRALIAN ART REVIEW, Issue 6.

JOHNSTON, Jay; ‘Hot of the Press, Australia’s best raise the stakes’, COFA ART:DESIGN, Winter.

WANG, Pao-Ching, VYAS Meghana and LEBEDEV Mart; ‘Open Bite’, exhibition catalogue, COFA UNSW, Sydney.

FITZGERALD, Mirabel, KEMPSON, Michael and OAKLEY, Rilka; ‘Printmaking in Sydney, a dynamic collaboration’,
IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn, Vol 40, pages 4 - 5 (illustrated).

WATERLOW, Nick, KEMPSON, Michael, ‘Hosting place made: APW’, ARTONVIEW, National Gallery of Australia,
Winter, pages 48 - 49 (illustrated).

KOLENBURG, Hendrik; ‘Earle Backen in Focus’, LOOK MAGAZINE, Art Gallery Society of NSW, October, page 27.

STOWELL, Jill; ‘Master Printmaker Michael Kempson’, Weekender, THE NEWCASTLE HERALD, 27 August,
page 14.

2004                     WALLACE, Carmel; ‘Surface Tension, 21 Contemporary Australian Printmakers’, catalogue essay (illustrated).

WALLACE, Carmel; ‘Ways of Seeing Australia’, ASIAN ART NEWS, May/June, pages 54 - 59 (illustrated).

STOWELL, Jill; ‘Michael Kempson is a master printmaker...’, THE NEWCASTLE HERALD, 6 March, page 14.

DEAN, Anabel; ‘Michael Kempson and the reinvention of Printmaking’, COFA Magazine, December ‘03 -
April ‘04.

2003                     RYAN, Anne; ‘Michael Kempson and Meadowbank Prints’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Autumn,
Vol 38 no. 1, pages 10 - 11.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘The Sydney Gallery School Custom Printing Program Exhibition’, curator, Hardware Fine
Art, Sydney, NSW.

INGRAM, Terry; ‘Art Fair...’, THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW, 8 August.

LANDER, Janis; ‘Michael Kempson: Etchings’, THE DIGITAL BISCUIT online, 20 October.

THE SYDNEY MAGAZINE; ‘The Sydney Art on Paper Fair’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, August, Issue 5.

KEMPSON, Michael and ROSS, Sylvia; Fairfield Art Exhibition judging.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for the graduating exhibition for Printmaking students at the Sydney
Gallery School, Delmar Gallery, Sydney.

2002                     ISRAEL,Glenis; ARTWISE TWO VISUAL ARTS 7 - 10, Jacaranda Press, pages 110 - 111 (illustrated).

KEMPSON, Michael and BUNBURY, Alisa; Print Council of Australia judging for the exhibition ‘Distant
Voices’ at the RMIT Gallery, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Hazelhurst, NSW.

2001                     TOME, Matthew and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘A Little Respect’ public lecture, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘International Works on Paper Fair’, floor talk, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney, NSW.

TOME, Matthew and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Prime Ministers of Australia’ public lecture, Wagga Wagga City Art
Gallery, NSW.

POTTINGER, Sally; ‘Art, politics, religion: a new (ir)reverence’, THE CHRONICLE, 3 July.

WILLIAMSON, Clare; ‘Commissioned Prints 2001’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 36,
page 13 (illustrated).

2000                     FORTESCUE, Elizabeth; ‘Golden opportunity for Art’, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 10 February.

KEMPSON, Michael; Wanaka Arts Festival, lecture and workshop, 10 - 15 April, Wanaka, New Zealand,
visualartforum.com

MENDELSSOHN, Joanna; ‘Bruce Latimer’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 35 no. 2.

STUPPLES, Polly; ‘Sketches’, ART NEWS NEW ZEALAND, Winter, pages 25 - 26.

SUTHERLAND, Rene; ‘Artery’, THE DAILY LIBERAL, 1 July.

INSIGHTS Magazine; July, Vol 10 no. 6, cover image and page 1.

SISLEY, Alan; ’in touch’, CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY, 12 August.

FITZGERALD, Mirabel and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Surface Tension’, public lecture, Sydney Printmakers,
22 October, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, NSW.

GRISHIN, Sasha; introductory essay, AUSTRALIAN IDENTITIES IN PRINTMAKING, The Australian Print Collection
of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, pages 38 and 67.

1999                      RYAN, Anne, ‘Religion, Art and Politics’, catalogue essay for ‘A Little Respect: Collaborative Prints by Michael
Kempson and Matthew Tome 1995 - 1999’.

SMEE, Sebastian; ‘A Little Respect is the perfect potion’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 16 March.

WEBB, Stephen; ‘Art to die for’, INSIGHTS Magazine, February, Vol. 9 no. 1, cover and pages 1, 23 - 24.

‘Sydney Printmakers, Australia and Grabadores De Chile’, Cultural Exchange Exhibition, Museo De Arte
Contemporáneo, Chile, exhibition catalogue (illustrated).

INSIGHTS Magazine, March, Vol 9 no. 2, cover.

GENTLE, Christopher; ‘Cycles Preview’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Winter, Vol 34 no. 2,
page 15.

ALLEN, Christopher; ‘Michael Kempson and Matthew Tome’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring,
Vol 34 no. 3, cover, pages 1 - 3.

SISLEY, Alan; ‘A Little Respect’, CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY, 18 and 25 September.

SISLEY, Alan; ‘Bloom n’ Art’, CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY, 4 December.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Mungindi Art Prize’ judging and address.

1998                      Review, ‘Michael Kempson is a master printmaker…’, THE BLUE MOUNTAINS GAZETTE, 18 February.

The Bienniale of Sydney,  ‘Art and Transfield’, The Transfield Art Collection.

Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, page 30 (reproduction).

Australian Commercial Galleries Association, Gallery Guide - 1998 - 1999, page 61.

1997                      GRISHIN, Sasha; ‘Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s, Artist Printmakers 1990 - 1995’, CRAFTSMAN HOUSE,
Sydney, pages 17, 140 - 141 (illustrated).

GENTLE, Christopher; introductory essay, ‘The Cycle’ catalogue, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW.

JAMES, Bruce; ‘Bravura etchings by Michael Kempson...’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 12 September.

COTTER, David; ‘The Cycle...’, http://www.talentunplugged.com/kempson.html

1996                      KEMPSON, Michael; McGregor Summer School, University of Southern Queensland, Lecture and
workshop, 5 - 19 January, Toowoomba, QLD.

‘Artist Books + Multiples Fair’, catalogue, Numero Uno Publications, Grahame Galleries and Editions,
pages 54 - 55 (illustrated).

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘The Cycle’, Master of Fine Arts (Research documentation).

1995                      The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA); ‘Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists’, Thorpe in
association with NAVA, page 166.

1994                      INSIGHTS Magazine, March, Vol 4 no. 2, cover and pages 14, 19 - 20, 25 - 26.

NOBLE; Rhonda; ‘Unified Diversity’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 29, page 8 and
supplement (illustrated).

BURGESS, Ruth and HUANGFU, Binghui; ‘Cultural Identities’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia,
Spring, Vol 29, page 13.

‘Recognising the Republic’, exhibition catalogue, page 4 (illustrated).

‘The Sydney Review’, cover illustration, September, no. 68.

McCULLOCH, Alan and McCULLOCH, Susan; The Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 3rd Edition, Allen and Unwin,
page 388.

1993                      VICKERS, Rose; ‘Sydney Printmakers Seminar Report’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring
Volume 28, page 13.

‘State of the Art’, Works on Paper Exhibition, July - October (illustrated).

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘The Longing to Belong’ lecture address for ‘Identity in the Environment Print’ seminar,
Sydney Printmakers, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1992                      ‘The Child as Print’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 27, pages 19 - 20.

DRURY, Nevill; ‘New Art Seven - Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art’, Craftsman House.

CURREN, Melissa; ‘Myth and Identity’, ILLAWARRA MERCURY, 22 August.

1991                      FORSYTH, Graham; ‘Myth and Now, Identity or Disparity’, Myth and Identity, exhibition catalogue, page 16.

WALKER, Deborah; ‘Worland Award Review’, IMPRINT Magazine, Print Council of Australia, Spring, Vol 26,
page 11.

1990                      GERMAINE, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia, Vol 1, Craftsman House, page 367.

1988                      VERBEEK, Anne; DIRECTORY 1988 AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS PRODUCING PRINTS, Print Council of Australia, Vol
53, page 153.

The 6th Seoul International Print Biennale, exhibition catalogue, page 33 (illustrated).

1987                     LYNN, Elwyn; ‘Introduction’, Dobell Art Foundation, Young and Developing Artists, exhibition catalogue.

WEBB-JONES, Belinda; ‘Print and Printmakers Aspect of a College Collection’, exhibition catalogue, Sydney
College of Advanced Education.

1986                      ROACH, Peter,; ‘Creative Expose’, INTERIOR DESIGN, Issue 5, pages 40 - 53.

The 5th Seoul International Print Biennale, exhibition catalogue, page 29 (illustrated).

‘10th Birthday Exhibition’, exhibition catalogue, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW, (illustrated).

1985                      SHORT, Susanna; ‘Drawing to Very Different Ends’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 28 June.

McDONALD, Jan; ‘Australian Artists Index Volume 2 H - Z’, Arts Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand,
Canberra, page 251.

1984                      HOPE, Deborah; ‘State of the Art’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 10 July.

OVERTON, Sarah; ‘Affordable Art’, FOLLOW ME, October/November, no. 13, pages 154 - 155.

‘Mini Prints 1984’, exhibition catalogue, Print Council of Australia Touring Exhibition.

1983                      ‘The Printmakers’, ART AND AUSTRALIA, Vol 21 no. 1, page 30.

SPODE, David; ‘Kempson's recent works...’, THE  AUSTRALIAN, 17 September.

MALOON, Terence; ‘Mitchell-Cotts Review’, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 15 March.

The 4th Seoul International Print Biennale, exhibition catalogue, page 35 (illustrated).

‘Selection's’, recent acquisitions SCAE, exhibition catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

1982                      ‘Times Review’, THE NATIONAL TIMES, 10 October.

Artist’s Talks, Guest Lectures, Workshops and Exhibition Opening Addresses

2020                     KEMPSON, Michael, BARAN, Susan, KIANG, Rachael, and PARKER-SMITH, Janet; ‘Printmaking and Creative
Practice in a Pandemic with Susan Baran, Michael Kempson and Janet Parker-Smith’, livestream panel
discussion for the exhibition ‘Solidarity in Solitude’, Gallery Lane Cove, 23 May, Lane Cove, NSW.

2019                      KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Judith Martinez Estrada-Palimpsest’, Lost Bear Gallery, 6 April,
Katoomba, NSW.

2018                      KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk and demonstration for ‘Printmaking in Australia: Cicada Press and the prints of
Michael Kempson’, Pratt Fine Arts Center, 26 January, Seattle, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for ‘The work of Michael Kempson and Cicada Press at UNSW A&D’, Charukala,
Dhaka University, 12 November, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for ‘Making Print in Australia’, Bengal Arts Foundation, 17 November, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.

KEMPSON, Michael; Print Workshop for Bengal Arts Foundation, 12 and 15 November, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

        KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk, Davidson Galleries, 31 January, Seattle, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture, ‘The prints of Elisabeth Cummings’, Hunter Institute of TAFE, 9 April,
Newcastle.

KEMPSON, Michael and KILOTWATTANOTAE, Kitikong; Print Workshop for the Association of Pinoy Printmakers,
17 February, Manila, The Philippines.

KEMPSON, Michael and KILOTWATTANOTAE, Kitikong; Print Workshop for De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde,
19 and 20 February, Manila, The Philippines.

        KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘By Hand: Rediscovering the Art of Printmaking’, School of Design and
Arts Gallery, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, 22 Febraury, Manila, The Philippines.

2017                      KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk, Orange Regional Gallery, 13 January, Orange, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael and SCHOFIELD, Douglas; Public Program floor talk for Elisabeth Cummings: Interior
Landscape, S. H. Ervin Gallery, 9 July, Observatory Hill, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for Child’s Play, Triskel Gallery Space, Triskel Arts Centre, 24 June, Cork, Ireland.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Flash Point: Lui Haichen, Vermillion Art, 29 June, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Michael Kempson: Work and Play, Song Ya Feng Art Centre, 22 April,
Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Capacity and Tension: Shanghai International Prints Exhibition, China
Art Museum Shanghai, 15 November, Shanghai, China.

2016                      KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk, Seattle Pacific University, 7 April, Seattle, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Euan Macleod Prints 1991 - 2016, Orange Regional Gallery, 10
December, Orange, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for Tracing the Line, curated by Rilka Oakley for the Print Council of Australia,
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 22 October, Katoomba, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for the Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, 22 September,
Fremantle, WA.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Ben Rak: Pictures of Sratches, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, 28
October, Manly, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for The Prints of Michael Kempson, for The Printmaking Academics Development
Program of China, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, 22 June, Tianjin, China.

2015                      KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Another Journey: Rokeya Sultana, Mehwish Iqbal and Negin Chahoud,
curated by Paul Howard in a collaborative project between Blacktown Arts Centre and Cicada Press, UNSW Art &
Design, October 22, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for The Australasian & North and South American Bestiary 2015, Exchange
Portfolio between UNSW Art & Design and The Department of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 24
March, UVa Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael, CRAYSON, Nicky, ROBBA, Leo, RICHARDS, Adrienne and SHARP, Peter; artist’s talk for
Private Lives: The Artist as Collector, 22 February, S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill,
Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for Fun and Games - Sydney Printmakers, 28 November, Gallery Lane Cove,
Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for I am - Fatima Saeed, 9 May, A-M Gallery, Newton, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for The Prints of Reg Mombassa, part of the 1st Australian Print Triennial,
30 October, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand,
1 May, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; speech for UNSW Alumni event at Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia
and Thailand, 25 June, Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Indentify, 27 September, Cypher Gallery - Monster Mouse Studios,
Marrickville, NSW.

2014                      KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for 2014 Yunlin County Contemporary Arts Exchange Exhibition, Yunlin
County Cultural Affairs Bureau Gallery, Yunlin, Taiwan.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘New and Old Territories, Selected works by Australian printmakers’ and
the presentation of the 2014 Print Council of Australia annual print commission, curated by Akky van Ogtrop,
Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Abbotsleigh School, Sydney, NSW, 6 December.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for Fantasy Asia, Print exchange between UNSW Art & Design and IVSAA,
IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan, 12 September.

KEMPSON, Michael; Printmaking in Australia, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan, 12
September.

KEMPSON, Michael; Printmaking in Australia and Cicada Press, Department of Visual Studies, Karachi University,
Karachi, Pakistan, 13 September.

2013                      ALLAS, Tess and KEMPSON, Michael; public lectiure for ‘Kaouwi Kauowi: Contemporary Aboriginal Printmaking
from Australia’, Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory Cultural Centre in Montreal, Canada, 27 September.

ALLAS, Tess, TALBOT, Tjanara, LOFT, Martin and KEMPSON Michael; radio interview for ‘Kaouwi Kauowi:
Contemporary Aboriginal Printmaking from Australia’, Radio K103, Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory Cultural Centre
in Montreal, Canada, 27 September.

DE BORDE, Andre, KEMPSON, Michael and ROBBINS, Mickey; ‘The Life and Work of Adam Cullen’, for the
exhibition ‘Adam Cullen: Printworks - A Survey’, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW, 1 June.

KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, Guanlan
Original Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China , 16 January.

BURGESS, Ruth and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘The art of working in China’ at Mosman Regional Gallery for the
exhibition ‘Ruth Burgess: From the Forest - 30 years of Woodcuts and Wood Engravings’, 5 May.

ALLAS, Tess, KEMPSON, Michael and SCHNEIDER, Charlie; ‘International Collaborative Problem Solving for the
Artistically Engaged: Three artists discuss their pan-pacific, cross-cultural collaborative projects, addressing the
boons and pitfalls of working at distance, as well as the reasons for engaging in this type of collaboration’, COFA
Talks, 12 March.

BARAN, Susan and KEMPSON, Michael; Intaglio demonstration for ‘25x25: Contemporary Japanese and
Australian Printmaking’, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 17 August.

BALL, Karen, PARKER-SMITH, Janet, POZEGA, Elizabeth and KEMPSON, Michael; guided floor talk for ‘25x25:
Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking’, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 17 August.

MACLEOD, Euan and KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture for ‘‘Assorted Treats: Works on Paper from Cicada Press’,
Art Est Gallery, 23 March.

KEMPSON. Michael; opening address for ‘Mirror/Mirror: Cremin, Nithiyendran, Poulet’, COFAspace, UNSW, 3
March.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Master Print Exhibition’ address to the assembly of Dulwich Hill High School, 17 September.

2012                      KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture for ‘Messages from the South: Contemporary Australian Prints from COFA
UNSW’, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, 6
December, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, 4
December, Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, 14
November, Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, 13
November, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; public lecture ‘Australian Printmaking and the work of Michael Kempson’, 6 November,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Studio Artists Collaborate’, 5 April, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; floor talk for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’, Tweed River
Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Induction into the cure of souls’ for ‘Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we
going?’ COFA Talks, 28 February, COFA UNSW, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael and CUMMINGS, Elisabeth; ‘Luminous - The Landscapes of Elisabeth Cummings’, Public
Programs, 22 January, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael and FLOREAN, Natasha; opening address for ‘Quo Vadis: The Prints of Natasha Florean’,
Beowulf Galleries, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; etching workshop, ‘Inkmasters for Inkfest’, Editions Trenblay, 23 June, Cairns, QLD.

BENNETT, Jill, HOWARD, Ian and KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we
going?’, COFA Talks, 28 February, COFA UNSW, Sydney, NSW.

2011                      KEMPSON, Michael, for Mary VAN DEN BERK; opening address for ‘Memories’ 25 August, Yuga Gallery Café,
Sydney NSW.

PAPUNYA ARTISTS, opening address for ‘Prints from Papunya Tjupi’, 20 August, Nomad Gallery - Manuka,
Canberra, ACT.

KEMPSON, Michael for Itzick FISHER; opening address for ‘The is that is I …observing’, 23 July, Incinerator Art
Space, Willoughby, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Diploma Graduates Exhibition’, 10 November, Nepean Arts and
Design Centre, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Kingswood Campus, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for COFA UNSW Graduate Printmakers; ; opening address for ‘Proven’, 9 November, Beowulf
Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

MACDONALD, John and KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and
Australian Prints’, 21 November, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for SYDNEY PRINTMAKERS; artist’s talk for ‘Hot Off The Press: New Directions, Sydney
Printmakers, Celebrating 50 Years’, 28 August, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘The International Art on Paper Exhibition - The Faculty of Fine Art and
Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Lana in association with College of Fine Arts, University of
NSW’, 17 January, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand.

KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture, ‘Printmaking in Australia and Cicada Press’, 16 January, Rajamangala
University of Technology Lana, Chiangmai, Thailand.

KEMPSON, Michael, curator and artist’s talk, ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and Australian Prints’,
8 May, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; exhibition seminar, curator and artist’s talk for ‘Personal Space: Contemporary Chinese and
Australian Prints’, Convener Associate Professor Mike Esson - COFA UNSW, 23 April, Manly Art Gallery
and Museum, Manly, NSW.

2010                      KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘MISC09 Bachelor of Visual Art & Design, Graduate Exhibition’, 18
September, McGlade Gallery, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; curator’s talk for ‘Aboriginal Dreams - Paintings, Etchings, Linocuts - Indigenous Art from
Papunya Tjupi’, 8 April, IVSAA Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan.

KEMPSON, Michael; curator and artist’s talk for ‘Allpress Printworks - Cicada Press’, Art Sydney 2010, , 13
November, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Annual Exhibition’, 20 September, PLC Gallery, Pennant Hills High
School, Pennant Hills, NSW.

2009                     KEMPSON, Michael; curator and artist’s talk for ‘Art Sydney 2009, Printworks - Cicada Press’, 24 October, Royal
Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Earle Backen (1927 - 2005)’, 16 September, Artarmon Galleries,
Artarmon. NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Final Proof - Original Prints by Graduating Students of the College of
Fine Art, UNSW’, 17 October, Beowulf Galleries, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; ‘Improvisations’, artist’s talk for the Public Program for ‘Replacements: other drawing,
reveries of the everyday’, 2 May, Tin Sheds Gallery, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; curator and artist’s talk for the Print Forum for ‘Multiple Visions - Charles Arnot, Michael
Kempson and Paul Smith’, 2 July, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; artist’s talk for the Public Program for ‘Timeless - The art of Cressida Campbell’, 8 February,
S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for Ruth FAERBER; opening address for ‘Excavations, Fragments and Inscriptions’, 26 March,
Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, TAS.

2008                     KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘SILK + SAND: Chinese and Australian Prints’, 15 November, Central
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture, ‘Australian Printmaking’, 17 November, Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery,
Beijing, China.

KEMPSON, Michael, for Jane FONTANE; opening address for ‘New Work’, 9 October, Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery,
Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for the ‘Annual Exhibition’, 18 September, Pymble Ladies’ College, PLC
Gallery, Pymble, NSW.

2007                     KEMPSON, Michael, for Chris O’DOHERTY; artist’s talk, ‘The prints of Chris O’Doherty’, Public lecture program for
the exhibition ‘The Art of Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa’, 11 February, S H Ervin Gallery, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for SYDNEY PRINTMAKERS; opening address for ‘Sydney Prints 45 years of the Sydney
Printmakers’, 24 March, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for ‘Double Visions’ in collaboration wiith students from the Master of Art
Administration Program COFA UNSW, 23 May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW.

2006                     KEMPSON, Michael, for Suzanne ARCHER and David FAIRBAIRN; opening address for ‘Side by Side, Suzanne
Archer and David Fairbairn’, 22 April, Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for SYDNEY PRINTMAKERS; Public lecture program for the exhibition ‘Sydney Prints - 75
Years of the Sydney Printmakers’, 10 September, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; opening address for the ‘Joy Ewart Prize’, 20 May, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, NSW.

2005                     KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture for ‘Thai-Australian Contemporary Prints, 2005’, Chiangmai University Art
Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand.

2004                     KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture, ‘Wanderings’, 24 March, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture for the ‘Wanaka Arts Festival’, 23 April, Wanaka, New Zealand.

KEMPSON, Michael; guest lecture for ‘Printmaking in Sydney’, 23 March, Hunter Institute of TAFE, Newcastle,
NSW.

KEMPSON, Michael, for Michael WINTERS; opening address for ‘Prints from Greece’, 12 October, Hardware Fine
Art, Willoughby, NSW.

Judging

2021                      Printmaking Prize - Royal Easter Show, Sydney, NSW

2019                      Hornsby Art Prize, Sydney, NSW

2018                      Printmaking Prize - Royal Easter Show, Sydney, NSW

2017                      Printmaking Prize - Royal Easter Show, Sydney, NSW

2014                      City of Hobart Art Prize, City of Hobart, TAS

2010                      National Awards Exhibition for the Australian Society of Miniature Arts, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, NSW

2009                      Burnie Print Prize, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS

                               Lloyd Rees 2009 Memorial Youth Art Award,  Lane Cove, NSW

2001                      Lane Cove Art Prize, Lane Cove, NSW

2001                      Ryde Art Society Prize, Ryde, NSW

1999                      Mungindi Art Prize, Mungindi, NSW