Hilarie Mais Australia, 1952-.
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About Hilarie Mais
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1952 Hilarie Mais studied in England prior to her arrival in Australia in 1982. A sculptor and installation artist, her first solo exhibition was in New York in 1977, and since then she has exhibited widely both within Australia and internationally, including the a solo exhibition Hilarie Mais at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney in 2017 and the survey exhibitions Hilarie Mais: Survey of Works 1974–2004 at the Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra in 2004. She has also exhibited widely in commercial solo and group shows throughout Australia. Hilarie Mais was awarded the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1994, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2000 and an Australia Council Visual Arts Fellowship for the period 2012–2014. She lives and works in Sydney.
The earliest auction listing we have for Hilarie Mais is in 1992 and in total 35 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 23 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,200 for Summer sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in November 2017. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Hilarie Mais are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art and a further seven major public national galleries (see list below).
Hilarie Mais is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 657
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 444
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 293
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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