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MEL O’CALLAGHAN
MEL O’CALLAGHAN

PAINTINGS
My heart beneath the earth
Mineral Paintings
Glass Paintings
PERFORMANCE + INSTALLATION
First Sound, Last Sound
To Hear With My Eyes
 Parade
Respire, Respire
Primary/Secondary 
VIDEO
All the world began with a yes
The Source
 All is Life
 Seamount
Dangerous-on-the-way
Centre of the Centre
L’acte Gratuit
 Ensemble
Endgame
Chop
Move
Ever Tried, Ever Failed
Capturing Trees
 Somewhere
To the end
The Fall

OBJECT
Tuning Forks
Bowl

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MINERAL PAINTINGS 

Mineral Painting (World tangled up in creepers, syllables, woodbine, colours and words), Azurite, Tyrian, Cinnabar, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, Bronze, Acrylic on Linen, 160 x 100cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (World tangled up in creepers, syllables, woodbine, colours and words), Azurite, Tyrian, Cinnabar, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, Bronze, Acrylic on Linen, 160 x 100cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (World tangled up in creepers, syllables, woodbine, colours and words), Azurite, Tyrian, Cinnabar, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, Bronze, Acrylic on Linen, 160 x 100cm Mineral Painting (The pulsar, pulsating), Bonze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 95 x 77cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (The pulsar, pulsating), Bonze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 95 x 77cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (The pulsar, pulsating), Bonze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 95 x 77cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Crystals, fabrics and fields), Bronze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Crystals, fabrics and fields), Bronze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Crystals, fabrics and fields), Bronze, Azurite, Tyrian, Acrylic on Linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Inside the dark cave glimmer), Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Inside the dark cave glimmer)", Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Inside the dark cave glimmer)", Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen, 123 x 96cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Blood of nature), Cinnabar, acrylic on linen, 95 x 77cm. Photo: Laura Moore Mineral Painting (Blood of nature), Cinnabar, acrylic on linen, 95 x 77cm. Photo: Laura Moore
‘SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY 2025’
CASSANDRA BIRD
SEP 11-14 2025



Mineral Painting (silence before language), bronze, nickel with natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas 90 x 70 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (silence before language), bronze, nickel with natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas 90 x 70 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (purple grass, under moon), azurite, tyrian and natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (purple grass, under moon), azurite, tyrian and natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Installation view. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (soul to hear, heart to listen), Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (soul to hear, heart to listen), Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (soul to hear, heart to listen), Bronze, malachite, nickel, phosphorescence, acrylic on linen canvas 125 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (becoming electric), Cinnabar, acrylic on linen canvas 150 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (becoming electric), Cinnabar, acrylic on linen canvas 150 x 95 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (forever dreaming cave), Azurite, bronze, copper, hematite, nickel, ochre, silver, phosphorescence, titanium, vermillion, zeolite with natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas, 200 x 150 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole Mineral Painting (forever dreaming cave), Azurite, bronze, copper, hematite, nickel, ochre, silver, phosphorescence, titanium, vermillion, zeolite with natural pigment, acrylic on linen canvas, 200 x 150 cm. Photo: Aurélien Mole
‘MY HEART BENEATH THE EARTH’
GALERIE ALLEN, PARIS
JUNE 14 - JULY 26, 2025


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