Mia Galo was born in Sydney, Australia and lives in Avalon, Sydney on the Northern Beaches.

Mia studied Graphic Design, Life Drawing, Photography, Typography and Sculpture for 5 years at Randwick Tafe and Balmain College of the Arts.

She worked as an Art Director and Illustrator for 15 years and as a singer/songwriter for 5 years.

Mia has been painting full time since 1995.

artist statement

The line I like to ride is the one between sensuality and vulnerability.

It’s an edge where the two collide and create a point of intrigue…….. a contradiction.

Art should have mystery and be direct at the same time……. it should be daring and adventurous – and have a sense of abandonment.

I enjoy the challenge of attempting to express something that is intangible.

I’m interested in what appears to be…….. and what is.

The facade… and what lies beyond.

To capture the complexities on an emotional and intellectual level; creating art that is close to the skin.

I enjoy the unpredictability of materials….. experimenting with something I may find in the hardware shop for example…and using it in a way that it should not be used.

The risk of using uncertain materials to create a volatile situation is part of the creative process for me ………. and I appreciate that in a moment something can be created or destroyed.

Things that inspire me are…….. concrete, colour, negative space, physics, music, words, water, pw, movies, photography, chocolate, unpredictability, the ocean, spontaneity, thunderstorms, timberyards, paint, snow, silence, chaos, chemistry, dogs, the lack of colour, erosion, iron fillings, contradiction, Gaudi, graffiti, string, my stapler gun, friends, ice cream, neon, gravity, my mac, travel, shellac, mercury, the metro, intellect, washing my cat, summer, rocks, mountains, hardware shops, architecture, imperfection………

about the movie “Rivals”

“Is there someone in the world that you’re born to hate?”

Writer/ Director Clara Chong has written “Rivals” – a feature film about three girls, two of them rivals from childhood. Clara and Cinematographer Ben Allan approached me to paint for the movie earlier this year.

It will begin shooting in Sydney in June/ July 2007. Set in Event Management, the story follows the lives of three girls that are friends at school and end up crossing paths later in life.
The same rivalry and competitiveness that they experienced in childhood rears it’s ugly head again in adulthood and the consequences are dire.

Painting for the movie will be a challenge that I know I will enjoy.
It will entail painting a series inspired by the story line that will feature on the walls of office foyers, boardrooms, fashion shows and apartments.

To coincide with the release of the film I will have an exhibition in Woollhara, Sydney, titled “Rivals”.

For more information visit the Rivals website on www.liza.com.au .
For more information on Writer/ Director, Clara Chong visit www.clarachong.com and Cinematographer Ben Allan at www.benallanacs.com .

comments

“Mia’s work is generous, passionate, boundless. She displays an innate understanding of colour, texture and space.”

“The energy and movement in Mia Galo’s work is inspiring. She manages to capture a moment – and you’re (the viewer) there. Her use of texture and colour is verging on sculptural. You’re compelled to touch it – like a sculpture.”

“Mia’s dynamic women cavort across canvases in rich splashes of colour and line. Unashamedly provocative and even voyeuristic, Mia’s work attracts and stimulates the viewer rather than confronting them. Mia’s work proves her unparalleled ability to convey the sensual through colour and texture alone. Indeed it is this elevation of the corporeal that gives Mia’s work its intoxicating vitality.”

collections

Artwork in collections in Europe, England, America, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.

fundraisers

Orson and Blake/ Mac Cosmetics Art for Aids
PLC College
Victor Chang Heart Foundation
Greenpeace
Masks – For Children with Disabilities.

publications

November 1999 – Manly Daily – Arts and Entertainment
December 1999 – Sun Herald -Sunday Metro
August 2000 – Sun Herald – Sunday Metro
November 2002 – The Australian, Cumberland News
December 2002- Cumberland News
January 2003 – Cumberland News
May 2003 – Belle Magazine
October 2003 – Melbourne Age.
December 2004 – The Sunday Herald, Cumberland News
November 2005 – The Courier Mail, Brisbane Times November
2006 – Inside Out Magazine November
2007 – Peninsula News, Sun Herald, Domain. Cumberland News June
2008 – Peninsula News October
2008 – Sun Herald, Sunday Metro November
2008 – Peninsula News January
2009 – House and Garden Magazine