ABOUT
Originally from regional New South Wales, Michael Gittings (b. 1989 Albury, Australia) established his sculptural design practice in 2016.
Directly inspired by his environment and natural forms, Gittings works intuitively with his materials (primarily metal) to create three-dimensional works navigating the intersections of sculpture and functional design.
Gittings has exhibited internationally and had works acquired and commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, in addition to being represented in private collections across Australia, the US and Europe.
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2023
Venus Whispered, Oigall Projects, Fitzroy, VIC.
2022
When the night ripped a hole through Eden, Oigall Projects, Fitzroy, VIC.
2021
Future Ruins, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Rushcutters Bay, NSW.
2019
I’ll Be Your Mirror, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Rushcutters Bay, NSW.
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2025
Floral Echoes: Odes to Mapplethorpe, Gallerie Philia, Zurich, CH.
Villa AM, AM Collective, New York Design Week, Manhattan, USA.
2024
AFDA24, Stylecraft, Melbourne, AUS.
Pit Projects: Thistle Chair (in collaboration with Anni Hagberg), Melbourne, AUS.
Melbourne Art Fair 2024, Oigall Projects, Melbourne, VIC.
2023
Pieces / Obliviously Procured, Oigall Projects, Fitzroy, AUS.
Flora, C Gallery, Cremorne, AUS.
Melbourne Design Fair, Oigall Projects, Melbourne, AUS.
2022
It’s not just blue, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, AUS.
The Chair, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, AUS.
OFFSITE, Oigall Projects, Sydney Design Week, EDDY Multispace, Sydney, AUS.
Melbourne Design Fair, Gallery Sally Dan Cuthbert, Melbourne, AUS.
After Hours, Volker Haug Studios, MDW, Brunswick East, AUS.
Improper Structures, Curated by Eliza Tiernan & Josephine Briginshaw, MDW, Cremorne, AUS.
2021
Shaped, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, AUS.
2020
NGV Triennial (in collaboration with Makiko Ryujin), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AUS.
2019
Elasticity, Alt Material, Collingwood, AUS.
Design Work 03 (in collaboration with Makiko Ryujin), Sophie Gannon Gallery, Richmond, AUS.
2018
Artefacts, Presented by Michael Gittings, Jonathan Ben Tovim and Makiko Ryujin, MDW, Space@Collins, Melboure, AUS.
Annual General Meeting, Friends and Associates, MDW, Melbourne, AUS.
Plasticity, Alt Material, Collingwood, AUS.
2017
Fringe Furniture, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, AUS.
2016
Fringe Furniture, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, AUS.
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2025
PHILIA x ARC Residency, Cappadocia, TR.
2024
Finalist, Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA).
Finalist, VL50 Product Designer of the Year Award.
2020
Finalist, Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA).
2019
Asialink Arts & LCI Melbourne Intercultural Exchange: Cheongju Craft Biennale, KR.
2018
Highly Commended, Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2017 Finalist, VIVID Design Competition.
Finalist, Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA).
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Infinity Blows (Commissioned), 2022, Home Art Collection, AUS.
SAṂSĀRA (Commissioned, in collaboration with Makiko Ryujin), 2020, National Gallery of Victoria, AUS.
Crinkle side table no.1, 2019, National Gallery of Victoria, AUS.
Standing Cabinet, 2019, National Gallery of Victoria, AUS.
Black mirror shelf, 2019, National Gallery of Victoria, AUS.
Impermanence (in collaboration with Makiko Ryujin), 2019, National Gallery of Victoria, AUS.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Across Australia, USA and Europe.
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2025
Curbed: ‘Testing the Limits of Grass, Hemp, Steel, Clay, and Paper: Craft standouts from New York design week’, 5 June 2025.
2024
Vogue Living: ‘VL50: Australia's best designers, architects, landscapers and artists of 2024’ by Lindyl Zanbaka, 28 Feb 2024.
2023
Union Magazine: ‘Michael Gittings’ by Sophie Lanigan, Issue 3, June 2023.
Artichoke: ‘Emerging Profile: Michael Gittings’ by Emma-Kate Wilson, Issue 82, March 2023.
2022
To Be Magazine: ‘Michael Gittings Likes To Imagine With His Hands’ by Zachary Calleja, 20 Sept 2022.
2021
Architectural Digest Italy: ‘AD 100 Game Changers: Michael Gittings’, Sept 2021.